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TROUBLE IN PARADISE (1932)

Trouble in Paradise (1932)

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Trouble in Paradise (1932) Produced and directed by Ernst Lubitsch (The Love Parade (1929)) with an adaptation by Grover Jones (Lady and Gent (1932)) and a screenplay by Samson Raphaelson that were based on a play by Aladar Laszlo this essential romantic comedy was added to the National Film Registry in 1991. It stars Miriam Hopkins and Herbert Marshall as thieves who are ‘two peas in a pod’ and romantic soul mates who meet while trying to [...]
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You Can’t Take It With You (1938)

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You Can’t Take It With You (1938) This story about class distinctions highlighted by a family of eccentrics was Capra’s third (and last) Best Director Oscar in five years though he did receive two more nominations for Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) (which like this film teams Jean Arthur with James Stewart) and It’s A Wonderful Life (1946). It won the Best Picture Oscar and received five other nominations including for [...]
BOHÈME LA (1926)

Bohème La (1926)

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Bohème La (1926) La Boheme (1926) Directed by King Vidor and based on the Henri Murger novel (Life in the Latin Quarter) this above average silent stars Lillian Gish and John Gilbert (among others) as starving artists that live in the same apartment building in Paris’s Latin district Bohemia in 1830. It’s primarily a love story between these two main characters he’s a writer named Rodolphe while she’s a seamstress named [...]
THE 39 STEPS (1935)

The 39 Steps (1935)

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The 39 Steps (1935) One of Alfred Hitchcock’s favorites it was his first to use "the innocent man framed by circumstantial evidence who must run cross-country from police and spies alike in his frantic attempt to clear himself and find the real enemies of the people" a theme which the director would make his trademark. Robert Donat plays that man in this film Madeleine Carroll the woman who helps him. A memorable scene in this [...]
HANG ‘EM HIGH (1968)

Hang ‘Em High (1968)

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Hang ‘Em High (1968) A terrific Clint Eastwood Western his first after a successful string of Sergio Leone spaghetti Westerns he did overseas. He plays Jed Cooper a former lawman who’s wrongly hung for a crime by a vigilante lynch mob led by Ed Begley’s character which includes Alan Hale Jr.’s character. Of course he doesn’t die. Actually he’s cut down by Marshal Bliss played by Ben Johnson. Bliss takes Cooper to town [...]
PERIOD OF ADJUSTMENT (1962) – FULL REVIEW!

Period of Adjustment (1962) – full review!

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Period of Adjustment (1962) – full review! The film’s title is derived from a quasi pop psychology phrase that one of the main characters keeps uttering which is eventually adopted by another. Featuring the directorial debut of George Roy Hill with an Isobel Lennart (The Sundowners (1960)) screenplay this is an atypical Tennessee Williams drama because it’s as much a comedy as an exploration of family issues (e.g. with [...]
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Married Bachelor (1941)

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Married Bachelor (1941) Directed by Edward Buzzell with writing credits for Manuel Seff (story) this Dore Schary (Boys Town (1938)) screenplay is a light somewhat unsatisfying comedy about married life. Given the cast and the subject matter one is left thinking it could have been so much better. Randy Haven (Robert Young) and his wife Norma (Ruth Hussey The Philadelphia Story (1940)) are con artists who must leave town when the creditors of [...]
Chances (1931)

Chances (1931)

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Chances (1931) Directed by Alan Dwan with an adaptation by Waldemar Young (The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935)) this slightly above average World War I drama borrows a romantic storyline from Hell’s Angels (1930) that of two brothers one carefree and one serious who go off to fight in the same unit while leaving behind a woman they both love. Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Anthony Bushnell play the brothers respectively and Rose Hobart plays [...]
Daddy-Long-Legs (1919) – full review!

Daddy-Long-Legs (1919) – full review!

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Daddy-Long-Legs (1919) – full review! Mary Pickford plays an orphan girl. So what’s new in this drama? Well of course she’s the one that leads and/or cares for the other children in the orphanage which is run by a tyrant (Milla Davenport) while its unawares board members eat high on the hog with the public money. So what’s new in this Mary Pickford drama? Well there’s a rich girl (Fay Lemport) who’s raised in [...]
MEMORABLE FINAL PERFORMANCES

Memorable Final Performances

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Memorable Final Performances After remembering the most memorable film debuts given by classic film actors and actresses I thought it would be useful to highlight those established career performers who “went out in style”. I’m only including the “swan song” performances from those actors and actresses with significant “bodies of work” who also achieved wide acclaim at some point during their career that [...]
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