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TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE THE (1948)

Treasure of the Sierra Madre The (1948)

August 29, 2014 // 1 Comment

Treasure of the Sierra Madre The (1948) Features the original use of the line "Badges? We ain’t got no badges! We don’t need no badges! I don’t have to show you any steenkin’ badges!" (#36 on AFI’s 100 Greatest Movie Quotes list) and stars Humphrey Bogart and RKO B Westerns star Tim Holt. John Huston directed his father Walter Huston to a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award and won the Best Director and [...]
Desperate Hours The (1955)

Desperate Hours The (1955)

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Desperate Hours The (1955) William Wyler directed and produced this compelling thriller based on the Joseph Hayes novel and play; Hayes wrote the screenplay. Matching wits are two former Best Actor Oscar winners Humphrey Bogart and Fredric March the former is top-billed as Glenn Griffin a murderer and escapee from a Terre Haute (Indiana) prison that with his gang invades the Indianapolis suburban home of the latter Dan Hilliard taking the [...]
Born to Sing (1942)

Born to Sing (1942)

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Born to Sing (1942) Edward Ludwig directed this B movie musical written by Harry Clork and Franz Spencer (aka Schulz) which stars Virginia Weidler (in lieu of Judy Garland) along with Leo Gorcey and a couple of other Dead End Kid/Bowery Boy types like dancing Ray McDonald and Larry Nunn (in lieu of Mickey Rooney). This light and airy MGM escape-fare even features a patriotic Busby Berkeley choreographed finale sung by ill-fated baritone Douglas [...]
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 [...]
Icons of Screwball Comedy Volume One

Icons of Screwball Comedy Volume One

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Icons of Screwball Comedy Volume One Purchase this DVD Collection now at If You Could Only Cook (1935) – the plot will seem similar to anyone who’s seen Claudette Colbert and Charles Boyer in Tovarich (1937) but since this preceded it the latter comedy likely borrowed from this one which stars Herbert Marshall and Jean Arthur. It was directed by William A. Seiter and features a screenplay by Howard J. Green and Gertrude Purcell from a [...]
POCKET MONEY (1972) – FULL REVIEW!

Pocket Money (1972) – full review!

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Pocket Money (1972) – full review! Paul Newman plays a nerdy geeky cowboy? From his voice to the way he walks the actor gives a most unusual performance in this rather obscure character study-buddy picture that pairs him with an equally obtuse Lee Marvin. Directed by Stuart Rosenberg with a screenplay by Terrence Malick (that explains it!) that was based on J.P.S. Brown’s novel “Jim Kane” which was adapted by John Gay [...]
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

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The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) This Best Picture Oscar winning film about veterans returning home from World War II includes disabled Army veteran Harold Russell (in his screen debut) who received two Oscars (Best Supporting Actor and Honorary for bringing hope & courage to his fellow veterans) for his performance the only time an actor has received two Oscars for the same performance. Producer Samuel Goldwyn’s greatest success [...]
Baby Doll (1956)

Baby Doll (1956)

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Baby Doll (1956) A controversial film invoking a variety of opinions which tells the story of a child bride (Carroll Baker her only Oscar nominated performance – Best Actress) and her clueless husband (Karl Malden) who strives to please her enough to finally consummate their marriage. Their lives are tragically influenced by an Italian businessman (Eli Wallach in his film debut) who’s a newcomer in their community. There are some [...]
ARIZONA LEGION (1939)

Arizona Legion (1939)

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Arizona Legion (1939) Directed by David Howard with a screenplay by Oliver Drake from a story by Bernard McConville this George O’Brien B Western also features Laraine Day using her birth last name Johnson for the fourth and final time in the credits and appearing in her third consecutive (and last) RKO oater with O’Brien who appears in his 60th film. The film’s beginning is unusual in that O’Brien as Boone Yeager appears to [...]
US-ENTERTAINMENT-FILM-OSCAR-NOMINATIONS

Acting for an Oscar

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Acting for an Oscar A couple of years ago I wrote that one of the surest ways to earn an Academy Award – or at least an Oscar nomination – was to portray a prostitute. Another surefire way (there are several) of getting Academy voters’ attention is to play a physically or mentally handicapped character particularly if the story is about how the individual overcame their (real or perceived) disability to triumph in the end. Without even [...]
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