Bess Flowers’s Typical Vibe
Signature vibe

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Bess Flowers has 8 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1920s through the 1950s. 2 sit in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Singin' in the Rain.
Recurring themes

Suddenly
1954
Crime · Thriller

Don't Bother to Knock
1952
Drama · Thriller

Diabolique
1955
Thriller · Mystery

It Happened in Broad Daylight
1958
Crime · Thriller

Niagara
1953
Crime · Thriller

The Hitch-Hiker
1953
Thriller · Crime

The Bad Seed
1956
Thriller · Drama

In a Lonely Place
1950
Thriller · Drama

A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.
Dir. Alfred Hitchcock · With James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes

In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his paranoid screen partner struggle to make the difficult transition to talking pictures.
Dir. Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly · With Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds

Actor Lester Blaine has all but landed the lead in Myra Hudson's new play when Myra vetoes him because, to her, he doesn't look like a romantic leading man. On a train from New York to San Francisco, Blaine sets out to prove Myra wrong...by romancing her. Is he sincere, or does he have a dark ulterior motive?
Dir. David Miller · With Joan Crawford, Jack Palance, Gloria Grahame

A sister and her disturbed twin are implicated in a murder and a police detective must figure out which one's the killer.
Dir. Robert Siodmak · With Olivia de Havilland, Lew Ayres, Thomas Mitchell

Sharpshooter Calamity Jane takes it upon herself to recruit a famous actress and bring her back to the local saloon, but jealousy soon gets in the way.
Dir. David Butler · With Doris Day, Howard Keel, Allyn Ann McLerie

An innocent man turns fugitive as he reconstructs events that implicate him for a murder and robbery he did not commit.
Dir. Jacques Tourneur · With Aldo Ray, Anne Bancroft, Brian Keith

When Marie St. Clair believes she has been jilted by her artist fiance Jean, she decides to leave for Paris on her own. After spending a year in the city as a mistress of the wealthy Pierre Revel, she is reunited with Jean by chance. This leaves her with the choice between a glamorous life in Paris, and the true love she left behind.
Dir. Charlie Chaplin · With Edna Purviance, Clarence Geldart, Carl Miller

A brother and sister dance act encounter challenges and romance when booked in London during the Royal Wedding.
Dir. Stanley Donen · With Fred Astaire, Jane Powell, Peter Lawford
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