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His Girl Friday (1940)

Rapid-fire dialogue and memorable performances highlight director Howard Hawks’ screwball revamping of the Ben Hecht/Charles MacArthur stage hit "The Front Page." Cary Grant stars as a crafty newspaper editor who plans to keep his ex-wife and former ace reporter (Rosalind Russell) from marrying a boring insurance salesman (Ralph Bellamy) by getting her to cover the exciting story surrounding a convicted murderer’s execution. With Alma Kruger, Gene Lockhart. 92 min. BW/Rtg: NR

Guess Who's Coming To Dinner (1967)

Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn shine in their ninth--and final--on-screen appearance together as fashionably liberal couple Matt and Christina Drayton. When their daughter Joanna (Katharine Houghton) returns from Hawaii with her new fiancé, widowed African American Dr. John Prentice (Sidney Poitier), they find themselves learning just how tolerant of racial differences they truly are. Stanley Kramer’s Oscar-winning drama co-stars Roy Glenn, Isabel Sanford. 107 min. C/Rtg: NR

Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)

Workaholic ad exec Ted Kramer (Dustin Hoffman) finds himself starting anew when his wife, Joanna (Meryl Streep), suddenly walks out on him and their young son, Billy (Justin Henry). When Joanna shows up over a year later wanting to raise Billy, the Kramers become locked in a bitter custody battle that doesn’t paint either of them in a positive light. Winner of Best Picture, Best Actor, and three other Oscars, Robert Benton’s moving drama is based on the novel by Avery Corman. Jane Alexander also stars. 105 min. C/Rtg: PG

Starman (1984)

Director John Carpenter’s acclaimed sci-fi romance stars Jeff Bridges as an alien who crash lands on Earth after his spaceship is shot down. He assumes the form of the recently deceased Scott Hayden, and forces Scott’s widow, Jenny (Karen Allen), to help him get from Wisconsin to Arizona where he will rendezvous with his people. Along the way, they begin to fall in love while eluding the Army and government officials trying to capture the extraterrestrial. With Richard Jaeckel, Charles Martin Smith. 115 min. C/Rtg: PG

Sleepless In Seattle (1993)

Sweetly romantic boxoffice hit comedy stars Tom Hanks as Sam Baldwin, a Seattle widower who draws the attention of scores of women after his son talks about him on a national radio show. Meg Ryan co-stars as Annie Reed, a soon-to-be-married Baltimore reporter with cold feet who writes a letter to Sam suggesting they meet atop the Empire State Building on Valentine’s Day. With Rosie O’Donnell, Rob Reiner, and Bill Pullman, and a slew of classic tunes; directed by Nora Ephron. 105 min. C/Rtg: PG

Punch-Drunk Love (2002)

This change of pace for Adam Sandler stars the comic actor as a bathroom supplies salesman who has a problem with his anger and is obsessed with winning airline frequent flier mileage from clipping pudding wrappers. The lonely Sandler’s life is changed when he meets shy Brit Emily Watson, but interfering with the relationship are thugs who want to collect money they claim Sandler owes from a phone sex bill. Philip Seymour Hoffman and Luis Guzman also star in this quirky romantic tale from Paul Thomas Anderson. 95 min. C/Rtg: R