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ENCHANTED COTTAGE THE (1945) – FULL REVIEW!

Enchanted Cottage The (1945) – full review!

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Enchanted Cottage The (1945) – full review! Directed by John Cromwell with a screenplay by DeWitt Bodeen and Herman J. Mankiewicz (Citizen Kane (1941)) that was based on a play by Arthur Wing Pinero this slightly above average romance drama stars Dorothy McGuire Robert Young Herbert Marshall Mildred Natwick and Spring Byington (among others). The film’s Score was nominated for an Academy Award representing the last Oscar nomination [...]
LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT (1962)

Long Day’s Journey Into Night (1962)

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Long Day’s Journey Into Night (1962) Directed by five time Best Director Oscar nominee Sidney Lumet and written by Eugene O’Neill this "play" features some of Katharine Hepburn‘s best acting for which she received her ninth of twelve Best Actress nominations. However to fail to mention the other three fine performances by the cast’s veteran male actors Ralph Richardson (The Heiress (1949)) double Supporting [...]
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Tanks a Million (1941)

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Tanks a Million (1941) There have been a lot of bad films that have received Academy Award nominations over the years and this has to be one of the worst. Directed by Fred Guiol and written by Paul Girard Smith Warren Wilson & Edward Seabrook this B movie from producer Hal Roach earned Edward Ward another Oscar nomination when his Score was nominated. It’s a nothing special comedy which features William Tracy in a leading role; his [...]
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Petticoat Larceny (1943)

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Petticoat Larceny (1943) B-movie child star Joan Carroll plays a minor in the care of Ruth Warrick like the previous year in Obliging Young Lady (1942). Paul Guilfoyle (One Crowded Night (1940)) plays “Tinhorn” Foster the notorious figure and Al Bridge & Cliff Clark policeman from the Falcon Series appear uncredited. A precocious little girl radio star Joan Mitchell (Ms. Carroll) is bored with the stories’ scripts [...]
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The Life of Emile Zola (1937)

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The Life of Emile Zola (1937) A very interesting film – a somewhat fictionalized biography (per the opening credits) of Emile Zola whose story I was not familiar with until now. He was a French muckraking writer in the late 19th century. The movie is primarily focused on one particular case (perhaps the most prominent of his life?) in which he is taken to trial (libel) for exposing the Army’s conviction of an innocent man for treason [...]
Notorious (1946)

Notorious (1946)

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Notorious (1946) One of Hitchcock’s most acclaimed (discussed & analyzed) films. It certainly contains terrific characterizations by its three lead actors: Cary Grant (inexplicably ignored by the Academy) Ingrid Bergman and Claude Rains (whose performance did receive a nomination). The love story within is what distinguishes this thriller from his others. Grant’s character must convince the woman he comes to love (Bergman) to [...]
APACHE TRAIL (1942)

Apache Trail (1942)

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Apache Trail (1942) Directed by Richard Thorpe this Western features Lloyd Nolan as the man in black William Lundigan as his incorruptible brother Donna Reed Anne Ayars Connie Gilchrist and Chill Wills as supporting players in the cast of this Ernest Haycox (story) & Maurice Geraghty treatment. The film begins with hanging Judge Keeley (George Watts) literally riding through town on the stagecoach to pass sentence on whomever the Marshal [...]
Saboteur (1942)

Saboteur (1942)

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Saboteur (1942) An incredibly ambitious film which is almost like a first draft of (maybe) Hitchcock’s greatest film North By Northwest (1959). It contains the familiar “innocent man wrongly accused” etc. theme (as mentioned above in The 39 Steps (1935) description) which ultimately culminates in a thrilling climax at a famous American landmark. Robert Cummings and Priscilla Lane star (though Hitchcock originally wanted Gary [...]
Torpedo Run (1958)

Torpedo Run (1958)

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Torpedo Run (1958) Directed by Joseph Pevney and written by William Wister Haines and Richard Sale this average World War II submarine drama stars Glenn Ford and Ernest Borgnine; Ford is the commander of a submarine and Borgnine is his first officer. Like most in this genre Ford plays a tortured determined sub captain who’s chasing a “holy grail”-like target in this case a Japanese “flat top” a new aircraft carrier [...]
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1938

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1938 1938 Academy Awards (Oscar winners and nominees) (winners listed first in bold print) Best Picture You Can’t Take It with You (1938) The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) Alexander’s Ragtime Band (1938) Boys Town (1938) The Citadel (1938) Four Daughters (1938) La Grande illusion (1937) Jezebel (1938) Pygmalion (1938) Test Pilot (1938) Best Actor in a Leading Role Spencer Tracy Boys Town (1938) Charles Boyer Algiers (1938) James [...]
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