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STRANGERS ON A TRAIN (1951)

Strangers on a Train (1951)

August 29, 2014 // 0 Comments

Strangers on a Train (1951) Given that his last four films were unsuccessful with critics and moviegoers alike (including Under Capricorn (1949) & Stage Fright (1950)) director Alfred Hitchcock needed this film which though thin of story & convincing dialogue helped him to reclaim his title as "the Master of Suspense". The plot involves two men played by Farley Granger and Robert Walker (interesting casting given his previous [...]
VOICE OF THE TURTLE THE (1947)

Voice of the Turtle The (1947)

August 29, 2014 // 0 Comments

Voice of the Turtle The (1947) Also known as One for the Book (1947). Written by John Van Druten (Gaslight (1944)) and directed by Irving Rapper this is an above average film not unlike The Clock (1945) with Judy Garland & Robert Walker. It stars Eleanor Parker (Interrupted Melody (1955)) as an actress who lives alone in an apartment in New York. When her boyfriend played by Kent Smith fails to commit to their relationship circumstances lead [...]
BARRETTS OF WIMPOLE STREET THE (1934)

Barretts of Wimpole Street The (1934)

August 29, 2014 // 0 Comments

Barretts of Wimpole Street The (1934) Directed by Irving G. Thalberg winner Sidney Franklin (The Good Earth (1937)) and co-written by Claudine West (Mrs. Miniver (1942)) & Donald Ogden Stewart (The Philadelphia Story (1940)) among others this historical drama about the romance between poets Elizabeth Barrett (Norma Shearer The Divorcee (1930)) and Robert Browning (Fredric March Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) & The Best Years of Our Lives [...]
Hollywood Cowboy (1937)

Hollywood Cowboy (1937)

September 2, 2014 // 0 Comments

Hollywood Cowboy (1937) aka Wings Over Wyoming (1937) George O’Brien stars as B movie cowboy Jeffrey Carson in this B Western that was directed and co-written (with Dan Jarrett) by Ewing Scott. While shooting a movie in Wyoming Carson gets involved in a range war ostensibly between wealthy ranchers and their cattle wranglers before he later discovers that the conflict has been exacerbated by some gangsters (led by Charles Middleton) that had [...]
CINDERELLA (1950)

Cinderella (1950)

August 29, 2014 // 0 Comments

Cinderella (1950) A Walt Disney classic that – while not as groundbreaking or charming as the company’s first full-featured animated feature Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) – can still enchant and entertain especially young (and still young at heart) girls. The movie features an Academy Award nominated Score (and Sound) including "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo" which also received an Oscar nomination "So This Is Love" [...]
Stage Fright (1950) – full review!

Stage Fright (1950) – full review!

August 29, 2014 // 0 Comments

Stage Fright (1950) – full review! Directed and produced by Alfred Hitchcock this average drama has little suspense and one notable spoiler. The screenplay was written by Whitfield Cook from two stories by Selwyn Jepson Man Running and Outrun the Constable; the director’s wife Alma Reville wrote the adaptation. Featuring a cast with Jane Wyman (Johnny Belinda (1948)) and Marlene Dietrich largely playing herself it also features actor [...]
HALLELUJAH! (1929)

Hallelujah! (1929)

August 29, 2014 // 0 Comments

Hallelujah! (1929) An early (dubbed after the fact) sound era Musical drama set in the deep South and featuring an all Black cast from director King Vidor who not only wrote its story but received an Academy Award nomination for his direction. Wanda Tuchock and Richard Schayer wrote the screenplay. After being duped into gambling away his family’s cotton crop money to Hot Shot (William Fountaine) under the influence of a juke joint dancer [...]
TORRENT (1926)

Torrent (1926)

August 29, 2014 // 1 Comment

Torrent (1926) The title refers to a flood that occurs in the small town where most of the film’s action takes place. It draws the two romantic leads closer and the special effects are pretty good given the time the film was made. This Greta Garbo silent drama her first American (MGM) film also stars Ricardo Cortez as the son of a domineering mother played by Martha Mattox. The wealthy matriarch Dona Bernarda Brull (Mattox) is upset about [...]
Stalag 17 (1953)

Stalag 17 (1953)

August 29, 2014 // 0 Comments

Stalag 17 (1953) A film produced and directed by Billy Wilder who also co-wrote the screenplay with Edwin Blum that was based on the play by Donald Bevan and Edmund Trzcinski; it’s an essential war drama that earned William Holden (Sunset Blvd. (1950) also co-written and directed by Wilder) his Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role on his second of three such Oscar nominations. Director Wilder was also nominated as was Supporting [...]
Notorious Affair A (1930)

Notorious Affair A (1930)

August 29, 2014 // 0 Comments

Notorious Affair A (1930) Directed by Lloyd Bacon with a screenplay by J. Grubb Alexander that was based on the play Fame by Audrey and Waverly Carter this less than stellar pre-code romance drama suffers from more than its (early) sound (era) quality; it features an incredibly wooden (at best) performance from male lead Basil Rathbone. He plays Paul Gherardi a starving artist musician (violin) who marries wealthy debutante Patricia Hanley [...]
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