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HELL’S ANGELS (1930)

Hell’s Angels (1930)

August 29, 2014 // 0 Comments

Hell’s Angels (1930) This is truly an historical film which not only contains the only color footage of Jean Harlow in a movie and helped make her a star ("would you be shocked if I put on something more comfortable?") but some of the best WW I airplane aerial sequences ever put on the screen (it was nominated for a Cinematography Oscar). Of course this is due to the fact that aviator gazillionaire Howard Hughes produced directed [...]
Annie Oakley (1935) – full review!

Annie Oakley (1935) – full review!

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Annie Oakley (1935) – full review! Directed by George Stevens with a story by Joseph Fields & Ewart Adamson that was adapted by Joel Sayre & John Twist this biographical Western drama about the famous sharpshooting woman features Barbara Stanwyck in the title role. Preston Foster plays Toby Walker another “hot shot” that’s Annie’s rival and “on again off again” love interest. Melvyn Douglas plays [...]
Ship of Fools (1965)

Ship of Fools (1965)

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Ship of Fools (1965) Vivien Leigh’s last film! A star studded extravaganza this time on a cruise ship during the time just before World War II. Story-lines include Ms. Leigh as a lonely forty-something woman hoping she’s still desirable but trying to keep her dignity about it; Simone Signoret who’s on her way to prison romances the ship’s doctor (Oskar Werner) to get narcotics; Jose Ferrer is an anti-Semitic German [...]
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Til We Meet Again (1940)

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Til We Meet Again (1940) A remake of the classic One Way Passage (1932) starring William Powell and Kay Francis this lesser version stars George Brent and Merle Oberon. It was directed by Edmund Goulding; Warren Duff wrote the screenplay from the Robert Lord (who’d won an Oscar for the original) story. It’s about the two leads who meet then fall in love on a cruise ship traveling from Hong Kong to San Francisco. Both have fateful [...]
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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Great Man Votes The (1939)

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Great Man Votes The (1939) A worthwhile film directed by Garson Kanin about a Harvard educated man played by John Barrymore who teaches his children (Peter Holden and Virginia Weidler) at home yet still sends them to school. He used to be a “great man” a writer in fact who lost all interest when his inspirational wife died. Now he lives in a somewhat ignorant urban community doing enough work to get by. His kids taught by him to [...]
WOMAN OF AFFAIRS A (1928) – FULL REVIEW!

Woman of Affairs A (1928) – full review!

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Woman of Affairs A (1928) – full review! Directed by Clarence Brown this Michael Arlen story earned Bess Meredyth an Academy Award nomination for Best Writing Achievement. The film is an above average Greta Garbo silent with John Gilbert Lewis Stone Johnny Mack Brown and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. among others. The plot follows Diana (Garbo in the title role) the carefree daughter of the Merrick family and sister to Jeffry (Fairbanks Jr.) who [...]
I Remember Mama (1948)

I Remember Mama (1948)

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I Remember Mama (1948) “Is good!” Actually it’s great! Based on a true story about a family of immigrants from Norway who settled in San Francisco at the turn-of-the-20th century this heartwarming comedy-drama features an unforgettable Academy Award nominated performance from (five-time Best Actress nominee) Irene Dunne as the titled Mama the center of this extended family and the film. It’s narrated by the [...]
SEPTEMBER 2006 – WILLIAM HOLDEN

September 2006 – William Holden

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September 2006 – William Holden The Mouse That Roared (1959) – a TCM premiere! The Conformist (1970) aka Il Conformista (1970) – an all new capsule review! Married Bachelor (1941) – an all new full review! Tender Mercies (1983) – an all new capsule review! Breaker Morant (1980) – all new comments in TCM Picks Beyond the Rocks (1922) – all new comments in TCM Picks Peeping Tom (1960) – an all new [...]
TOPPER (1937)

Topper (1937)

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Topper (1937) Directed by Norman McLeod with a screenplay co-written by Eric Hatch (My Man Godfrey (1936)) this essential screwball comedy features Roland Young in the title role; the role which would earn him his only Academy Award nomination (Supporting Actor). The film’s Sound Recording was also nominated. But the stars of this fantasy are Constance Bennett and Cary Grant; they play an irresponsible carefree younger couple named Marion [...]
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