Gone With The Bushes

Episode 26 - Wings (1927)

"Do you know what you can do when you see a shooting star?"

Wings (1927) directed by William A. Wellman and starring Clara Bow, Charles "Buddy" Rogers, and Richard Arlen.

Next Time: Rashomon (1950)

Episode 25 - It Happened One Night (1934)

"I come from a long line of stubborn idiots."
It Happened One Night directed by Frank Capra and starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert.

Next Time: Wings (1927)

Episode 24 - Imitation of Life (1959)

"How do you explain to your child she was born to be hurt?"

Imitation of Life (1959) directed by Douglas Sirk and starring Juanita Moore, Lana Turner and John Gavin.

Next time: It Happened One Night (1934)

Episode 23 - A Raisin In The Sun (1961)

"That's the way the crackers crumble." 

A Raisin In The Sun (1961) Directed by Daniel Petrie.  Written by Lorraine Hansberry and starring Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, and Claudia McNeil.

Next Tim: Imitation of Life (1959)

Episode 22 - Stormy Weather (1943)

"He's got educated feet!" 

Stormy Weather (1943) starring Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Lena Horne, Dooley Wilson, Ada Brown, Katherine Dunham, Fats Waller, Cab Colloway and The Nicholas Brothers!

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Next time: Porgy and Bess (1959)

Episode 21 - Carmen Jones (1954)

"Boy if the army was made up of nothin' but soldiers like you, war wouldn't do nobody no good."
Carmen Jones (1954) Directed by Otto Preminger.  Starring Dorothy Dandridge, Harry Belafonte and Pearl Bailey.
Next Time: Stormy Weather (1943)

Episode 20 - Breakfast At Tiffany's (1961)

"But it's tacky to wear diamonds before you're forty; and even that's risky.

Breakfast At Tiffany's (1961) directed by Blake Edwards starring Audrey Hepburn and George Peppard.
Next Time: Carmen Jones (1954)

Episode 19 - My Man Godfrey (1936)

"All you need to start an asylum is an empty room and the right kind of people."
My Man Godfrey (1936) directed by Gregory Lacava.  Starring William Powell and Carole Lombard
Next time: Breakfast At Tiffany's (1961)

Episode 18 - Mr Smith Goes To Washington (1939)

"All you people don't know about lost causes."
Mr Smith Goes To Washington (1939) directed by Frank Capra and starring Jean Arthur, James Stewart and Claude Rains.
Next Episode: My Man Godfrey (1936)

Episode 17 - Witness For The Prosecution (1958)

"Like a drowning man clutching at a razor blade."
Witness For the Prosecution (1958) Directed by: Billy Wilder and starring Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton and Elsa Lanchester
Next Time: Mr. Smith Goes To Washington (1939)