Irving Bacon’s Typical Vibe
Signature vibe

Highest-ranked title
Highest-ranked title
Irving Bacon has 5 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1940s through the 1950s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by Shadow of a Doubt.
Recurring themes

Limelight
1952
Romance · Drama

Now, Voyager
1942
Romance · Drama

Random Harvest
1942
Romance · Drama

An Affair to Remember
1957
Drama · Romance

Summertime
1955
Drama · Romance

Penny Serenade
1941
Drama · Romance

As It Is in Heaven
2004
Romance · Drama

Little Women
1949
Romance · Drama

In sleepy Santa Rosa, restless young Charlie’s world brightens when her sophisticated Uncle Charlie arrives for a long visit. But as his behavior grows increasingly strange, she begins to suspect that her beloved uncle may be hiding a terrible secret—and that danger has quietly entered her home.
Dir. Alfred Hitchcock · With Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten, Macdonald Carey

As a parting shot, fired reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from unemployed "John Doe," who threatens suicide in protest of social ills. The paper is forced to rehire Ann and hires John Willoughby to impersonate "Doe." Ann and her bosses cynically milk the story for all it's worth, until the made-up "John Doe" philosophy starts a whole political movement.
Dir. Frank Capra · With Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward Arnold

Lovely Linda Mason has crooner Jim Hardy head over heels, but suave stepper Ted Hanover wants her for his new dance partner after fickle Lila Dixon gives him the brush. Jim's supper club, Holiday Inn, is the setting for the chase by Hanover and his manager.
Dir. Mark Sandrich · With Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Marjorie Reynolds

A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.
Dir. George Cukor · With Judy Garland, James Mason, Jack Carson

A vibrant tribute to one of America's legendary bandleaders, charting Glenn Miller's rise from obscurity and poverty to fame and wealth in the early 1940s.
Dir. Anthony Mann · With James Stewart, June Allyson, Harry Morgan