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GREAT WALTZ THE (1938)

Great Waltz The (1938)

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Great Waltz The (1938) Directed by Julien Duvivier with a screenplay by Samuel Hoffenstein (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)) and Walter Reisch that was based on a story by Gottfried Reinhardt this fictionalized biography-drama of Vienna’s Johann ‘Schani’ Strauss II features Fernand Gravet (aka Gravey) as the prolific composer who is perhaps best known for his waltz The Blue Danube aka “On the Beautiful Blue Danube”. [...]
TENDER MERCIES (1983)

Tender Mercies (1983)

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Tender Mercies (1983) Robert Duvall earned his Best Actor Oscar playing Mac Sledge an alcoholic country and western singer and songwriter who finds solace and eventually love at a remote roadside motel run by a young war widow (and mother of a six year old boy Sonny; Allan Hubbard’s only role) Rosa Lee played by Tess Harper. Placing no real demands on him other than he not drink while doing odd jobs for her she provides him with just what [...]
WATERLOO BRIDGE (1940) – FULL REVIEW!

Waterloo Bridge (1940) – full review!

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Waterloo Bridge (1940) – full review! Directed by Mervyn LeRoy based on Robert Sherwood’s play with a screenplay by S.N. Behrman Hans Rameau and George Froeschel this classic tear-jerking wartime love story starring Robert Taylor and Vivien Leigh (reportedly her favorite) was Oscar nominated for its B&W Cinematography and Original Musical Score. The second film version of Sherwood’s play after Waterloo Bridge (1931) with [...]
ALFIE (1966)

Alfie (1966)

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Alfie (1966) Michael Caine earned his first Best Actor Oscar nomination in the title role. The film’s about a morally bankrupt British playboy who realizes just enough about who he is and what he’s doing to feel guilty about it. Along the way he seduces and/or encounters several women he dubs “birds” including Millicent Martin who even wants to introduce Alfie to her husband (?!) Shelley Winters a financially comfortable [...]
FATHER OF THE BRIDE (1950)

Father of the Bride (1950)

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Father of the Bride (1950) A fun funny family film with Spencer Tracy and Joan Bennett as the parents of bride-to-be Elizabeth Taylor with scenes most fathers wouldn’t want repeated in their lives with their daughters. It was nominated for a Best Picture Oscar; Tracy also received a (Best Actor) nomination as did Frances Goodrich & Albert Hackett (The Thin Man (1934)) for their Screenplay which was based on Edward Streeter’s [...]
FORREST GUMP (1994)

Forrest Gump (1994)

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Forrest Gump (1994) Did this really win the Oscar for Best Picture? Or was it a made-for-MTV movie of the week? Tom Hanks’ portrayal of the fictional title character (a man with a low IQ but the stereotypical “heart of gold”) whose life experiences are historic earned him his second consecutive Best Actor Oscar (the other was Philadelphia (1993)). Back to the Future (1985) trilogy director Robert Zemeckis earned his one Oscar [...]
I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955)

I’ll Cry Tomorrow (1955)

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I’ll Cry Tomorrow (1955) Directed by Daniel Mann with a screenplay by Helen Deutsch (Lili (1953)) and Jay Richard Kennedy this slightly above average biographical drama about the rise and fall (& recovery) of singer-actress Lillian Roth earned Susan Hayward who sings her fourth unrewarded Best Actress Oscar nomination (she would win on her fifth & last nomination for I Want to Live! (1958)). Based on an autobiography co-written by [...]
Stalag 17 (1953)

Stalag 17 (1953)

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Stalag 17 (1953) A film produced and directed by Billy Wilder who also co-wrote the screenplay with Edwin Blum that was based on the play by Donald Bevan and Edmund Trzcinski; it’s an essential war drama that earned William Holden (Sunset Blvd. (1950) also co-written and directed by Wilder) his Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role on his second of three such Oscar nominations. Director Wilder was also nominated as was Supporting [...]
NOT AS A STRANGER (1955) – FULL REVIEW!

Not as a Stranger (1955) – full review!

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Not as a Stranger (1955) – full review! Odd casting which includes a plethora of recognizable character actors in cameo roles some of which are uncredited mark this drama which celebrates the profession of medical doctor; it was also producer Stanley Kramer’s directorial debut. Based on Morton Thompson’s novel its screenplay was written by the husband and wife team of Edward and Edna Anhalt (Panic in the Streets (1950)). The [...]
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Happy Years The (1950)

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Happy Years The (1950) Directed by William A. Wellman (A Star is Born (1937)) and based on Owen Johnson’s “Lawrenceville School” stories this “coming of age” comedy drama stars 14 year old Dean Stockwell (Married to the Mob (1988)) as an incorrigible young lad who eventually learns to fit in at a prep school after having been thrown out of at least two others. A rivalry with a “tough” older boy a [...]
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