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WINCHESTER ’73 (1950)

Winchester ’73 (1950)

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Winchester ’73 (1950) The first and arguably the best of the many (director) Anthony Mann – James Stewart (actor) collaborations most of which were Westerns – this one’s an essential (and one of the best from this genre)! With a story by Stuart Lake (The Westerner (1940)) and a screenplay by Borden Chase (Red River (1948)) and Robert Richards the plot revolves around the titled gun. Stewart plays Lin McAdam who wins the [...]
Death Takes a Holiday (1934)

Death Takes a Holiday (1934)

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Death Takes a Holiday (1934) Directed by Mitchell Leisen and co-written by Maxwell Anderson (All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)) Gladys Lehman (Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)) and others this film was remade as Meet Joe Black (1998) by Martin Brest with Brad Pitt and Anthony Hopkins. Fredric March plays Death who poses as Prince Sirki a guest of Duke Lambert (Guy Standing) for a weekend in order to better understand why people fear him. The [...]
Beyond Tomorrow (1940)

Beyond Tomorrow (1940)

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Beyond Tomorrow (1940) Also known as Beyond Christmas (1940) Directed by A. Edward Sutherland with a story by Mildred Cram (Love Affair (1939)) and associate producer Adele Comandini (Three Smart Girls (1936)) who also wrote the screenplay this sentimental Christmastime fantasy boasts a pretty cast that includes: Harry Carey C. Aubrey Smith Charles Winninger Maria Ouspenskaya Helen Vinson Richard Carlson and Jean Parker (among others). Carey [...]
It's A Wonderful Life (1946)

It’s A Wonderful Life (1946)

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It’s A Wonderful Life (1946) Produced & directed by Frank Capra based on Philip Van Doren Stern’s story “The Greatest Gift” with a screenplay by Frances Goodrich & Albert Hackett (The Thin Man (1934)) and Capra plus additional scenes from Jo Swerling (The Pride of the Yankees (1942)) this essential family fantasy drama lost the Academy Award for Best Picture of the Year to producer Samuel Goldwyn’s The Best [...]
HUMAN COMEDY THE (1943)

Human Comedy The (1943)

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Human Comedy The (1943) Writer William Saroyan won an Oscar for his first effort an original story which earned this film a Best Picture & Best Director nomination for Clarence Brown as well as one for B&W Cinematography and its lead actor Mickey Rooney. The film opens with the recently deceased (two years ago) Mr. Macauley voice of Ray Collins describing his home town of Ithaca California. It’s during World War II and though he [...]
Blockade (1938)

Blockade (1938)

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Blockade (1938) Directed by William Dieterle (The Life of Emile Zola (1937)) and written by John Howard Lawson this below average war drama attempts to evoke sympathy for the struggles of peasants during the Spanish Civil War. Henry Fonda plays a simple farmer named Marco who becomes a leader in the resistance against the invaders who would take their land and livelihood. Leo Carrillo plays his sheepherder friend Luis and Madeline Carroll plays [...]
BADLANDERS THE (1958)

Badlanders The (1958)

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Badlanders The (1958) Though ostensibly a version of The Asphalt Jungle (1950) I didn’t see it nor is it even half as captivating. It stars Alan Ladd late in his career and looking it and Ernest Borgnine as ex-convicts who at least initially don’t want anything to do with one another but end up working together. The film opens in a Yuma prison camp where Ladd has 10 months left on his sentence but Borgnine has only one more day to [...]
WOMEN THE (1939)

Women The (1939)

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Women The (1939) An outstanding all-female cast film directed by ladies director George Cukor about "catty" women rivalries and infidelity. This above average comedy drama features Norma Shearer Joan Crawford Rosalind Russell Mary Boland Paulette Goddard Joan Fontaine Marjorie Main Virginia Grey Ruth Hussey child actress Virginia Weidler Cora Witherspoon Lucile Watson and Hedda Hopper (among others). Shearer is a woman who finds out [...]
CLASSIC MOVIE ABSURDITIES

Classic Movie Absurdities

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Classic Movie Absurdities Watching a movie frequently requires one to suspend disbelief to fully enjoy the experience. The film-maker essentially asks his audience to accept: the premise that deep space (and/or time) travel is possible or even commonplace a protagonist with supernatural powers or that certain real events in the past occurred differently than their historical record indicates. Viewing classic movies compels one to accept still [...]
THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD THE (1951)

Thing from Another World The (1951)

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Thing from Another World The (1951) A sci-fi classic later remade by John Carpenter as The Thing (1982) with Kurt Russell. A large round object has crash landed in the Arctic which is then explored by the Military personnel who maintain a remote research outpost there. Kenneth Tobey plays the Captain in charge who must balance base safety with the scientists’ need to investigate their mysterious find frozen in ice. Fairly dated but [...]
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