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CLASH OF THE WOLVES (1925)

Clash of the Wolves (1925)

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Clash of the Wolves (1925) This silent adventure Western features the dark coated German Shepherd dog star Rin Tin Tin as a wolf pack leader known as Lobo; it was directed by Noel Mason Smith and written by Charles A. Logue. Rinty had to wear booties on his front paws and sported a beard (incognito as a dog) during some of the action which includes lots of running a jump over chasm climbing a fence a jump off a building onto a man on horseback [...]
D.O.A. (1950)

D.O.A. (1950)

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D.O.A. (1950) Dead On Arrival. A terrific film I’m glad I saw thanks to a recommendation from a friend. Edmond O’Brien is a victim of a slow-acting poison who must track down his own killer! Directed by (five time Academy Award nominated cinematographer) Rudolph Maté and written by Russell Rouse & Clarence Greene. Added to the National Film Registry in 2004. Within the first few minutes of the film O’Brien’s [...]
GAMBIT (1966)

Gambit (1966)

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Gambit (1966) Directed by cinematographer Ronald Neame who’d received Oscar nominations for Special Effects screenplay Writing and producing in the 1940’s with a Sidney Carroll (The Hustler (1961)) story and a screenplay by Jack Davies (Those Magnificent Men in the Their Flying Machines (1965)) and Alvin Sargent (who would later win two Oscars for his three screenplay nominations) this clever crime caper comedy would earn three Oscar [...]
Captain Newman M.D. (1963)

Captain Newman M.D. (1963)

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Captain Newman M.D. (1963) Gregory Peck plays an Army doctor (the title character) that heads up Ward 7 the psychiatric unit at a U. S. Military base in Arizona in 1944. Not unlike Operation Petticoat (1959) before it nor MASH (1970) after this story uses war as a backdrop for a comedy with dramatic elements. Though this one is set far from enemy lines it incorporates many of the same elements & themes by telling the stories of the patients [...]
FRONT THE (1976)

Front The (1976)

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Front The (1976) Clever dramatic comedy written directed and even acted (some) by blacklisted artists about blacklisting during the period of time when persons in the entertainment industry were being scrutinized for their communist sympathies and un-American activities. Written by formerly blacklisted writer Walter Bernstein who received his only Oscar recognition with a nomination for his Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen and directed [...]
SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH (1962)

Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)

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Sweet Bird of Youth (1962) Directed by Richard Brooks (Elmer Gantry (1960)) who also wrote the screenplay for this Tennessee Williams (who has two screenplay Oscar nominations to his credit) play this above average drama with Paul Newman in the title role features Ed Begley’s Academy Award winning Supporting Actor performance (on his only nomination); Geraldine Page (The Trip to Bountiful (1985)) received a Best Actress nomination and [...]
THE 39 STEPS (1935)

The 39 Steps (1935)

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The 39 Steps (1935) One of Alfred Hitchcock’s favorites it was his first to use "the innocent man framed by circumstantial evidence who must run cross-country from police and spies alike in his frantic attempt to clear himself and find the real enemies of the people" a theme which the director would make his trademark. Robert Donat plays that man in this film Madeleine Carroll the woman who helps him. A memorable scene in this [...]
The Jungle Book (1967)

The Jungle Book (1967)

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The Jungle Book (1967) Nominated for an Academy Award for its signature song “The Bare Necessities” this Disney classic features the voice talents of Phil Harris Sebastian Cabot George Sanders Sterling Holloway and Louis Prima. Inspired by Rudyard Kipling’s Mowgli stories it was directed by Wolfgang Reitherman and written by Larry Clemmons Ralph Wright Ken Anderson and Vance Gerry. This animated feature was released after Walt [...]
The Falcon Strikes Back (1943)

The Falcon Strikes Back (1943)

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The Falcon Strikes Back (1943) The fifth film in the Falcon series Directed by Edward Dmytryk (Crossfire (1947)) this is Tom Conway’s first film as the Falcon and he’s got a new sidekick Goldie (Cliff Edwards) and houseboy (Richard Loo) though he retains his journalist girlfriend Marcia Brooks (Jane Randolph). The police inspector (Cliff Clark) and his detective (Edward Gargan) also return from the preceding Falcon film The [...]
Boys’ Night Out (1962)

Boys’ Night Out (1962)

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Boys’ Night Out (1962) Directed by Michael Gordon with a story by Arne Sultan & Marvin Worth an adaptation by Marion Hargrove and a screenplay by Ira Wallach this 1960’s style romantic comedy is lightweight fun. It stars James Garner Tony Randall Howard Duff and Howard Morris as four New York businessmen and co-commuters from Greenwich who pitch in to rent an inexpensive bachelor pad for their first & future liaisons and end [...]
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