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PICNIC (1955)

Picnic (1955)

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Picnic (1955) Great holiday film (Labor Day) about a drifter played by William Holden and his effect on a small town which includes Kim Novak Betty Field Rosalind Russell and Arthur O’Connell (who received his first of his two unrewarded Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor) Susan Strasberg and Cliff Robertson. Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning play by William Inge with a screenplay from Daniel Taradash (From Here to [...]
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Yellow Cab Man The (1950)

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Yellow Cab Man The (1950) Directed by Jack Donohue this slightly above average comedy features Red Skelton in the title role. Though I’m not a big fan of this comedian’s mugging and frequently goofy on-screen persona I have to admit that this film’s story (by Devery Freeman who co-wrote the screenplay) kept me interested if not laughing until its end. Perhaps the fact that the cast is filled with several recognizable and [...]
Odds Against Tomorrow (1959) - full review!

Odds Against Tomorrow (1959) – full review!

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Odds Against Tomorrow (1959) – full review! Directed by Robert Wise (West Side Story (1961) & The Sound of Music (1965)) with a screenplay by Abraham Polonsky (Body and Soul (1947)) and Nelson Gidding (I Want to Live! (1958)) this excellent crime drama stars Ed Begley (Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)) Robert Ryan (Crossfire (1947)) and Harry Belafonte as three would-be bank robbers who find themselves fighting against each other such that [...]
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The Last Emperor (1987)

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The Last Emperor (1987) Pretty good film biography about Pu Yi the last of the Emperors of China (more interesting than most documentaries). It won all NINE Academy Awards for which it was nominated like Gigi (1958) Best Picture and two for Bernardo Bertolucci (The Conformist (1970)) for Best Director & Screenplay Writing among them. Based on the autobiography by Henry Pu-yi – the title character it’s a story of the boy that was chosen [...]
PRIZEFIGHTER AND THE LADY THE (1933)

Prizefighter and the Lady The (1933)

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Prizefighter and the Lady The (1933) Co-produced and directed by W.S. Van Dyke with an original story by two time Oscar winner Frances Marion (The Champ (1931)) which was adapted by John Lee Mahin and John Meehan (The Divorcee (1930)) this average boxing film features real heavyweight champion Max Baer with Myrna Loy in the title roles. Ring champs Primo Carnera and Jack Dempsey also appear as themselves. Walter Huston plays an ex-manager now a [...]
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Robert Ryan

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Robert Ryan The iconic actor Robert Ryan is best known for his intense performances in films such as: Crossfire (1947) – for which he earned his only Academy Award nomination (Supporting Actor) – with two other esteemed Roberts (Mitchum and Young) and Gloria Grahame who earned her first Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination; director Edward Dmytryk earned his only nom. Nicholas Ray’s On Dangerous Ground (1952) with Ida Lupino and Fritz [...]
Great Mr. Nobody The (1941)

Great Mr. Nobody The (1941)

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Great Mr. Nobody The (1941) Directed by Benjamin Stoloff this unexpected gem features Eddie Albert in the title role. Known best for his supporting roles and later nominated for two Oscars (Roman Holiday (1953) & The Heartbreak Kid (1972)) Albert is the lead in this one which features several other career supporting actors who somehow were never recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences: Alan Hale John Litel Charles [...]
GIANT (1956)

Giant (1956)

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Giant (1956) This glorious epic saga of Texas and the Benedict family features a deep cast and an Academy Award nominated screenplay adaptation (from Fred Guiol and Ivan Moffat) of Edna Ferber’s sprawling novel. It was directed by George Stevens (A Place in the Sun (1951)) who co-produced it with Henry Ginsberg and won his second Best Director Oscar. It stars Elizabeth Taylor whose excellent performance failed to earn her a Best Actress [...]
Damon and Pythias (1962) aka Il tiranno di Siracusa

Damon and Pythias (1962) aka Il tiranno di Siracusa

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Damon and Pythias (1962) aka Il tiranno di Siracusa Directed by Curtis Bernhardt this classic story was scripted by producer (with Sam Jaffe) Samuel Marx and Franco Riganti with English dialogue from Bridget Boland and Barry Oringer. Guy Williams and Don Burnett respectively play the titled leads. Ilaria Occhini plays Pythias’ (pregnant) wife Nerissa while Liana Orfei plays Damon’s girlfriend-come-wife Adriana. Marina Berti plays Pythias’ [...]
CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF (1958)

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)

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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) Elizabeth Taylor is gorgeous (besides giving some of her best adult acting) in this Richard Brooks/James Poe interpretation of Tennessee Williams’s stunning play that reveals truths about mendacity days gone by and family power struggles. Director Brooks also got compelling performances from Paul Newman and Burl Ives. Newman Taylor Director-writer Brooks as well as the film and William Daniels’s (The [...]
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