The French Way (1945)

Starring:

• Josephine Baker
• Micheline Presle
• Georges Marchal
• Raymond Aimos
• Jean Tissier
• Gabrielle Dorziat
• Saturnin Fabre
• Marguerite Pierry
• Lucien Baroux
• Yves Deniaud
• Palmyre Levasseur

Storyline

Josephine Baker captivated audiences through stage, recordings, and motion pictures, and you’ll see why in “The French Way,” a farcical romantic comedy set in contemporary WWII France,  about young lovers forbidden to marry by their respective families. Baker, as “Zazu,” the owner of a nightclub, inherits a job restoring harmony between the two families and allowing the young lovers to se marier. 

Waiting to Exhale (1995)

Starring:

• Whitney Houston
• Angela Bassett
• Loretta Devine
• Lela Rochon
• Gregory Hines
• Dennis Haysbert
• Mykelti Williamson
• Michael Beach
• Leon
• Wendell Pierce
• Donald Faison
• Jeffrey D. Sams
• Jazz Raycole
• Brandon Hammond
• Kenya Moore
• Wesley Snipes

Storyline

Navigating through careers, family, and romance, four friends bond over the shortcomings in their love lives -- namely, the scarcity of good men. Both as the "other woman," Savannah (Whitney Houston) and Robin (Lela Rochon) carry on relationships with married men, each believing their lovers will leave their wives for them. On the flip side, Bernadine (Angela Bassett) ends up alone when her husband divorces her for his mistress. Meanwhile, Gloria (Loretta Devine) finds love with a new neighbor.