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BRIEF ENCOUNTER (1945)

Brief Encounter (1945)

August 29, 2014 // 0 Comments

Director David Lean earned the first Academy recognition for his career when he received a Best Director Oscar nomination and a Screenplay Writing nomination he shared with Anthony Havelock-Allan & Ronald Neame for this essential romance drama starring Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard. Johnson received her only Oscar recognition a Best Actress nomination for her role as a British housewife in an unexciting marriage such that a “brief [...]
King and I The (1956)

King and I The (1956)

August 29, 2014 // 0 Comments

King and I The (1956) This essential musical romance drama earned Yul Brynner his Best Actor Oscar (on his only nomination) his co-star Deborah Kerr was also nominated (her third of six unrewarded Best Actress nominations). Directed by Walter Lang this (Richard) Rodgers & (Oscar) Hammerstein II masterpiece earned Academy Awards for its Color Art Direction-Set Decoration & Costume Design Sound and Score. Director Lang received his only [...]
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The Falcon Series

August 30, 2014 // 0 Comments

The Falcon in Mexico (1944) The Falcon’s Brother (1942) The Falcon’s Alibi (1946) The Falcon in Danger (1943) The Falcon in San Francisco (1945) The Falcon in Hollywood (1944) The Falcon Strikes Back (1943) The Falcon Takes Over (1942) The Falcon Out West (1944) The Falcon and the Co-eds [...]
Song of the Saddle (1936)

Song of the Saddle (1936)

September 2, 2014 // 0 Comments

Song of the Saddle (1936) Features the “Singing Cowboy” initially as the “The Singing Kid”. Dick Foran started this role right after playing Boze Hertzlinger in The Petrified Forest with Leslie Howard Bette Davis Genevieve Tobin and Humphrey Bogart! The story starts off with a land rush scene like Cimarron (1931). Like The Oklahoma Kid (1939) some malfeasance occurs regarding the land claiming process with Phineas Hook [...]
IT’S LOVE I’M AFTER (1937)

It’s Love I’m After (1937)

August 29, 2014 // 0 Comments

It’s Love I’m After (1937) Directed by Archie Mayo Casey Robinson (Captain Blood (1935)) adapted this silly Maurice Hanlin story about two stage stars who are romantically involved yet never seem to get married; they’ve failed to make it almost a dozen times! The couple is played by Leslie Howard and Bette Davis. Things get complicated when a young woman’s (Olivia de Havilland) infatuation with Howard threatens her [...]
STORY OF DR. WASSELL THE (1944) – FULL REVIEW!

Story of Dr. Wassell The (1944) – full review!

August 29, 2014 // 0 Comments

Story of Dr. Wassell The (1944) – full review! Produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille this slightly above average biographical drama features Gary Cooper in the title role as the Navy doctor that saved the lives of nearly a dozen wounded United States sailors from the Japanese invasion of Java during World War II. Crewmen from the USS Marblehead that could not walk to board the evacuation ships under their own power were left on the [...]
THE 39 STEPS (1935)

The 39 Steps (1935)

August 29, 2014 // 0 Comments

The 39 Steps (1935) One of Alfred Hitchcock’s favorites it was his first to use "the innocent man framed by circumstantial evidence who must run cross-country from police and spies alike in his frantic attempt to clear himself and find the real enemies of the people" a theme which the director would make his trademark. Robert Donat plays that man in this film Madeleine Carroll the woman who helps him. A memorable scene in this [...]
BANDIT TRAIL THE (1941)

Bandit Trail The (1941)

August 29, 2014 // 0 Comments

Bandit Trail The (1941) Tim Holt stars in this “B” Western haunted by his usual (and unfunny IMO) silly sidekick Whopper played by Lee ‘Lasses’ White. The film opens with a shootout between the law and Red Haggerty (Morris Ankrum) & others from his brother’s ranch that’s being repossessed by the bank. Resigned to his fate the brother (Eddy Waller) shows up in time to stop the fight but is shot in the process. [...]
WHEN LADIES MEET (1933)

When Ladies Meet (1933)

August 29, 2014 // 0 Comments

When Ladies Meet (1933) Excellent dialogue and compelling interpersonal exploration mark this sophisticated pre-code comedy drama with terrific performances by all the principals in the cast including: Ann Harding Robert Montgomery Myrna Loy Alice Brady Frank Morgan even Sterling Holloway (though very briefly & uncredited as a caddy). Directed by Harry Beaumont (The Broadway Melody (1929)) with a screenplay co-written by John Meehan (The [...]
High-Flyers-1937

High Flyers (1937)

August 29, 2014 // 2 Comments

High Flyers (1937) Directed by Edward F. Cline and written by Bert Granet Byron Morgan and Benny Rubin from a play by Victor Mapes this (Burt) Wheeler & Woolsey B movie was the comedy duo’s last; the bespeckled Robert Woolsey died the year after this film was released. The cast includes: Lupe Velez Marjorie Lord Margaret Dumont Jack Carson and Paul Harvey (among others). The two comedians (in the title roles) play carnival sideshow [...]
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