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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 [...]
GIANT (1956)

Giant (1956)

August 29, 2014 // 1 Comment

Giant (1956) This glorious epic saga of Texas and the Benedict family features a deep cast and an Academy Award nominated screenplay adaptation (from Fred Guiol and Ivan Moffat) of Edna Ferber’s sprawling novel. It was directed by George Stevens (A Place in the Sun (1951)) who co-produced it with Henry Ginsberg and won his second Best Director Oscar. It stars Elizabeth Taylor whose excellent performance failed to earn her a Best Actress [...]
So This is College (1929)

So This is College (1929)

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So This is College (1929) Produced and directed by Sam Wood with a screenplay by Al Boasberg and (future director) Delmer Daves with additional dialogue provided by Boasberg and Joseph Farnham (an Academy Award winning title writer) this early talkie comedy sports drama with music features what was effectively Robert Montgomery’s screen debut as Biff. He and Elliott Nugent as Eddie play two senior Southern California football players [...]
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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 [...]
SEVEN MEN FROM NOW (1956)

Seven Men From Now (1956)

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Seven Men From Now (1956) A terrific Western from director Budd Boetticher and writer Burt Kennedy starring Randolph Scott in a role originally intended for uncredited producer John Wayne. Scott plays former sheriff Ben Stride who wasn’t ‘touchy feely’ enough to get reelected and happens upon a couple of greenhorns from the East ‘wimpy’ John and his ‘fetching’ wife Annie Greer (Walter Reed and Gail [...]
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Trail Guide (1952)

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Trail Guide (1952) Directed by Lesley Selander and co-written by Arthur E. Orloff this average B-Western features Tim Holt using his own name as his character with his sidekick Richard Martin who if you don’t know by now uses the name Chito Jose Gonzalez Bustamante Rafferty. Like Target (1952) this one also features Linda Douglas (aka Mary Jo Tarola) in the lead female role. Frank Wilcox Robert Sherwood John Pickard Kenneth MacDonald and [...]
YOURS MINE AND OURS (1968)

Yours Mine and Ours (1968)

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Yours Mine and Ours (1968) Directed and co-written by the Academy Award nominated screenwriter Melville Shavelson who used several TV writers (a couple from I Love Lucy) to adapt Helen Eileen Beardsley’s autobiographical Who Gets the Drumsticks? this average family comedy stars Lucille Ball and Henry Fonda. Ball plays Helen a Navy (nurse) widow with eight children who meets Naval Officer Frank Beardsley a widower with ten children; [...]
CAMEO PERFORMANCES (MOVIES THAT WERE LOADED)

Cameo Performances (movies that were loaded)

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Cameo Performances (movies that were loaded) There was a time when (and a reason for) Hollywood’s studios made movies that were stuffed with countless performances – or frequently just appearances – by film and/or stage actors comedians singers and other personalities. While the formula was used to sell tickets (and sometimes war bonds) the resulting movies are largely curios that captured the spirit of their times which serve [...]
MALE ANIMAL THE (1942)

Male Animal The (1942)

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Male Animal The (1942) This is a very funny film about the lives we choose offering one woman a peek at what things may have been like if she’d chosen differently. Olivia de Havilland married the more stable intellectual played by Henry Fonda. However during college she’d been courted by a football jock played by Jack Carson. Carson returns to campus where Fonda is now a tenured professor to cheer the current team during homecoming [...]
I NEVER SANG FOR MY FATHER (1970) – FULL REVIEW!

I Never Sang for My Father (1970) – full review!

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I Never Sang for My Father (1970) – full review! Produced & directed by Gilbert Cates and written by Robert Anderson (The Nun’s Story (1959)) this above average drama features a Best Supporting Actor nominated performance by Gene Hackman (The French Connection (1971) & Unforgiven (1992)) and a Best Actor nominated performance by Melvyn Douglas (Hud (1963) & Being There (1979)). Given the fact that Hackman’s character is [...]
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