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   43) You Can’t Take It with You (1938)

   The charming chaos of the Vanderhof household is tremendously attractive. The comic punchlines of the fireworks explosion, the drunk tank and the court room are beautifully set up. A great discovery for me.

   https://fromtheheartofeurope.eu/you-cant-take-it-with-you-1938-and-play-by-moss-and-hartman/

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     42) The Lost Weekend (1945)

     About alcoholism, and the mess that it makes of the lives of alcoholics and of the people around them. The scene in the hospital ward stands out for its bleakness. Ray Milland thoroughly compelling. Jane Wyman very good too.

     https://fromtheheartofeurope.eu/the-lost-weekend-1945-and-book-by-charles-l-jackson/

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     41) Hamlet (1948)

     Olivier stripped the original 4h down to 2½. Behind the camera he convinces as much as in front of the camera as the lead character. 19-year-old Jean Simmons impresses as Ophelia. Stanley Holloway’s vignette is glorious.

     https://fromtheheartofeurope.eu/hamlet-1948/