Direction: Henry Koster

Direction Henry Koster

Cast James Stewart · Josephine Hull · Peggy Dow · Charles Drake

Synopsis The classic stage hit gets the Hollywood treatment in the story of Elwood P. Dowd who makes friends with a spirit taking the form of a human-sized rabbit named Harvey that only he sees (and a few privileged others on...

Direction Henry Hathaway · Howard Hawks · Henry King · Henry Koster

Cast Fred Allen · Anne Baxter · Jeanne Crain · Farley Granger

Synopsis This anthology film assembles five respected directors and a top-notch cast to bring a handful of stories by the great American author O. Henry to the screen. In The Cop and the Anthem, a tramp named Soapy (Charles Laughton) tries...

Direction Henry Koster

Cast Tyrone Power · Anne Baxter · Cecil Kellaway · Lee J. Cobb

Synopsis Steven Fitzgerald, a newpaper reporter from New York, meets a leprechaun and a beautiful young woman while traveling in Ireland. When he returns to his fiance and her wealthy father's political campaign in New York, he finds that the leprechaun...

Direction Henry Koster

Cast Cary Grant · Loretta Young · David Niven · Monty Woolley

Synopsis A harassed bishop's prayers are answered when an angel (played by Cary Grant) is sent from heaven to help him raise money for a new church. The heavenly agent performs a number of miracles on his behalf, restoring hope to...

Direction Henry Koster

Cast Deanna Durbin · Leopold Stokowski · Adolphe Menjou · Alice Brady

Synopsis The daughter of a struggling musician forms a symphony orchestra made up of his unemployed friends and through persistence, charm and a few misunderstandings, is able to get Leopold Stokowski to lead them in a concert that leads to a...

Direction Henry Koster

Cast Deanna Durbin · Charles Laughton · Robert Cummings · Guy Kibbee

Synopsis A young man asks a hat check girl to pose as his fiancée in order to make his dying father's last moments happy. However, the old man's health takes a turn for the better and now his son doesn't know...

Direction Henry Koster

Cast Olivia de Havilland · Richard Burton · Audrey Dalton · Ronald Squire

Synopsis While investigating the mysterious death of his cousin, Philip begins to suspect that the grieving widow may actually be behind the death.

Direction Henry Koster

Cast Richard Burton · Jean Simmons · Victor Mature · Michael Rennie

Synopsis Marcellus is a tribune in the time of Christ. He is in charge of the group that is assigned to crucify Jesus. Drunk, he wins Jesus' homespun robe after the crucifixion. He is tormented by nightmares and delusions after the...

Direction Henry Koster

Cast James Stewart · Marlene Dietrich · Glynis Johns · Jack Hawkins

Synopsis Theodore Honey is an aeronautical engineer being sent to Labrador from London to examine the wreckage of a new passenger plane designed by his company. His theory is that the planes are susceptible to metal fatigue after a specific amount...

Direction Henry Koster

Cast Bette Davis · Richard Todd · Joan Collins · Jay Robinson

Synopsis Sir Walter Raleigh gains audience with Queen Elizabeth I and soon wins her over to his way of thinking. He wants ships to sail and make a name for England. A young ward of the court, Beth Throgmorton, is strongly...

Direction Henry Koster

Cast Elana Eden · Tom Tryon · Stuart Whitman · Peggy Wood

Synopsis This Biblical epic stars Elana Eden as Ruth, who serves in the temple where the High Priestess (Viveca Lindfors) leads the worship of the Pagan idols of the people of Moab. When Ruth falls in love with Mahlon (Tom Tryon),...

Direction Henry Koster

Cast Marlon Brando · Jean Simmons · Merle Oberon · Michael Rennie

Synopsis In Marseilles, France in 1794, Desiree Clary, a young millinery clerk, becomes infatuated with Napoleon Bonaparte, but winds up wedding Genaral Jean-Baptiste Berandotte, an aid to Napoleon who later joins the forces that bring about the Emperor's downfall. Josephine Beauharnais,...

Direction Henry Koster

Cast Dana Wynter · Mel Ferrer · Dolores Michaels · Margaret Hayes

Synopsis A Nazi's fiancee helps an escaped U.S. soldier, then meets him in postwar Berlin.

Direction Henry Koster

Cast Loretta Young · Celeste Holm · Hugh Marlowe · Elsa Lanchester

Synopsis Two nuns from a French convent arrive in a small New England town with a plan to build a children's hospital. They enlist the help of several colorful characters in achieving their dream including a struggling artist, a popular composer,...

Direction Henry Koster

Cast Danielle Darrieux · Douglas Fairbanks Jr. · Mischa Auer · Helen Broderick

Synopsis Nicole has no job and is several weeks behind with her rent. Her solution to her problem is to try and snare a rich husband. Enlisting the help of her friend Gloria and the maitre'd at a ritzy New York...

Direction Henry Koster

Cast Deanna Durbin · Robert Stack · Eugene Pallette · Helen Parrish

Synopsis In this reworking of Cinderella, orphaned Connie Harding is sent to live with her rich aunt and uncle after graduating from boarding school. She's hardly received with open arms, especially by her snobby cousin Barbara. When the entire family is...

Direction Henry Koster

Cast Jennifer Jones · Robert Stack · Kipp Hamilton · Robert Douglas

Synopsis A devoted teacher sacrifices personal happiness to stay with her students. Miss Dove is a strict disciplinary, plus a well respected teacher, who has inspired her students to individual greatness. One day during class, Miss Dove experiences great pain in...

Direction Henry Koster

Cast James Stewart · Maureen O'Hara · Lauri Peters · Fabian

Synopsis James Stewart reunites with his Harvey director, Henry Koster, in this 1962 comedy, which is charming enough even though it doesn't seem quite up to the level of talent involved. (The screenwriter is the legendary Nunnally Johnson--writer and director of...

Direction Henry Koster

Cast David Niven · June Allyson · Martha Hyer · Jessie Royce Landis

Synopsis The eccentric Bullock household again need a new butler. Daughter Irene encounters bedraggled Godfrey Godfrey at the docks and, fancying him and noticing his obviously good manners, gets him the job. He proves a great success, but keeps his past...

Direction Henry Koster

Cast Nancy Kwan · James Shigeta · Benson Fong · Jack Soo

Synopsis A Chinese woman and her father illegally enter San Francisco to marry her fiance. While in San Francisco, she meets another man and falls deeply in love with him and the American way of life; to her father's disapproval.