The Uninvited (1944)

The Uninvited (1944)

Paramount

February 10, 1944

Horror (technically)

DVD
B

I honestly had no expectations about this movie, which turned out to be both charming and genuinely spooky.  It has elements of witty comedy, sweet romance, and soap opera, including illegitimacy and lesbianism!  Plus a cute dog, cat, and even squirrel.  Oh, and this may have the most stunning haunted house ever on film.

This is based on Dorothy Macardle's novel Uneasy Freehold, and was Lewis Allen's first feature-length film.  (I didn't care for Suddenly, from a decade later.)

Suddenly (1954)

Suddenly (1954)

United Artists

October 7, 1954

Drama

DVD
D+

This is on a Frank Sinatra collection, although ironically Frankie doesn't even show up in the first quarter hour, which is mostly about people not respecting a widowed mother's personal boundaries in a small town.  Lewis Allen directed.