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B Westerns

August 31, 2014 // 0 Comments

Obscure Films The Falcon Series  |  B Westerns Redheaded actor Dick Foran made a number of B Westerns for Warner Bros. from 1935 to 1937 as “The Singing Cowboy”. The movies themselves are pretty short, an hour or so, and fairly typical and/or predictable as far as the plot goes. In most of the films, he uses the same horse – Smoke, a paint. But, it’s interesting to note that many of the films feature a well known actor [...]
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Secret Land The (1948)

August 29, 2014 // 0 Comments

Secret Land The (1948) This film is a documentary about Admiral Byrd’s military exploration of the Antarctic which won the Academy Award for that category. It is narrated by actors (and former military officers) Van Heflin Robert Montgomery and Robert Taylor. It’s a very interesting film which portrays all aspects of the mission: from the preparation and planning of the expedition to the difficult time the Navy had getting there in [...]
MOVIES ABOUT TAXES OR THE I.R.S.

Movies about Taxes or the I.R.S.

August 29, 2014 // 0 Comments

Movies about Taxes or the I.R.S. Taxing movies! No not movies which are strenuous to watch (such a list could be endless) but films which feature a tax issue as a key part of its plot and/or has an Internal Revenue Service agent as a prominent character. I decided to further refine my criteria to exclude popular historical tax references – Roman collections (like those at the time of Jesus’s birth) Robin Hood the Boston Tea Party Al [...]
ORDINARY PEOPLE (1980)

Ordinary People (1980)

August 29, 2014 // 0 Comments

Ordinary People (1980) One of my absolute favorite movies probably because I could identify so much with the character Timothy Hutton (Best Supporting Actor) played. No my older brother didn’t drown or die prematurely. However he was the BMOC (big man on campus) type and everyone loved him. And no my mother wasn’t an unfeeling bitch like Mary Tyler Moore’s “mom” nor my father a weak-kneed pushover like Donald [...]
TARNISHED ANGELS THE (1958)

Tarnished Angels The (1958)

August 29, 2014 // 0 Comments

Tarnished Angels The (1958) I watched this Douglas Sirk soap opera based on the William Faulkner novel Pylon (George Zuckerman wrote the screenplay) when it premiered on TCM in March 2005 because Leonard Maltin’s guide gave it 3 ½ (out of 4) stars. Well even Mr. Maltin (and/or his associate editors) can’t be right all the time. Robert Stack plays a former World War I flying ace who only finds work now in air shows flying around pylons [...]
Cincinnati Kid The (1965) – full review!

Cincinnati Kid The (1965) – full review!

August 29, 2014 // 0 Comments

Cincinnati Kid The (1965) – full review! Directed by Norman Jewison who took over for Sam Peckinpah when he was fired by producer Martin Ransohoff with a screenplay by Ring Lardner Jr. (Woman of the Year (1942)) and Terry Southern (Dr. Strangelove (1964)) that was based on Richard Jessup’s novel this slightly above average drama explores the world of high stakes poker. While the story itself is fairly ordinary & predictable the [...]
ENCHANTED COTTAGE THE (1945) – FULL REVIEW!

Enchanted Cottage The (1945) – full review!

August 29, 2014 // 0 Comments

Enchanted Cottage The (1945) – full review! Directed by John Cromwell with a screenplay by DeWitt Bodeen and Herman J. Mankiewicz (Citizen Kane (1941)) that was based on a play by Arthur Wing Pinero this slightly above average romance drama stars Dorothy McGuire Robert Young Herbert Marshall Mildred Natwick and Spring Byington (among others). The film’s Score was nominated for an Academy Award representing the last Oscar nomination [...]
Desert Passage (1952)

Desert Passage (1952)

August 29, 2014 // 0 Comments

Desert Passage (1952) Another in the series of several unconnected B Westerns starring Tim Holt using his own name with sidekick Chito Jose Gonzalez Bustamante Rafferty played by Richard Martin. This one also features several other recognizable character actors including Walter Reed John Dehner Clayton Moore (TV’s The Lone Ranger) and Denver Pyle. The film itself is average and nothing special though it does provide enough intrigue for an [...]
OCTOBER 2006 – CHILD STARS

October 2006 – Child Stars

August 29, 2014 // 0 Comments

October 2006 – Child Stars Two for the Road (1967) – a TCM premiere! Goke Body Snatcher from Hell (1968) aka Kyuketsuki Gokemidoro (1968) – a TCM premiere! Private Screenings: Child Stars (2006) – a TCM premiere! The Towering Inferno (1974) – all new comments in TCM Picks Antonio Gaudi (1986) aka Antonio Gaudí (1984) – a TCM premiere! The Dick Cavett Show: Bette Davis (1971) – a TCM premiere! [...]
Gaslight (1944)

Gaslight (1944)

August 29, 2014 // 0 Comments

Gaslight (1944) Ingrid Bergman won the first of her three Oscars (Best Actress in this case) on her second nomination playing a newlywed to Charles Boyer’s mysterious character. Boyer was also nominated his third of four Best Actor Academy Award nominations without a win. Bergman’s character fears that she’s going mad when strange things (including sounds) start happening at the family mansion. She finds that her new husband is [...]
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