May Whitty

A newlywed fears she's going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion.

Dir. George Cukor · With Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten

On a train headed for England a group of travelers is delayed by an avalanche. Holed up in a hotel in a fictional European country, young Iris befriends elderly Miss Froy. When the train resumes, Iris suffers a bout of unconsciousness and wakes to find the old woman has disappeared. The other passengers ominously deny Miss Froy ever existed, so Iris begins to investigate with another traveler and, as the pair sleuth, romantic sparks fly.

Dir. Alfred Hitchcock · With Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas

A sheltered heiress falls for a charming playboy and elopes with him, but soon discovers his gambling vice and mounting debts. As his lies deepen and those around them meet mysterious ends, she begins to suspect that her husband’s affection may conceal a deadly motive—and that she could be his next victim.

Dir. Alfred Hitchcock · With Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine, Cedric Hardwicke

Middle-class housewife Kay Miniver deals with petty problems. She and her husband Clem watch her Oxford-educated son Vin court Carol Beldon, the charming granddaughter of the local nobility as represented by Lady Beldon. Then the war comes and Vin joins the RAF.

Dir. William Wyler · With Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Teresa Wright

Hard times come for the Carraclough family and they are forced to sell their dog, Lassie, to the rich Duke of Rudling. Lassie, however, is unwilling to remain apart from young Carraclough son Joe and sets out on a long and dangerous journey to rejoin him.

Dir. Fred M. Wilcox · With Roddy McDowall, Donald Crisp, May Whitty