Florence Bates’s Typical Vibe
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CriticCrunch has 5 Florence Bates titles in its catalog, ranked by quality percentile. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by Rebecca.
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His Girl Friday
1940
Comedy · Romance

The Palm Beach Story
1942
Comedy · Romance

Heaven Can Wait
1943
Comedy · Romance

Unfaithfully Yours
1948
Comedy · Romance

The Lady Eve
1941
Comedy · Romance

My Favorite Wife
1940
Comedy · Romance

Christmas in Connecticut
1945
Comedy · Romance

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
1947
Comedy · Romance

Story of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the shadow of his former wife, Rebecca, who died mysteriously several years earlier. The young wife must come to grips with the terrible secret of her handsome, cold husband, Max De Winter. She must also deal with the jealous, obsessed Mrs. Danvers, the housekeeper, who will not accept her as the mistress of the house.
Dir. Alfred Hitchcock · With Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders

A letter is addressed to three wives from their 'best friend', announcing that she's running away with one of their husbands – but she doesn't specify which one.
Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz · With Ann Sothern, Linda Darnell, Jeanne Crain

Three sailors wreak havoc as they search for love during a whirlwind 24-hour leave in New York City.
Dir. Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen · With Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Betty Garrett

A mysterious girl inspires a struggling artist.
Dir. William Dieterle · With Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Ethel Barrymore

Walter Mitty, a daydreaming writer with an overprotective mother, likes to imagine that he is a hero who experiences fantastic adventures. His dream becomes reality when he accidentally meets a mysterious woman who hands him a little black book. According to her, it contains the locations of the Dutch crown jewels hidden since World War II. Soon, Mitty finds himself in the middle of a confusing conspiracy, where he has difficulty differentiating between fact and fiction.
Dir. Norman Z. McLeod · With Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Boris Karloff