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YearlingThe (1946)

Yearling The (1946)

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Yearling The (1946) Beautifully shot (Best Color Cinematography & Art Direction Oscars) it gives one a bit of perspective about the way things were on a family farm in the late 1800’s. It features Gregory Peck as the understanding father of his outgoing son a young Claude Jarman (his screen debut); Jane Wyman plays Peck’s wife the overprotective mother of their only surviving (from multiple child births deaths) son. Oh yeah and [...]
SMILIN’ THROUGH (1932)

Smilin’ Through (1932)

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Smilin’ Through (1932) Directed by Sidney Franklin who later produced the Oscar winning Mrs. Miniver (1942) this film was nominated for a Best Picture Academy Award. It’s a story of redemption and/or about forgiveness told partially through flashbacks this film stars Leslie Howard as an old English gentleman who recalls wistfully his long lost love Moonyeen (Norma Shearer). He is a wealthy man and there is a place on his estate where [...]
THREE MUSKETEERS THE (1948)

Three Musketeers The (1948)

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Three Musketeers The (1948) Directed by George Sidney with a screenplay by Robert Ardrey that was based on the Alexandre Dumas novel this particular screen adaptation of the famous story earned an Academy Award nomination for its Color Cinematography (Robert H. Planck’s second of four unrewarded Oscar nominations in that category) and is notable for lead Gene Kelly’s acrobatic portrayal of D’Artagnan the fourth musketeer. [...]
BILLY ROSE’S JUMBO (1962) – FULL REVIEW!

Billy Rose’s Jumbo (1962) – full review!

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Billy Rose’s Jumbo (1962) – full review! Directed by Charles Walters (Lili (1953)) with a Ben Hecht & Charles MacArthur (The Scoundrel (1935)) play that was adapted by Sidney Sheldon (The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)) this below average Musical does features a lot of good circus action. It also marks the last film of this type which features Doris Day. Stephen Boyd plays her eventual love interest; Jimmy Durante plays her [...]
Best Man The (1964) – full review!

Best Man The (1964) – full review!

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Best Man The (1964) – full review! Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner and written by Gore Vidal this excellent political campaign drama stars Henry Fonda and Cliff Robertson as the two frontrunner candidates hoping to be selected as the Presidential nominee at their party’s convention. Lee Tracy (giving his final feature film performance) who received his only Academy recognition with an Supporting Actor Oscar nomination for his role [...]
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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Terms of Endearment (1983)

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Terms of Endearment (1983) I can still remember the tears. Of course I’ve always loved Shirley MacLaine movies (she finally won gold on her fifth and last so far Best Actress nomination) and this film is so good it almost makes having to watch Debra Winger (Oscar nominated) tolerable winning the Best Picture Oscar. A film about family relationships particularly mother & daughter. Producer James L. Brooks won his only three Oscars in [...]
AFFAIRS OF DOBIE GILLIS THE (1953)

Affairs of Dobie Gillis The (1953)

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Affairs of Dobie Gillis The (1953) Directed by Don Weis this Max Shulman screenplay and story was made into a cute light early 1950’s Musical comedy by pairing Debbie Reynolds with Bobby Van and Barbara Ruick with Bob Fosse as college kids on the campus of Grainbelt University (obviously a Midwestern locale). The most memorable musical number is the oft-repeated “All I Do Is Dream of You” (the whole day through) which Reynolds [...]
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I Married A Doctor (1936)

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I Married A Doctor (1936) There is a lot of good dialogue in this adaptation of Sinclair Lewis’s Main Street about small town gossip. Directed by Archie Mayo the screenplay was written by Harriet Ford Harvey O’Higgins and Casey Robinson (Captain Blood (1935)). Carol (Josephine Hutchinson) is a woman from Chicago who marries hometown doctor William Kennicott played by Pat O’Brien and tries to adapt to life in Williamsburg a [...]
Divorce – Italian Style (1961)

Divorce – Italian Style (1961)

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Divorce – Italian Style (1961) aka Divorzio all’italiana (1961) or Divorce Italian Style (1962) This is a very fun film starring Marcello Mastroianni by director Pietro Germi (both received Oscar nominations) which received the Best Writing Story and Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen Oscar in 1963 as well as numerous other awards. Ferdinando Cefalú (Mastroianni) is married to Rosalia (Daniela Rocca) a woman who is [...]
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