Uplifting 1945 Films include Blithe Spirit, Brewster’s Millions, The Clock, Life Begins Anew, The Lost Weekend and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (spirit film).

Uplifting 1944 Films include the 1944 Beholds Spirit Film None But the Lonely Heart, Arsenic and Old Lace, Meet Me in St. Louis, Mr. Skeffington, and Since You Went Away.

Inspiring 1943 Films include: Casablanca, A Guy Named Joe, Heaven Can Wait (spirit film), The Song of Bernadette, Stormy Weather, and Tender Comrade.

Inspiring 1942 Films include: George Washington Slept Here, The Man Who Came to Dinner, Mrs. Miniver, Now Voyager, There’s One Born Every Minute and Woman of the Year.

Uplifting 1941 Films: Citizen Kane, How Green Was My Valley, The Lady Eve, The Maltese Falcon, Meet John Doe (spirit film), and That Hamilton Woman.

Beholds Spirit Film of 1940 is Our Town. Other uplifting 1940 films include: The Grapes of Wrath, His Girl Friday, My Favorite Wife, Philadelphia Story, Pinocchio, and The Shop Around the Corner.

The most inspiring 1939 films. The Women, a sparkling social study with an all-female cast. Also Gone With the Wind, Goodbye Mr. Chips, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, The Rains Came and The Wizard of Oz.

Brian’s Favorite Films 1930-1938, including one of my all-time favorite films, Charlie Chaplin’s 1931 City Lights.