(Howard Hawks, US 1944, 100 min.)

“Sure, you may know how to whistle, but was you ever bit by a dead bee?” Hawks’s classic romance/wartime thriller/comedy/musical consistently surprises with its marvelously quirky dialogue (courtesy Jules Furthman and William Faulkner) and unpredictable story. Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall melted many a screen with their chemistry in this ’40s film milestone, a masterpiece every bit as memorable as Casablanca.