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Kansan The (1943)

Kansan The (1943)

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Kansan The (1943) Directed by George Archainbaud with a screenplay by Harold Shumate that was based on a novel by Frank Gruber this action packed B Western features Richard Dix in the title role as John Bonniwell. The film’s Score was nominated for an Academy Award (Gerard Carbonara’s only Oscar nominations). The cast also includes Jane Wyatt Albert Dekker Eugene Pallette Victor Jory and Robert Armstrong (among others) in significant [...]
Adventures of Don Juan (1948) – full review!

Adventures of Don Juan (1948) – full review!

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Adventures of Don Juan (1948) – full review! Directed by Vincent Sherman with a screenplay by George Oppenheimer (The War Against Mrs. Hadley (1942)) and Harry Kurnitz (What Next Corporal Hargrove? (1945)) that was based on the Herbert Dalmas story this average adventure drama not only marks the last swashbuckler role for Errol Flynn (at 39 years old) appropriately playing the title character but also the actor’s last of more than a [...]
Blonde Inspiration (1941)

Blonde Inspiration (1941)

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Blonde Inspiration (1941) Directed by Busby Berkeley who received Best Dance Direction Oscar nominations for three consecutive years in the 30’s this comedy features John Shelton in one of his few leading (or even credited) roles. He plays a struggling serious writer who chooses to write “junk” (e.g. pulp fiction) in hopes of earning an opportunity to have his novel published. Unfortunately this film misses the mark badly [...]
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Too Many Husbands (1940)

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Too Many Husbands (1940) Released less than two months prior to a similar (& essential) comedy My Favorite Wife (1940) this one was based on a W. Somerset Maugham play (with a screenplay by Claude Binyon) that begins with the same concept but the overall story and its execution isn’t nearly as good. It was produced and directed by Wesley Ruggles (Cimarron (1931)) and though its principle cast is almost as strong as the later film it [...]
COURTROOM DRAMAS

Courtroom Dramas

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Courtroom Dramas Films which feature an ending trial or contain one within are too numerous to list; plus I’ve intentionally left out court-martial trials and other forms of military justice (perhaps I’ll explore this topic in a future essay). I’ve also decided to exclude (e.g. biographical) stories about lawyers and judges and I’ve excluded 12 Angry Men (1957) because it’s about jury deliberations. Instead [...]
ALEXIS ZORBAS (1964)

Alexis Zorbas (1964)

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Alexis Zorbas (1964) aka Zorba the Greek (1964) Anthony Quinn picked up his last Academy Award (Best Actor) nomination in the title role (and his career’s signature performance) playing opposite Alan Bates in this above average drama about an uptight Englishman who meets the titled ‘joie de vivre’ Greek that changes his life. Bates’s character is a writer who receives a small inheritance an abandoned mine on the Greek island of [...]
Sworn Enemy (1936)

Sworn Enemy (1936)

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Sworn Enemy (1936) Directed by Edwin L. Marin this crime drama doesn’t quite work because the writers (Wells Root wrote the screenplay for this Richard Wormser story) and the director couldn’t decide whether it should be played straight or not. Whereas a number of B pictures some also starring Robert Young are notable for their effective mix of comedy within a more serious story this one fails. The comedic elements which include Nat [...]
Roaring Twenties The (1939)

Roaring Twenties The (1939)

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Roaring Twenties The (1939) This is an excellent film about three World War I Army buddies whose lives change dramatically when they return from the war and get involved in crime to varying degrees. Eddie (James Cagney) initially works as a cab driver sharing his old friend’s (Frank McHugh) taxi. But through a speakeasy owner a woman named Panama (Gladys George) Eddie gets involved in the illegal alcohol business (e.g. during Prohibition). [...]
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Mrs. Miniver (1942)

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Mrs. Miniver (1942) This terrific film about perseverance & courage helped rally U.S. support for our British allies in World War II. The first film to receive five acting nominations winning two (one for Lead Actress Greer Garson & one for the comely Teresa Wright Supporting Actress) and also earned William Wyler his first (out of three) Best Director Oscar. His other two were earned directing the Best Pictures in 1946 and 1959. Walter [...]
HERE COMES THE GROOM (1951) – FULL REVIEW!

Here Comes the Groom (1951) – full review!

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Here Comes the Groom (1951) – full review! Produced & directed by Frank Capra one of his last films (he didn’t direct another film his next to last until 1959) with a story by his frequent collaborator Robert Riskin and Liam O’Brien this slightly above average musical (late screwball) comedy features Bing Crosby in the title role. Crosby who’s always ready with a song to smooth over any situation plays the kind of [...]
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