Band of Angels melodrama, directed by Raoul Walsh, bears some thematic resemblance to 'Gone With the Wind', in dealing with issues of race and miscegenation, set against the backdrop of the Civil War." Band of Angels Band of Angels is a 1957 romantic drama film set in the American South before and during the American Civil War, based on the 1955 novel of the same name by Robert Penn Warren. It starred Clark Gable, Yvonne De Carlo and Sidney Poitier. The movie was directed by Raoul Walsh. Amantha Starr (Yvonne De Carlo) is the privileged daughter of a Kentucky plantation owner. However, after
The Cat and the Canary (1939 film) to newspaper reporters and unofficially announce their engagement. The Cat and the Canary (1939 film) The Cat and the Canary is a 1939 American horror comedy film directed by Elliott Nugent starring Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard. It is a remake of the 1927 silent film "The Cat and the Canary", which was based on the 1922 play of the same name by John Willard. Universal Home Entertainment released the film on DVD in 2010 as part of the "Bob Hope: Thanks for the Memories Collection" and again in 2011 individually as a part of their "Universal Vault Series" on