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Man in the Shadow (1957)

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Man in the Shadow (1957) Directed by Jack Arnold (With These Hands (1950)) and written by Gene Coon (from TV’s Star Trek series) this slightly above average drama is about the law in a Texas town which depends on a wealthy landowner for its very survival. Jeff Chandler plays the Sheriff that takes his oath of office seriously enough to challenge Orson Welles the landowner whose ranch is the size of several small European countries. On the [...]
No Picture

1948

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1948 1948 Academy Awards (Oscar winners and nominees) (winners listed first in bold print) Best Picture Hamlet (1948) Johnny Belinda (1948) The Red Shoes (1948) The Snake Pit (1948) The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) Best Actor in a Leading Role Laurence Oliver Hamlet (1948) Lew Ayres Johnny Belinda (1948) Montgomery Clift The Search (1948) Clifton Webb Sitting Pretty (1948) Dan Dailey When My Baby Smiles at Me (1948)   Best Actress in [...]
Doctor Zhivago (1965)

Doctor Zhivago (1965)

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Doctor Zhivago (1965) Produced (with Carlo Ponti) and directed by David Lean this LONG (of course?) epic about lovers & conflict during the Russian Revolution stars Omar Sharif Julie Christie Rod Steiger Geraldine Chaplin Alec Guinness Tom Courtenay (Supporting Actor Oscar nomination) and Ralph Richardson (among others even Klaus Kinski). Beautiful Color scenery sets (e.g. Art Direction-Set Decoration) Cinematography and Costumes as well as [...]
HEAVEN CAN WAIT (1978)

Heaven Can Wait (1978)

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Heaven Can Wait (1978) This remake of the classic Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) won an Oscar for Art Direction-Set Decoration. The film’s producer co-director (with Buck Henry) & co-screenwriter (with Elaine May) Warren Beatty stars as football quarterback Joe Pendleton who’s mistakenly taken early to the afterlife by an escort (Henry). So he’s put back on Earth (by James Mason) in the person of a billionaire named [...]
Tish (1942)

Tish (1942)

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Tish (1942) Directed by S. Sylvan Simon (who produced Born Yesterday (1950)) these Mary Roberts Rinehart stories were adapted by Annalee Whitmore & Thomas Seller though Harry Ruskin is credited with writing the screenplay. The film is a comedy-drama about a busybody the title character played by Marjorie Main (The Egg and I (1947)) and the effects of her actions in a small town. Main plays the role as a likable character despite her [...]
Dark Command (1940) – full review!

Dark Command (1940) – full review!

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Dark Command (1940) – full review! If the film Stagecoach (1939) got John Wayne noticed in Hollywood this Western (based on the W.R. Burnett novel of the same name) earned the actor a permanent place on casting director’s cards for the genre. Directed by Raoul Walsh with a screenplay written by Grover Jones (The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935)) and others the rest of the cast in this average but watchable story was oddly chosen. [...]
HANGMEN ALSO DIE! (1943) – FULL REVIEW!

Hangmen Also Die! (1943) – full review!

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Hangmen Also Die! (1943) – full review! This World War II propaganda thriller featuring a better than average plot and tolerable jingoism was co-produced and directed by Fritz Lang who also co-wrote its story (with Bertolt Brecht) that was adapted by John Wexley. Set in occupied Czechoslovakia the drama begins with the (unseen) assassination of the ruling Nazi official German officer Reinhard Heydrich (Hans Heinrich von Twardowski) known [...]
MAGNIFICENT SEVEN THE (1960)

Magnificent Seven The (1960)

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Magnificent Seven The (1960) A remake of Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai (1954) and featuring Elmer Bernstein’s most recognized (and Oscar nominated) score this Western is fantastic fun with an all-star cast which includes Yul Brynner Eli Wallach as the villain Steve McQueen Charles Bronson Robert Vaughn and James Coburn. John Sturges directed it. #79 on AFI’s 100 Most Heart-Pounding Movies list. #8 on AFI’s Top 25 Film [...]
OCTOBER 2005 – ROBERT MITCHUM

October 2005 – Robert Mitchum

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October 2005 – Robert Mitchum Saturday October 1 – Starring Erich von Stroheim 10:00 AM Death Takes a Holiday (1934) 2:00 PM Cleopatra (1963) – an all new capsule review! 6:15 PM Black Narcissus (1947) – Deborah Kerr plays a nun sent to a remote hilltop in the Himalayas to establish a convent on the site of an “ancient” brothel. She is assisted by a local Prince (Sabu) who craves an education and a handsome [...]
BORN TO KILL (1947) – FULL REVIEW!

Born to Kill (1947) – full review!

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Born to Kill (1947) – full review! Directed by Robert Wise with a screenplay by Eve Greene and Richard Macaulay that was based on a novel by James Gunn this average over dark film-noir crime drama features Lawrence Tierney in the title role as Sam Wilde who’s physicality and go-getter personality makes him desirable to women who aren’t satisfied by ‘turnips’. Claire Trevor plays Helen Brent who meets Sam while returning [...]
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