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Have-a-Heart-1934

Have a Heart (1934)

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Have a Heart (1934) Jean Parker plays Sally Moore a young dancer & instructor of children in her craft amid the theaters off Broadway in New York City. She’s engaged to marry Joe Lacy (Paul Page). On the night before their wedding their friends including her roommate Joan (Una Merkel) and her boyfriend Gus (Stuart Erwin) throw a big party for them in the apartment that the girls share. Joe chases Jean around the apartment with a [...]
Country Girl The (1954)

Country Girl The (1954)

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Country Girl The (1954) Directed by Academy Award winning writer George Seaton (Miracle on 34th Street (1947)) who also adapted Clifford Odets’s play in this one this above average drama features Grace Kelly’s (Mogambo (1953)) Best Actress Oscar performance as the pushy yet loyal wife of an alcoholic actor played by Bing Crosby (Going My Way (1944)) whose performance earned him his third (and last) Best Actor nomination. William [...]
Maltese Falcon The (1941)

Maltese Falcon The (1941)

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Maltese Falcon The (1941) One of the best detective movies is also one of Humphrey Bogart’s best films (nominated for a Best Picture Oscar two years before Casablanca won) that also features Mary Astor Sydney Greenstreet (his only Academy Award nominated performance in his screen debut) and Peter Lorre. Directed by John Huston who also received an Oscar nomination for writing the screenplay. "The stuff dreams are made of" (#14 on [...]
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The Life of Emile Zola (1937)

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The Life of Emile Zola (1937) A very interesting film – a somewhat fictionalized biography (per the opening credits) of Emile Zola whose story I was not familiar with until now. He was a French muckraking writer in the late 19th century. The movie is primarily focused on one particular case (perhaps the most prominent of his life?) in which he is taken to trial (libel) for exposing the Army’s conviction of an innocent man for treason [...]
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Tanks a Million (1941)

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Tanks a Million (1941) There have been a lot of bad films that have received Academy Award nominations over the years and this has to be one of the worst. Directed by Fred Guiol and written by Paul Girard Smith Warren Wilson & Edward Seabrook this B movie from producer Hal Roach earned Edward Ward another Oscar nomination when his Score was nominated. It’s a nothing special comedy which features William Tracy in a leading role; his [...]
COURTROOM DRAMAS

Courtroom Dramas

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Courtroom Dramas Films which feature an ending trial or contain one within are too numerous to list; plus I’ve intentionally left out court-martial trials and other forms of military justice (perhaps I’ll explore this topic in a future essay). I’ve also decided to exclude (e.g. biographical) stories about lawyers and judges and I’ve excluded 12 Angry Men (1957) because it’s about jury deliberations. Instead [...]
VIVACIOUS LADY (1938) – FULL REVIEW!

Vivacious Lady (1938) – full review!

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Vivacious Lady (1938) – full review! Produced & directed by George Stevens with a screenplay by P.J. Wolfson & Ernest Pagano that was based on I.A.R. Wylie’s story this uneven romantic comedy features Ginger Rogers in the title role and James Stewart. Watching this film I found myself both laughing out loud AND waiting for certain tired scenes to end (like the endless whistling at Rogers). Plus I don’t usually find the [...]
BADLANDERS THE (1958)

Badlanders The (1958)

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Badlanders The (1958) Though ostensibly a version of The Asphalt Jungle (1950) I didn’t see it nor is it even half as captivating. It stars Alan Ladd late in his career and looking it and Ernest Borgnine as ex-convicts who at least initially don’t want anything to do with one another but end up working together. The film opens in a Yuma prison camp where Ladd has 10 months left on his sentence but Borgnine has only one more day to [...]
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Henry O’Neill

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Henry O’Neill Unless you’ve watched a lot of Warner Bros. and MGM movies on TCM like I have you may not be familiar with character actor Henry O’Neill though he appeared in more than 160 films. Even if you know this prolific actor’s name you may not be able to recall (or instantly identify) his face. In fact you might find yourself confusing him with another prematurely gray-haired (yet mustached) actor Lewis Stone (born [...]
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You Can’t Escape Forever (1942)

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You Can’t Escape Forever (1942) Very fast moving drama/comedy with a special cast of well known actors; one of several remakes of Hi Nellie! (1934). Directed by Jo Graham Roy Chanslor’s story was treated by Fred Niblo Jr. (The Criminal Code (1931)) & Hector Chevigny. George Brent is a newspaper editor driven by his ear twitching hunches; Charles Halton is his assist who is intent on replacing him (competing for Brent’s [...]
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