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ALL MY SONS (1948) – FULL REVIEW!

All My Sons (1948) – full review!

August 29, 2014 // 0 Comments

All My Sons (1948) – full review! Producer Chester Erskine wrote the screenplay for this Arthur Miller play about a son that discovers his financially successful father isn’t all that he seems to be; Irving Reis directed. Burt Lancaster plays the son Chris Keller Edward G. Robinson plays his factory owner father Joe (“if you want to know ask Joe”). Mady Christians plays Joe’s wife Kate Louisa Horton plays [...]
LADY WINDERMERE’S FAN (1925)

Lady Windermere’s Fan (1925)

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Lady Windermere’s Fan (1925) Ronald Colman is the title character by the name of Lord Darlington in this Ernst Lubitsch silent gem. Early on Coleman tells Lady Windermere (May McAvoy) that he is in love with her. Her husband Lord Windermere (Bert Lytell) receives a letter from Mrs. Erlynne (Irene Rich) a social outcast that she must see him. When he does he is told by Mrs. Erlynne that his wife is her daughter (out of wedlock? the reason [...]
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)

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Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) I didn’t know how talented Howard Keel (from TV’s Dallas) was until I saw this essential Musical a sleeper hit for MGM (the studio had thought their Gene Kelly-Van Johnson-Cyd Charisse production of Brigadoon (1954) would be their big hit that year causing the production qualities of this one to suffer). The story is about a family of mountain men the Pontipee’s whose eldest son Adam [...]
APRIL 2006 – DEBORAH KERR

April 2006 – Deborah Kerr

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April 2006 – Deborah Kerr Saturday April 1 – April Fools 6:00 AM Watch On The Rhine (1943) 8:00 AM Odds Against Tomorrow (1959) – full review! 4:00 PM Operation Petticoat (1959) – an above average comedy (nominated for a Best Writing Story & Screenplay Oscar) from director Blake Edwards starring Cary Grant as the Captain of a submarine Tony Curtis as his first officer that can get him anything he needs and Dina [...]
Jamaica Inn (1939)

Jamaica Inn (1939) – full review!

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Jamaica Inn (1939) – full review! I almost didn’t want to review this film for my website because I feel this is one of director Alfred Hitchcock’s poorest efforts. Even though it’s based on Daphne Du Maurier’s novel and features a particularly evil character by Charles Laughton I didn’t find it to be a particularly engaging or satisfying drama. However though it lacks much of the suspense and intrigue [...]
Money and the Woman (1940)

Money and the Woman (1940)

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Money and the Woman (1940) Up and coming bank VP Dave Bennett (Jeffrey Lynn) goes to visit the branch that has an outstanding deposit record to figure out why. When he does he and the branch manager Jerry Helm (John Litel) witness the head of that department Charlie Patterson (Roger Pryor) exhibit extraordinary personal service. However when Bennett offers him a promotion Patterson declines the offer and doubles over in pain. Once Patterson [...]
WITHOUT RESERVATIONS (1946)

Without Reservations (1946)

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Without Reservations (1946) A so so story about a writer (Claudette Colbert) who writes a novel that becomes the rage. On her way (by train and then car) to Hollywood where her book is to be made into a movie she meets the perfect unknown man (John Wayne) and military officer to portray her protagonist on-screen. Unfortunately for her without knowing who she is he shares his view that the ideas expressed in her popular book are nonsense. However [...]
THUNDER ROAD (1958)

Thunder Road (1958)

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Thunder Road (1958) Directed by Arthur Ripley from a story provided by its uncredited producer and star Robert Mitchum with a screenplay by James Atlee Phillips and Walter Wise this B movie is the definitive moonshine bootlegging drama. Mitchum plays Lucas Doolin who’s returned from serving his country to rural North Carolina where his father Vernon (Trevor Bardette) has continued their family business of making and distributing alcohol [...]
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First Auto The (1927)

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First Auto The (1927) Directed by Roy Del Ruth with a screenplay by Anthony Coldeway (Glorious Betsy (1928)) this silent written by the Irving G. Thalberg Award winning producer Darryl F. Zanuck (‘G’ Men (1935)) tells the story of how the automobile replaced the horse as the primary means of transportation etc. in our society. The life of a man who’s both a livery stable owner and a winning racehorse trainer (in lieu of the buggy whip [...]
Saboteur (1942)

Saboteur (1942)

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Saboteur (1942) An incredibly ambitious film which is almost like a first draft of (maybe) Hitchcock’s greatest film North By Northwest (1959). It contains the familiar “innocent man wrongly accused” etc. theme (as mentioned above in The 39 Steps (1935) description) which ultimately culminates in a thrilling climax at a famous American landmark. Robert Cummings and Priscilla Lane star (though Hitchcock originally wanted Gary [...]
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