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Divorce – Italian Style (1961)

Divorce – Italian Style (1961)

August 29, 2014 // 0 Comments

Divorce – Italian Style (1961) aka Divorzio all’italiana (1961) or Divorce Italian Style (1962) This is a very fun film starring Marcello Mastroianni by director Pietro Germi (both received Oscar nominations) which received the Best Writing Story and Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen Oscar in 1963 as well as numerous other awards. Ferdinando Cefalú (Mastroianni) is married to Rosalia (Daniela Rocca) a woman who is [...]
WONDER MAN (1945) – FULL REVIEW!

Wonder Man (1945) – full review!

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Wonder Man (1945) – full review! This showcase for the many (unique) talents of the singing dancing comedian actor Danny Kaye also won an Oscar for its Special Effects; its Score Sound (Gordon Sawyer’s first) and the Song “So in Love” (sung by Vera-Ellen) also received Academy Award nominations. This slightly above average fantasy musical comedy was produced by Samuel Goldwyn and directed by Bruce Humberstone. It’s [...]
Warner Bros. Ultimate Gangster Collection Classics

Warner Bros. Ultimate Gangster Collection: Classics

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Warner Bros. Ultimate Gangster Collection: Classics Little Caesar (1931) <-link to review | link to video clip -> Little Caesar The Public Enemy (1931) <-link to review | link to video clip -> The Public Enemy The Petrified Forest (1936) <-link to review | link to video clip -> The Petrified Forest White Heat (1949) <-link to review | link to video clip -> White Heat Public Enemies: The Golden Age Of The Gangster Film [...]
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1932-1933

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1932-1933 1932-1933 Academy Awards (Oscar winners and nominees) (winners listed first in bold print) Best Picture   Cavalcade (1933)   42nd Street (1933) A Farewell to Arms (1932) I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932) Lady for a Day (1933) Little Women (1933) The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933) She Done Him Wrong (1933) Smilin’ Through (1932) State Fair (1933) Best Actor in a Leading Role Charles Laughton The Private Life of [...]
MOVIE DENTISTS

Movie Dentists

August 29, 2014 // 0 Comments

Movie Dentists Doctors of dentistry are not nearly as commonly portrayed in movies I’ve seen as say doctors in general. You too may also have noticed that dentist characters when their profession does appear in a film are typically in comedies. In addition to the obvious slapstick short features from the silent era and/or popular comedy duos and trios (can you say “The Three Stooges”) of their day dentists can be found in these [...]
The jack LEMMON Film Collection

The jack LEMMON Film Collection

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The jack LEMMON Film Collection Purchase this DVD Collection now at Phffft! (1954) – in his screen debut Jack Lemmon was fortunate enough to play opposite Judy Holliday in one of her too few films the comedy It Should Happen to You (1954). Later that same year (in his second movie) he was paired again with the comedienne in this slightly above average battle-of-the-sexes romantic comedy directed by Mark Robson and written by George Axelrod [...]
MAGNIFICENT SEVEN THE (1960)

Magnificent Seven The (1960)

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Magnificent Seven The (1960) A remake of Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai (1954) and featuring Elmer Bernstein’s most recognized (and Oscar nominated) score this Western is fantastic fun with an all-star cast which includes Yul Brynner Eli Wallach as the villain Steve McQueen Charles Bronson Robert Vaughn and James Coburn. John Sturges directed it. #79 on AFI’s 100 Most Heart-Pounding Movies list. #8 on AFI’s Top 25 Film [...]
UNINVITED THE (1944)

Uninvited The (1944)

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Uninvited The (1944) Ray Milland plays a writer who with his sister Ruth Hussey buys a seaside “haunted” house from Donald Crisp who lives nearby with his granddaughter (Gail Russell). Russell is initially upset because she has fond memories of the house she used to live in even though it’s the place of her mother’s tragic death. However against Crisp’s wishes she gains access to the house through Milland who’s [...]
DISRAELI (1929)

Disraeli (1929)

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Disraeli (1929) An historical film (though fictionalized) about the great diplomat (George Arliss in his Oscar winning performance & sound film debut) who as Prime Minister of Great Britain outmaneuvered the Russians to purchase the Suez Canal. In order to do this he tricks a spy (Doris Lloyd) but still finds time to play cupid for two young people he adores played by Joan Bennett and Anthony Bushell. Arliss’ real wife Florence plays [...]
PAT AND MIKE (1952)

Pat and Mike (1952)

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Pat and Mike (1952) Directed by George Cukor and earning husband & wife writers Ruth Gordon & Garson Kanin their third and last Best Writing Oscar nomination (without a win) this comedy-romance features another successful teaming of Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn. Mike (Tracy) the manager of a boxer (Aldo Ray) meets Pat (Hepburn) when he notices what a great golfer she is. He also learns that she’s quite an accomplished [...]
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