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ANCHORS AWEIGH (1945)

Anchors Aweigh (1945)

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Anchors Aweigh (1945) Directed by George Sidney this slightly above average wartime Musical comedy written by Natalie Marcin and adapted by Isobel Lennart (The Sundowners (1960)) earned George Stoll his only Oscar (out of eight nominations) for its Score; the song “I Fall in Love Too Easily” was also nominated. It stars Gene Kelly (who received his only Best Actor nomination) and Frank Sinatra as two Navy buddies on leave in Los [...]
HOUSE ON 56TH STREET THE (1933) – FULL REVIEW!

House on 56th Street The (1933) – full review!

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House on 56th Street The (1933) – full review! Directed by Robert Florey with screenplay by Austin Parker and Sheridan Gibney that was based on a story by Joseph Santley this slightly above average pre-code drama stars Kay Francis with Ricardo Cortez Gene Raymond John Halliday Margaret Lindsay and (briefly) Frank McHugh among others. Francis plays follies girl Peggy Martin who’s romantically pursued by the (family) wealthy Monte Van [...]
Counsellor at Law (1933)

Counsellor at Law (1933)

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Counsellor at Law (1933) Directed by William Wyler this is the best early film of his I’ve seen! The film opens in the hustle and bustle of a law firm in the Empire State Building New York City. It gives a terrific sense of the hurried and harried lives of several individuals in the Simon & Tedesco office as well as the physical layout of the suites themselves. We are introduced to the receptionist/phone operator (Isabell Jewel) the [...]
Shadow on the Wall (1950)

Shadow on the Wall (1950)

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Shadow on the Wall (1950) Directed by Pat Jackson with a screenplay by William Ludwig (Interrupted Melody (1955)) this above average thriller features 9 year old Gigi Perreau as the daughter of a man (Zachary Scott) falsely accused and convicted of killing his wife her stepmother. She witnessed part of the event causing her to go into shock until a psychiatrist (Nancy Davis) attempts to get her to recall what happened while the real killer (Ann [...]
IT SHOULD HAPPEN TO YOU (1954) – FULL REVIEW!

It Should Happen to You (1954) – full review!

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It Should Happen to You (1954) – full review! Directed by George Cukor (My Fair Lady (1964)) with a story & screenplay by three time Oscar nominated writer Garson Kanin this above average comedy stars the uniquely talented Judy Holliday (Born Yesterday (1950)) Peter Lawford and Jack Lemmon in his screen debut (showing signs of his “outburst ability” for which he’d become famous)! It also earned Jean Louis (The Solid [...]
Doña Bárbara (1943)

Doña Bárbara (1943)

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Doña Bárbara (1943) Directed by Fernando de Fuentes and based on the novel by Rómulo Gallegos this Mexican film tells the story of the titled character a woman who was raped in her late teens which hardens and strengthens her such that she becomes a ruthless wealthy landowner who takes out her hostilities on the weaker male sex in her country. Barbara’s “rule” includes bribing the officials to make the laws favorable to her [...]
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Royal Wedding (1951)

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Royal Wedding (1951) The first film by director Stanley Donen though he’d co-directed On the Town (1949) with Gene Kelly was written by Alan Jay Lerner (released the same year he earned his first Oscar for writing An American in Paris (1951) which featured Kelly in the title role). This Arthur Freed production stars Fred Astaire and Jane Powell replacing Judy Garland who was finally fired by MGM management for repeatedly missing or [...]
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The Great Ziegfeld (1936)

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The Great Ziegfeld (1936) A biography of the Broadway legend played by William Powell winning three Oscars (out of seven nominations) including Best Picture Seymour Felix’s Dance Direction and the first of consecutive Lead Actress Oscars for Luise Rainer (with The Good Earth (1937)) whom I thought overacted a bit in this so so musical. However the production numbers for the time (and to some degree even now) are spectacular. The trend [...]
BARRETTS OF WIMPOLE STREET THE (1934)

Barretts of Wimpole Street The (1934)

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Barretts of Wimpole Street The (1934) Directed by Irving G. Thalberg winner Sidney Franklin (The Good Earth (1937)) and co-written by Claudine West (Mrs. Miniver (1942)) & Donald Ogden Stewart (The Philadelphia Story (1940)) among others this historical drama about the romance between poets Elizabeth Barrett (Norma Shearer The Divorcee (1930)) and Robert Browning (Fredric March Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) & The Best Years of Our Lives [...]
FIRECREEK (1968) – FULL REVIEW!

Firecreek (1968) – full review!

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Firecreek (1968) – full review! Directed by Vincent McEveety with a screenplay by Calvin Clements (Sr.) this relatively unknown Western is an unheralded gem a High Noon (1952) type story appropriately featuring James Stewart in the everyman role that won Gary Cooper his second Best Actor Oscar on his last Academy Award nomination. Henry Fonda plays the leader of the gang that disrupts the titled town where farmer Stewart is the part time [...]
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