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Last Angry Man The (1959)

August 29, 2014 // 0 Comments

Last Angry Man The (1959) Paul Muni received a Best Actor Academy Award nomination for this his final film role; the film’s B&W Art Direction-Set Decoration was also Oscar nominated. Directed by Daniel Mann and based on the novel by Gerald Green it was adapted by Richard Murphy (The Desert Rats (1953)). The drama also marks the screen debut of Billy Dee Williams. Muni plays Dr. Sam Abelman an aged cantankerous Jewish doctor that lives [...]
FILMS ABOUT FATHERS

Films about Fathers

August 29, 2014 // 1 Comment

Films about Fathers As a father I’m particularly “affected” by films which portray relationships between fathers and their children particularly their daughters. No I’m not talking about Godfathers or other “sick” fathers like John Huston’s in Chinatown (1974) nor do I mean pathetic fathers like Kevin Spacey AND Chris Cooper in American Beauty (1999). I mean movies which show a more idealized view of the [...]
The Mysterious Desperado (1949)

The Mysterious Desperado (1949)

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The Mysterious Desperado (1949) If brawling is your thing this B movie Tim Holt Western (directed by Lesley Selander written by Norman Houston) is for you. The cast includes Tim’s regular sidekick Chito Jose Gonzalez Bustamante Rafferty (Richard Martin) Edward Norris as Chito’s cousin Ramon and Movita as his fiancée Luisa Frank Wilcox playing his typical bad guy role – this time as a Santo Domingo county California land administrator [...]
HUMAN COMEDY THE (1943)

Human Comedy The (1943)

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Human Comedy The (1943) Writer William Saroyan won an Oscar for his first effort an original story which earned this film a Best Picture & Best Director nomination for Clarence Brown as well as one for B&W Cinematography and its lead actor Mickey Rooney. The film opens with the recently deceased (two years ago) Mr. Macauley voice of Ray Collins describing his home town of Ithaca California. It’s during World War II and though he [...]
FIVE CAME BACK (1939) – FULL REVIEW!

Five Came Back (1939) – full review!

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Five Came Back (1939) – full review! Directed by John Farrow with a story by Richard Carroll that was scripted by Jerome Cady Dalton Trumbo and Nathanael West this above average adventure drama is one of the first to put an ensemble cast of characters from varied backgrounds in peril – the heart of the story shows how persons’ real character traits are revealed in a survival environment. Later used by director Alfred Hitchcock in [...]
COLORADO TERRITORY (1949) – FULL REVIEW!

Colorado Territory (1949) – full review!

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Colorado Territory (1949) – full review! Directed by Raoul Walsh based on the W.R. Burnett (Wake Island (1942)) novel High Sierra this remake of the 1941 film with a screenplay co-written by Edmund H. North (Patton (1970)) was made into a slightly above average Western starring Joel McCrea. The cast also includes Virginia Mayo Dorothy Malone Henry Hull James Mitchell Morris Ankrum and Ian Wolfe among others. McCrea plays the outlaw with a [...]
Blood on the Sun (1945)

Blood on the Sun (1945)

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Blood on the Sun (1945) Produced by his brother William and directed by Frank Lloyd (The Divine Lady (1929)) this slightly above average James Cagney thriller will hold your attention all the way through its hokey ending. Set before the outbreak of World War II an American newspaper editor (Cagney) working in Japan who refuses to publish their government’s propaganda becomes involved in the attempted exposure of a secret document detailing [...]
Gunplay (1951)

Gunplay (1951)

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Gunplay (1951) Lacking the usual action and featuring several plot holes this B movie Tim Holt Western also includes his regular lady’s man sidekick Chito Jose Gonzalez Bustamante Rafferty (Richard Martin). It was directed by Lesley Selander but written by Ed Earl Repp not Norman Houston. Despite its substandard quality the story does feature a strong female character played by Joan Dixon; Mauritz Hugo and Robert Wilke appear in their usual [...]
TWO ARABIAN KNIGHTS (1927)

Two Arabian Knights (1927)

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Two Arabian Knights (1927) Produced by Howard Hughes this terrific silent film won its director Lewis Milestone (All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)) the one and only Best Director Comedy Picture Academy Award ever given. It stars William Boyd (“Hop-Along Cassidy”) and Louis Wolheim (also in All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)) as two American soldiers during World War I who rescue an Arabian princess (Mary Astor). Also featured [...]
Public Wedding (1937)

Public WeddingA (1937)

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Public Wedding (1937) Directed by Nick Grinde this Houston Branch story was made into a below average B picture with Jane Wyman William Hopper Dick Purcell Marie Wilson Berton Churchill Jimmie Fox and Veda Ann Borg among others. Wyman plays the daughter-in-law of the serially married and divorced Churchill the leader of a gang of con men (Purcell James Robbins and Raymond Hatton) that’s frequently had to have been bailed out by her even [...]
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