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TORRENT (1926)

Torrent (1926)

August 29, 2014 // 1 Comment

Torrent (1926) The title refers to a flood that occurs in the small town where most of the film’s action takes place. It draws the two romantic leads closer and the special effects are pretty good given the time the film was made. This Greta Garbo silent drama her first American (MGM) film also stars Ricardo Cortez as the son of a domineering mother played by Martha Mattox. The wealthy matriarch Dona Bernarda Brull (Mattox) is upset about [...]
RANDOM HARVEST (1942)

Random Harvest (1942)

August 29, 2014 // 0 Comments

Random Harvest (1942) This essential romance drama was one of my best TCM discoveries (e.g. a film I’d never heard of until I started watching the channel). It’s a terrific "soaper" with Ronald Colman (this may have been the first film I saw him in too) as a man who suffers from amnesia and the woman (Greer Garson) who loves him. This is said to be Ms. Garson’s favorite of all her films. The cast also includes Philip Dorn [...]
ANATOMY OF A MURDER (1959)

Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

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Anatomy of a Murder (1959) Produced and directed by Otto Preminger (Laura (1944)) with a screenplay by Wendell Mayes that was based on a novel by Robert Traver (aka John Voelker) this essential crime (courtroom) drama broaches what was a controversial topic and utilized what were taboo words to shock its audience of the day; it still manages to make quite an impact on today’s viewers (including this reviewer) with its compelling story and [...]
THE DEER HUNTER (1978)

The Deer Hunter (1978)

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The Deer Hunter (1978) This brooding Academy Award winning Best Picture about Vietnam earned Christopher Walken his only Oscar (Supporting Actor) and not only beat out one of the same Coming Home (1978) but also two other very depressing movies Midnight Express (1978) & An Unmarried Woman (1978) nominated that year. Co-producer Michael Cimino also won the Best Director Oscar and was co-nominated for Screenplay Writing. The film also won for [...]
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Ninotchka (1939)

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Ninotchka (1939) One of my favorite films an Ernst Lubitsch directed comedy featuring Greta Garbo (Garbo laughs!) Melvyn Douglas and some great supporting characters (particularly the three men from Russia: Sig Ruman Felix Bressart and Alexander Granach) like Bela Lugosi as the Commissar. Garbo the picture the story (the only Academy recognition Melchior Lengyel would receive) and its Charles Brackett-Walter Reich-Billy Wilder screenplay (their [...]
SHOP ON MAIN STREET THE (1965) – FULL REVIEW!

Shop on Main Street The (1965) – full review!

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Shop on Main Street The (1965) – full review! aka Obchod na korze (1965) This World War II drama from Czechoslovakia won the Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award; additionally lead Ida Kaminska was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar. It was directed by Ján Kadár and Elmar Klos; both are credited with adapting the story by Ladislav Grosman. Unlike a lot of foreign language dramas the subtitles are non-obtrusive: easy to read without [...]
ABSENT MINDED PROFESSOR THE (1961)

Absent Minded Professor The (1961)

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Absent Minded Professor The (1961) Three years before director Robert Stevenson and screenwriter-producer Bill Walsh would collaborate and receive their only Academy recognition for their work on Mary Poppins (1964) with Julie Andrews they made this family comedy fantasy featuring Fred MacMurray in the title role as Prof. Ned Brainard. Based on a story by Samuel Taylor the professor finally succeeds in (accidentally unaware of some interference [...]
King and I The (1956)

King and I The (1956)

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King and I The (1956) This essential musical romance drama earned Yul Brynner his Best Actor Oscar (on his only nomination) his co-star Deborah Kerr was also nominated (her third of six unrewarded Best Actress nominations). Directed by Walter Lang this (Richard) Rodgers & (Oscar) Hammerstein II masterpiece earned Academy Awards for its Color Art Direction-Set Decoration & Costume Design Sound and Score. Director Lang received his only [...]
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Secret Command (1944)

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Secret Command (1944) This B movie action drama featuring home-front espionage intrigue during World War II received an Academy Award nomination for Special Effects. Directed by Edward Sutherland with a screenplay by Roy Chanslor that was based on a story by John and Ward Hawkins it stars Pat O’Brien as Sam Gallagher who’s returned home to see his brother Jeff (Chester Morris) and get a job working at shipyard. After witnessing [...]
Warner Bros. Ultimate Gangster Collection Classics

Warner Bros. Ultimate Gangster Collection: Classics

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Warner Bros. Ultimate Gangster Collection: Classics Little Caesar (1931) <-link to review | link to video clip -> Little Caesar The Public Enemy (1931) <-link to review | link to video clip -> The Public Enemy The Petrified Forest (1936) <-link to review | link to video clip -> The Petrified Forest White Heat (1949) <-link to review | link to video clip -> White Heat Public Enemies: The Golden Age Of The Gangster Film [...]
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