Father knows best

THE DESPERATE HOURS

1955

Directed by William Wyler

Written by Joseph Hayes and Jay Dratler (based on the play by Joseph Hayes)

Spoiler alert: mild

Blonde Sunday

I MARRIED A WITCH

1942

Directed by Rene Clair

Written by Robert Pirosh, Mark Connelly, Dalton Trumbo, Andre Rigaud, and Rene Clair (based on the novel The Passionate Witch by Thorne Smith and Norman H. Matson)

Spoiler alert: well, the title's a dead giveaway

Chinese finger cuffs

DESIGN FOR LIVING

Daring, unconventional, and full of light and life, Design For Living might just be my favorite romantic comedy.

1933
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch
Written by Ben Hecht ("based" on the play by Noel Coward)
With Miriam Hopkins (Gilda Farrel), Gary Cooper (George Curtis), Fredric March (Tom Chambers), and Edward Everett Horton (Max Plunkett)

Spoiler alert: severe