Some Well-Connected Movies
The Philadelphia Story

When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.
1940
Cary Grant
actor
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

A naive man is appointed to fill a vacancy in the United States Senate. His plans promptly collide with political corruption, but he doesn't back down.
1939
Frank Capra
director
Casablanca

In Casablanca in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate encounters a former lover, with unforeseen complications.
1942
Julius J. Epstein
writer
The Prisoner of Zenda

An Englishman on a Ruritarian holiday must impersonate the king when the rightful monarch, a distant cousin, is drugged and kidnapped.
1937
Raymond Massey
actor
Arsenic and Old Lace
A drama critic learns on his wedding day that his beloved maiden aunts are homicidal maniacs, and that insanity runs in his family.
1944
Cary Grant
actor
Frank Capra
director
Jack Carson
actor
Julius J. Epstein
writer
Raymond Massey
actor
Notorious

A woman is asked to spy on a group of Nazi friends in South America. How far will she have to go to ingratiate herself with them?
1946
Cary Grant
actor
It's a Wonderful Life

An angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed.
1946
Frank Capra
director
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Brick, an alcoholic ex-football player, drinks his days away and resists the affections of his wife, Maggie. His reunion with his father, Big Daddy, who is dying of cancer, jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.
1958
Jack Carson
actor