Stories by @teeyutes

In the Good Old Summertime (1969)

A musical adaptation of the 1940 film The Shop Around the Corner.

Arsenic And Old Lace (1964)

Writer and notorious marriage detractor Mortimer Brewster (Cary Grant) falls for girl-next-door Elaine Harper (Priscilla Lane), and they tie the knot on Halloween. When the newlyweds return to their respective family homes to deliver the news, Brewster finds a corpse hidden in a window seat. With his eccentric aunts (Josephine Hull, Jean Adair), disturbed uncle (John Alexander), and homicidal brother (Raymond Massey), he starts to realize that his family is even crazier than he thought.

Hatari! (1982)

Romantic comedy in the jungle.

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (2007)

My favorite movie about racism.

The Champ (1961)

A boxing movie even better than “Raging Bull,” and certainly a more heartfelt one.

We're No Angels (1965)

Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, 1895.

The Mask (1944)

An ordinary man finds an enchanted mask that transforms him into a green-faced troublemaker who can cartoonishly alter himself and his surroundings at will.

The Sting (1983)

One of the lesser films of which I was willing to make a story (and whose original film features the worst leading actors).

Shane (1943)

In 1889, Shane, a mysterious man who is ostensibly a drifter, becomes embroiled in a conflict between poor homesteaders and wealthy ranchers in the Wyoming Territory.

Angel on My Shoulder (1976)

A deal between a dead man and the devil.

It’s a Wonderful Life (1956)

My favorite movie of all time.

Carbon Copy (1951)

Any resemblance between father and son is purely hysterical.

Oliver! (1958)

A musical reinvention of Oliver Twist.

Calamity Jane (1963)

An alleged romance between Calamity Jane and Wild Bill Hickok.

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1959)

A naive, newly appointed United States senator fights against government corruption.

City Slickers (2001)

Yesterday, they were businessmen. Today, they are cowboys. Tomorrow, they will be walking funny.

The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1954)

A fictionalized account of the life of Margaret Brown, who survived the 1912 sinking of the RMS Titanic.

Delirious (1971)

The story of a lead soap opera writer who hits his head, finds himself in the setting of the soap opera he writes, and discovers that anything he types on his typewriter happens.

To Kill A Mockingbird (1952)

A lawyer in Depression-era Alabama defends a black man charged with rape while educating his children against prejudice.

Welcome to Mooseport (1994)

In order to maintain custody of his vacation home in Mooseport, Maine, a former American president with an approval rating of 85% runs for mayor after the death of the previous mayor. But there’s one problem: he is running against something that is rarely seen in politics: a genuinely honest man.