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FATHER OF THE BRIDE (1950)

Father of the Bride (1950)

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Father of the Bride (1950) A fun funny family film with Spencer Tracy and Joan Bennett as the parents of bride-to-be Elizabeth Taylor with scenes most fathers wouldn’t want repeated in their lives with their daughters. It was nominated for a Best Picture Oscar; Tracy also received a (Best Actor) nomination as did Frances Goodrich & Albert Hackett (The Thin Man (1934)) for their Screenplay which was based on Edward Streeter’s [...]
AFFAIRS OF ANATOL THE (1921)

Affairs of Anatol The (1921)

August 29, 2014 // 1 Comment

Affairs of Anatol The (1921) Produced (and directed) by Cecil B. DeMille “by Jeanie Macpherson suggested by Arthur Schnitzler’s play of the same name (appreciation of their literary assistance is extended to Beulah Marie Dix and Elmer Harris)” this silent comedy-drama features Wallace Reid in the title role; Gloria Swanson plays his wife Vivian Spencer. The film includes several experiments in color some scenes are tinted and (at [...]
NIGHT OF THE HUNTER THE (1955)

Night of the Hunter The (1955)

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Night of the Hunter The (1955) A chilling film directed by Charles Laughton (his only effort?) with Robert Mitchum (his best role?) Shelley Winters and Lillian Gish! James Gleason and Peter Graves also appear. The screenplay was written by James Agee (The African Queen (1951)) from the novel by Davis Grubb. The film was added to the National Film Registry in 1992. #34 on AFI’s Most Heart-Pounding Movies list. Mitchum’s Reverend Harry [...]
GOODBYE MR. CHIPS (1939)

Goodbye Mr. Chips (1939)

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Goodbye Mr. Chips (1939) A heartwarming film about a teacher and his students featuring Robert Donat’s Academy Award winning Best Actor performance and a Best Actress nominated performance by Greer Garson in her first film! Mutual respect turns to love between the two. The film and its director Sam Wood (the first of his four unrewarded Academy Award nominations; three for Best Director) were also nominated for Oscars as was its Screenplay [...]
Born Yesterday (1950)

Born Yesterday (1950)

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Born Yesterday (1950) Judy Holliday gives a knockout career performance as the initially dim-witted ex-showgirl Billie Dawn earning herself the Best Actress Oscar on her only nomination. Broderick Crawford plays her rough and tough self-made businessman boyfriend Harry Brock who hires newspaperman Paul Verrall played by William Holden to teach his "dumb broad" how to act in society so as not to embarrass him in public. Unfortunately [...]
TALE OF TWO CITIES A (1935)

Tale of Two Cities A (1935)

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Tale of Two Cities A (1935) Producer David O. Selznick’s great screen version of this Charles Dickens classic received an Oscar nomination for Best Picture and stars Ronald Colman Elizabeth Allan Reginald Owen Basil Rathbone Donald Woods and Edna May Oliver (love her!) among others. Editor Conrad Nervig (Eskimo (1933)) was also nominated. The film opens with Colman as the man facing the guillotine who tells the story in flashback. He is [...]
CORNERED (1945)

Cornered (1945)

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Cornered (1945) Directed by Edward Dmytryk (Crossfire (1947)) this film is a mess. First it stars Dick Powell (!) as a blustering ex-P.O.W. Canadian pilot (!). After the war he’s bent on trying to find the man who killed his wife of only 20 days (must have been some woman!). The plot is unbelievable and so confusing with so many twists and turns you’ll get whiplash trying to keep up if you’re even interested enough to try. Plus [...]
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Old San Francisco (1927)

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Old San Francisco (1927) Directed by Alan Crosland with a story by producer Darryl F. Zanuck and a screenplay written by Anthony Coldeway (Glorious Betty (1928)) this average silent includes some pretty good special effects at its end recreating the city’s 1906 earthquake. The story is rather uninspired and even racist to the Chinese residing there referring to them as Mongols and portraying them stereotypically involved in criminal [...]
Letter The (1940)

Letter The (1940)

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Letter The (1940) Bette Davis gives her typical powerhouse (and Best Actress Academy Award nominated) performance in this essential drama as a woman accused of killing a man she claims was in self-defense. Herbert Marshall plays her husband who engages his lawyer (James Stephenson his only Oscar nominated performance Supporting) to defend her. Howard Koch adapted W. Somerset Maugham’s play which takes place on a rubber plantation. The film [...]
AUGUST 2006 – SUMMER UNDER THE STARS

August 2006 – Summer Under the Stars

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August 2006 – Summer Under the Stars August 1-9 The Three Musketeers (1948) – an all new capsule review! Private Screenings: Angela Lansbury (2006) – a TCM premiere! A Night at the Opera (1935) – classic comedy from the Marx Brothers added to the National Film Registry in 1993. Groucho and Sig Ruman compete for Margaret Dumont’s affections by trying to sign the best singing talent for their operas. Allan Jones is [...]
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