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Silent Films

In Cold Blood (1967)

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In Cold Blood (1967) A hard to watch film which is definitely worth it. Robert Blake & Scott Wilson play the two murderers in this true story – filmed in the actual locations; John Forsythe plays "the law" and Paul Stewart plays the reporter (Truman Capote in real life). The film received four Oscar nominations including one for director Richard Brooks. Added to the National Film Registry in 2008. Purchase this DVD now at or [...]

Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

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Bonnie and Clyde (1967) Arthur Penn’s film about the legendary couple played by Warren Beatty & Faye Dunaway whose characters both say "We rob banks." (#41 on AFI’s 100 Greatest Movie Quotes list). Nominated for 10 Oscars including Best Picture Director and 5 acting – Beatty Dunaway Michael J. Pollard Gene Hackman and Estelle Parsons (who won as did its cinematography). Added to the National Film Registry in 1992. [...]

January 2006 – Robert Montgomery

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January 2006 – Robert Montgomery Sunday January 1 – Sinbads – HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! 6:15 AM The Clock (1945) – an above average film about a G.I. (Robert Walker) who’s got a two day leave in New York and falls in love with a young woman (Judy Garland). James Gleason plays a milkman who enables their romance by driving them around. Gleason’s real wife Lucile plays his wife in the film. Keenan Wynn also appears. [...]

Song is Born A (1948)

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Song is Born A (1948) If not for a later title role that Danny Kaye really wanted to play (Hans Christian Andersen (1952)) this would have been the actor’s last performance in a Samuel Goldwyn film. It was the last that Kaye and co-star Virginia Mayo did as contract players for the producer. By the time Goldwyn made this film his creativity was waning even on the heels of arguably his greatest success the Academy Award Best Picture winner [...]

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 [...]

Marnie (1964)

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Marnie (1964) Director Alfred Hitchcock had to use Tippi Hedren again when he couldn’t coax Princess Grace Kelly out of retirement in this psychological thriller much like Spellbound (1945). This one involves a woman’s repressed memory that caused her to be frigid which was pretty funny since Sean Connery (after two "James Bond" films) was cast as her husband and he almost rapes her on their wedding night. Oh yeah and [...]

Song of Bernadette The (1943)

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Song of Bernadette The (1943) Jennifer Jones’ Oscar winning performance (the film won three other Oscars) and Best Picture nominated (and eight other nominations including Best Actor for Charles Bickford and Best Supporting Actress for both Gladys Cooper and Ann Revere. Director Henry King was also nominated. I think you have to be a "believer" to get much out of it. The cast also includes William Eythe Vincent Price and Lee J. Cobb. [...]

Graduate The (1967)

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Graduate The (1967) A classic? Yes. An essential? Not in my book. I contend that it’s the film’s soundtrack & timing which has made others consider it one. Still it’s a comedy romance drama that’s received wide acclaim and features a terrific Best Actress Oscar nominated performance by Anne Bancroft. Fellow co-stars Dustin Hoffman and Katharine Ross were also nominated and director Mike Nichols won. The film its [...]

So Well Remembered (1947)

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So Well Remembered (1947) Directed by Edward Dmytryk (Crossfire (1947)) with a screenplay by John Paxton (also Crossfire (1947)) that was based on the James Hilton novel (Mrs. Miniver (1942)) this drama provides Martha Scott with an opportunity to play a less than endearing character opposite John Mills who plays a rather idealistic liberal in an English mill town from after World War I through the end of World War II. The cast also includes [...]

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)

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I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932) An excellent drama from director Mervyn LeRoy – a film that allegedly led to changes in the inhumane conditions on chain gangs in the South. An excellent Academy Award nominated Best Actor performance by Paul Muni too. The movie was nominated for a Best Picture Oscar and was added to the National Film Registry in 1991. Muni plays a wrongly accused man who is convicted and imprisoned; he then has to [...]
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