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RUSSIANS ARE COMING THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING THE (1966)

Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming The (1966)

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Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming The (1966) Today it’s really hard to believe that this average (and highly dated) Cold War comedy was nominated for a Best Picture Academy Award earning its producer Norman Jewison (who also directed it) his first Oscar nomination. Based on Nathaniel Benchley’s novel Off Islanders the screenplay was written by William Rose (The Ladykillers (1955)) whose work was also nominated as was the [...]
GOODBYE GIRL THE (1977)

Goodbye Girl The (1977)

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Goodbye Girl The (1977) Neil Simon’s Oscar nominated story about a struggling actor (Richard Dreyfuss) who’s rented an apartment from a man that left his girlfriend dancer (Marsha Mason) and her daughter (Quinn Cummings) behind in it with predictable yet funny & entertaining results. Dreyfuss was the youngest actor ever to win the Best Actor Oscar at that time; Mason Cummings and the film itself also received Oscar nominations. [...]
SLENDER THREAD THE (1965)

Slender Thread The (1965)

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Slender Thread The (1965) This first film directed by Sydney Pollack is a realistic suicide hotline drama inspired by a Shana Alexander article for which Stirling Silliphant wrote a screenplay. It earned Academy Award nominations for its B&W Art Direction-Set Decoration and Costume Design. Sidney Poitier plays Alan Newell a student that works at the new suicide prevention center for Dr. Joe Coburn played by Telly Savalas. The story begins [...]
Errol Flynn Adventures

Errol Flynn Adventures

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Errol Flynn Adventures Purchase this DVD Collection now at Desperate Journey (1942) Edge of Darkness (1943) – full review! Northern Pursuit (1943) – Warner Bros. recycled the essence of Across the Pacific (1942) this time using Errol Flynn (in lieu of Humphrey Bogart) as a disgraced Mountie that infiltrates a German operation – led by Helmut Dantine (of course) – on Canadian soil. Directed by Raoul Walsh and scripted by Frank [...]
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Two Sisters from Boston (1946)

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Two Sisters from Boston (1946) This musical comedy which includes opera starts slow but should satisfy those that stick with it. Directed by Henry Koster and written by Myles Connolly (Music for Millions (1944)) with additional dialogue provided by Harry Crane and James O’Hanlon it features the first pairing of June Allyson and Peter Lawford (unless you count Girl Crazy (1943) in which Lawford plays an uncredited boy). The credited cast [...]
FRONT THE (1976)

Front The (1976)

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Front The (1976) Clever dramatic comedy written directed and even acted (some) by blacklisted artists about blacklisting during the period of time when persons in the entertainment industry were being scrutinized for their communist sympathies and un-American activities. Written by formerly blacklisted writer Walter Bernstein who received his only Oscar recognition with a nomination for his Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen and directed [...]
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Something New (1920)

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Something New (1920) Directed and written by the film’s two stars Nell Shipman (who also produced it) and Bert Van Tuyle this film’s razor thin plot is more a showcase for the incredible capabilities of a certain automobile (the titled character) of the time manufactured by Maxwell as the leads drive it over the rocky desert terrain in Mexico. Other than the Army’s Jeep I don’t think there are a lot of vehicles built [...]
STELLA DALLAS (1937)

Stella Dallas (1937)

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Stella Dallas (1937) Barbara Stanwyck gives a knockout performance as a poor woman determined to have a better life who thinks money alone will give her class. It doesn’t and refusing to learn this she soon finds herself back in the dumps. However her love for her daughter (played by Anne Shirley) and self sacrificing struggle to make a better life for her helps build her character. The ending is not to be missed! Stanwyck’s and [...]
THE WORLD THE FLESH AND THE DEVIL (1959)

The World the Flesh and the Devil (1959)

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The World the Flesh and the Devil (1959) The World the Flesh and the Devil (1959) starts out fine before it goes awry. Its most basic flaws are its awkward clumsy attempts to make a social statements – about race and humanity – which are unearned by the depth of its exploration. However given the fact that the movie was released years before the Civil Rights Act was signed by President Johnson in 1964 – something which is [...]
Double Life A (1947)

Double Life A (1947)

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Double Life A (1947) A knockout (Oscar winning Best Actor) performance by Ronald Colman this "Othello"-based story actually earned celebrated writers Garson Kanin & Ruth Gordon their first Best Writing Original Screenplay nomination as well; director George Cukor was also nominated. Edmond O’Brien Shelley Winters and Ray Collins also appear. Colman is an actor who becomes the characters he plays. He becomes so consumed by [...]
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