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This week on «Film Friday» I want to tell you a little bit about one of my favourite pictures of all time. It's a kooky little comedy, which I think is perfect to watch over the Easter weekend. This also happens to be my favourite Ronald Reagan picture. Directed by Irving Rapper, The Voice of the Turtle (1947) opens in December 1944, as Broadway producer Ken Bartlett (Kent Smith) is ending his affair with struggling young actress Sally Middleton (Eleanor Parker), who then vows never to fall in love again. Months later, her friend, Olive Lashbrooke (Eve Arden), arranges to meet Bill Page (Ronald Reagan), a sergeant on a weekend pass, at Sally's apartment. While she is waiting, she calls for her messages and learns that an old flame, Naval Commander Ned Burling (Wayne Morris), is in town for one weekend only. Choosing the commander over the sergeant, Olive breaks her date with Bill, who eventually invites Sally to dinner at the same French restaurant that she frequented with Ken...

Theatrical release poster Directed by Irving Rapper, Now, Voyager (1942) tells the story of Charlotte Vale (Bette Davis), an unattractive, overweight, repressed spinster whose life is brutally dominated by her tyrannical mother (Gladys Cooper). Fearing Charlotte is on the verge of a mental breakdown, her sister-in-law Lisa (Ilka Chase) introduces her to psychiatrist Dr. Jaquith (Claude Rains), who recommends she spend some time in his sanatorium, Ca scade . Under Jacquith's care, Charlotte regains some degree of self-confidence, improves her appearance and treats herself to an ocean voyage to Brazil. On bo ard the ship, she meets and falls in love with Jerry Durrance (Paul Henreid), a man who is dutifully committed to an unhappy marriage for the sake of his troubled daugh ter Tina (Janis Wilson). Charlotte and Jerry have several romantic misadventures while in Rio de Janeiro, but decide it would be best not to see each other again. Upon Charlotte's return to her Boston ...