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Katharine Hepburn

Katharine Hepburn

August 29, 2014 // 0 Comments

Katharine Hepburn Born May 12 1907 in Hartford Connecticut Katharine Hepburn’s acting career spanned more than 50 years beginning with her screen debut in the David O. Selznick – George Cukor – Clemence Dane drama A Bill of Divorcement (1932) as John Barrymore’s daughter. Ironically she first struck gold in only her third film (Morning Glory (1933)) playing a wannabe actress; Eva Lovelace is a small town girl with stars [...]
SECRET GARDEN THE (1949) – FULL REVIEW!

Secret Garden The (1949) – full review!

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Secret Garden The (1949) – full review! Directed by Fred Wilcox based on the much filmed Francis Hodgson Burnett novel of the same name with a Robert Ardrey (Khartoum (1966)) screenplay this is a terrific family film (& a tear-jerker for most parents) which also features a heartfelt ending. Margaret O’Brien is Mary Lennox a girl whose family dies from Cholera. She is shipped off to live with her emotionally withdrawn Uncle [...]
RAFFLES (1939)

Raffles (1939)

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Raffles (1939) Produced by Samuel Goldwyn and directed by Sam Wood (Goodbye Mr. Chips (1939)) with a screenplay by Sidney Howard (Gone With the Wind (1939)) and John Van Druten (among others) that was based on The Amateur Cracksman by E.W. Hornung this comedy adventure drama features David Niven in the title role of A.J. Raffles a star cricket player who (it’s learned) is also a charming high society thief! Ronald Colman had played the [...]
CHARIOTS OF FIRE (1981) – A RARITY

Chariots of Fire (1981) – a rarity

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Chariots of Fire (1981) – a rarity With the exception of boxing (and to a lesser degree golf) individual sports stories are under served by Hollywood. If you take a minute to think I’ll bet that you can name several team sports movies – from baseball football basketball or even hockey and soccer. But given twice as much time you’d probably struggle to remember a single movie about a track (or field) athlete except this [...]
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Get-Away The (1941)

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Get-Away The (1941) Jeff Crane (Robert Sterling) is a tough guy who leads with his mouth and bluster. For committing a crime he’s shown being processed into a prison run by Warden Alcott (Henry O’Neill) and given a cell with another hard case Sonny Black (Dan Dailey). We’re then treated to several typical prison flick scenes (could be from The Big House (1930) also looks similar to the sets used in Brute Force (1947)) including a food [...]
ANCHORS AWEIGH (1945)

Anchors Aweigh (1945)

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Anchors Aweigh (1945) Directed by George Sidney this slightly above average wartime Musical comedy written by Natalie Marcin and adapted by Isobel Lennart (The Sundowners (1960)) earned George Stoll his only Oscar (out of eight nominations) for its Score; the song “I Fall in Love Too Easily” was also nominated. It stars Gene Kelly (who received his only Best Actor nomination) and Frank Sinatra as two Navy buddies on leave in Los [...]
CHEYENNE SOCIAL CLUB THE (1970) – FULL REVIEW!

Cheyenne Social Club The (1970) – full review!

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Cheyenne Social Club The (1970) – full review! Produced & directed by Gene Kelly (his last in either of these capacities) with a story written directly for the screen by James Lee Barrett this slightly above average Western comedy with lots of humorous dialogue is also a buddy picture for James Stewart and Henry Fonda (their last on-screen appearance together) whose real life longtime friendship comes through very well. Stewart plays [...]
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 [...]
Land Beyond the Law (1937)

Land Beyond the Law (1937)

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Land Beyond the Law (1937) Dick Foran (the “Singing Cowboy”) plays ‘Chip’ Douglas the rowdiest of hands on Slade Henaberry’s (Cy Kendall) ranch and unaware that his boss is crooked. That is until Chip’s disapproving father (Tom Brower) is killed by Henaberry’s henchman Tascosa (Harry Woods) who was rustling Mr. Douglas’s cattle at the time. The story is set in the 1870’s in Bitter Creek New Mexico Territory. The [...]
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Shadow of Doubt (1935)

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Shadow of Doubt (1935) ‘Sim’ Sturdevant (Richard Cortez) and ‘Len’ Hayworth (Bradley Page) are two show businessmen competing for the same talent and women. Sim also happens to be the nephew of rich woman Melissa Pilson (Constance Collier) who never leaves her home and assumes everyone is after her money. While at home she either plays her organ or cribbage for “money” with her butler Morse (Ivan Simpson) who [...]
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