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FAMILY AFFAIR A (1937) – FULL REVIEW!

Family Affair A (1937) – full review!

August 29, 2014 // 0 Comments

Family Affair A (1937) – full review! Directed by George B. Seitz this average comedy drama was the first in the Andy Hardy series and the only one to feature Lionel Barrymore as Judge Hardy before Lewis Stone would take over the role for a dozen or more movies made in the late 1930’s through the middle of the next decade. Director Seitz and actors: Mickey Rooney as Andy Cecilia Parker as Marion Hardy Fay Holden (taking over for this [...]
UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN THE (1964)

Unsinkable Molly Brown The (1964)

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Unsinkable Molly Brown The (1964) Directed by Charles Walters with a screenplay by Helen Deutsch who had earlier collaborated on Lili (1953) this Richard Morris play was made into a slightly above average Musical comedy starring Debbie Reynolds who earned her only Oscar nomination (Best Actress) for playing the title role. It’s a biographical account of a backwoods tomboy (who survived a flood as an infant!) whose woodsman husband played [...]
OKLAHOMA! (1955)

Oklahoma! (1955)

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Oklahoma! (1955) If you’ve never seen this don’t miss it! I find it unbelievable that none of its songs (from Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II) made AFI’s 100 Top Movies Songs of All Time list. Shirley Jones’s first film won Oscars for Best Music and Sound Recording and it’s Editing & Color Cinematography were also nominated. It features a terrific cast including Gordon MacRae Rod Steiger (in his only [...]
Bill of Divorcement A (1932) – full review!

Bill of Divorcement A (1932) – full review!

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Bill of Divorcement A (1932) – full review! Katharine Hepburn‘s impressive film debut was directed by George Cukor who would go on to direct the actress seven more times over the next seventeen years. This Clemence Dane play which was adapted to the screen by Howard Estabrook (Cimarron (1931)) and Harry Wagstaff Gribble about “insanity runs in the family” stars John Barrymore as Hilary Fairfield. He’s just escaped [...]
EDGE OF DARKNESS (1943)

Edge of Darkness (1943)

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Edge of Darkness (1943) Directed by Lewis Milestone who won Oscars for Two Arabian Knights (1927) and All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) this William Woods novel was adapted by Robert Rossen (All The King’s Men (1949)). It’s about the struggle against the Nazi occupation in Norway during World War II in the spring of 1942. Despite the fact that it’s primarily a propaganda film it’s a very good drama which features [...]
IN THIS OUR LIFE (1942)

In This Our Life (1942)

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In This Our Life (1942) Bette Davis plays a particularly nasty bitch in this one a self centered sociopath. First she dumps her fiancé (George Brent) in order to steal the husband (Dennis Morgan) of her sister played by Olivia de Havilland. De Havilland’s character and their mother (Billie Burke) constantly make excuses or apologize for their sister’s or daughter’s respectively behavior because among other things Davis’s [...]
PIRATE THE (1948)

Pirate The (1948)

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Pirate The (1948) If you believe in love at first site you might enjoy this average Musical featuring Gene Kelly Judy Garland and Walter Slezak; Gladys Cooper also appears as Garland’s Aunt Inez. Kelly plays an actor who pretends to be a notorious pirate to win orphan dreamer Garland away from her dull fiancé Slezak. The joke’s on Garland though since unbeknownst to her though known to Kelly Slezak actually IS the notorious pirate [...]
chinatown

Chinatown (1974)

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Chinatown (1974) By Julie Having seen The Fearless Vampire Killers, Rosemary’s Baby, and The Tenant I was already impressed with the Direction of Roman Polanksi. The film was inspired by real events, the character of Hollis Mulwray is based on William Mulholland and a tragic event which occurred during his career at the L.A. Department of Water and Power in the late 1920’s. Chinatown, with a film noir feel to it stars Jack Nicholson as [...]
COME AND GET IT (1936) – FULL REVIEW!

Come and Get It (1936) – full review!

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Come and Get It (1936) – full review! Noteworthy for earning character actor Walter Brennan the first of his three Supporting Actor Oscars the first year the Academy bestowed the award this average drama also earned Edward Curtiss his only nomination for Editing. Samuel Goldwyn produced this screen version of the Edna Ferber novel which was adapted by Jules Furthman (Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)) and Jane Murfin (What Price Hollywood? [...]
Icons of Screwball Comedy Volume One

Icons of Screwball Comedy Volume One

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Icons of Screwball Comedy Volume One Purchase this DVD Collection now at If You Could Only Cook (1935) – the plot will seem similar to anyone who’s seen Claudette Colbert and Charles Boyer in Tovarich (1937) but since this preceded it the latter comedy likely borrowed from this one which stars Herbert Marshall and Jean Arthur. It was directed by William A. Seiter and features a screenplay by Howard J. Green and Gertrude Purcell from a [...]
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