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BELLS OF ST. MARY’S THE (1945)

Bells of St. Mary’s The (1945)

August 29, 2014 // 0 Comments

Bells of St. Mary’s The (1945) The multi-talented Leo McCarey produced directed and wrote this sequel to his delightful Going My Way (1944) for which he won three of his four Oscars; Dudley Nichols (The Informer (1935)) wrote the screenplay. This film received eight Oscar nominations including Best Director & Best Picture for McCarey Best Actress for Ingrid Bergman (Gaslight (1944)) and Best Actor for Bing Crosby who’d won for [...]
Unexpected Uncle (1941)

Unexpected Uncle (1941)

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Unexpected Uncle (1941) Directed by Peter Godfrey this Eric Hatch (My Man Godfrey (1936)) novel was adapted by Delmer Daves and Noel Langley into a pretty funny romance-drama with the always delightful Charles Coburn in the title role. The beautiful Ann Shirley and (the sometimes insufferable) James Craig play the couple of “youngsters” that Coburn’s character plays matchmaker for in much the same way he does for Jean Arthur and [...]
SORRY WRONG NUMBER (1948) – FULL REVIEW!

Sorry Wrong Number (1948) – full review!

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Sorry Wrong Number (1948) – full review! Following 5 years after the highly successful radio program (of the same name) which starred Agnes Moorehead this thriller features Barbara Stanwyck giving her last of four unrewarded Best Actress Oscar nominated performances as an invalid wealthy woman whose only contact with the outside world and that which threatens her one evening is a telephone. Anatole Litvak co-produced and directed Lucille [...]
The Skin Game (1931) – full review!

The Skin Game (1931) – full review!

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The Skin Game (1931) – full review! Directed by Alfred Hitchcock who along with his wife Alma Reville adapted the John Galsworthy play the film’s title (in lieu of its more modern definition) refers to something akin to "an eye for an eye" where everyone turns out blind in the end. In other words no one has "clean hands" in the final accounting of this kind of grudge match. This average drama is not as bad as I [...]
CLASSIC FILM STARTER KIT

Classic Film Starter Kit

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Classic Film Starter Kit I typically ‘hate’ top 10 lists especially movie top 10 lists because I’ve found that it’s nearly impossible to narrow down almost any large category to such a finite number. However I have recommended AFI’s original top 100 list as a good place to begin. Even though I don’t agree with all the choices on the AFI’s list(s) and certainly not the rankings therein there are a lot of quality titles to chose from [...]
Under Capricorn (1949) – full review!

Under Capricorn (1949) – full review!

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Under Capricorn (1949) – full review! I think it’s a shame that this Alfred Hitchcock film was such a bomb at the box office and with critics if only for the reason that few may have seen Margaret Leighton’s performance as Milly the Flusky family’s maid. She gives the character an evilness with even more depth that Judith Anderson’s “Mrs. Danvers” (recognized as #31 villain by the American Film [...]
MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN (1936)

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)

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Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) Director Frank Capra’s classic about a baseball/tuba playing common man (Gary Cooper of course) who inherits a fortune but is determined to give it away because he’s “pixelated”. Jean Arthur plays a reporter who pretends to be his confidant but (unknown to him) writes stories which portray his as a fool selling lots of newspapers. Unforgettable courtroom scenes the funniest ever? And [...]
Land Beyond the Law (1937)

Land Beyond the Law (1937)

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Land Beyond the Law (1937) Dick Foran (the “Singing Cowboy”) plays ‘Chip’ Douglas the rowdiest of hands on Slade Henaberry’s (Cy Kendall) ranch and unaware that his boss is crooked. That is until Chip’s disapproving father (Tom Brower) is killed by Henaberry’s henchman Tascosa (Harry Woods) who was rustling Mr. Douglas’s cattle at the time. The story is set in the 1870’s in Bitter Creek New Mexico Territory. The [...]
No Picture

1941

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1941 1941 Academy Awards (Oscar winners and nominees) (winners listed first in bold print) Best Picture How Green Was My Valley (1941) Blossoms in the Dust (1941) Citizen Kane (1941) Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) Hold Back the Dawn (1941) The Little Foxes (1941) The Maltese Falcon (1941) One Foot in Heaven (1941) Sergeant York (1941) Suspicion (1941) Best Actor in a Leading Role Gary Cooper Sergeant York (1941) Orson Welles Citizen Kane (1941) [...]
Great McGinty The (1940)

Great McGinty The (1940)

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Great McGinty The (1940) Writer Preston Sturges finally got his chance to direct (by practically giving his script away) and ended up winning the Academy Award for Best Writing Original Screenplay for this comedy about big city politics that unfortunately is uncomfortably similar to the Chicago machine that has given us our 44th POTUS. It stars the underrated Brian Donlevy in the title role as an ambitious thug that works his way from a street [...]
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