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Conquest (1937)

Conquest (1937)

August 29, 2014 // 0 Comments

Conquest (1937) Directed by six time (career directing) Oscar nominee Clarence Brown with a screenplay co-written by Samuel Hoffenstein (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)) this average historical costume drama earned Charles Boyer as Napoleon his first of four Best Actor Oscar nominations; Cedric Gibbons’s & William Horning’s Art Direction was also nominated. Greta Garbo plays his lover the Polish Countess Marie Walewska; Josephine is never [...]
MESSAGE PICTURES

Message Pictures

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Message Pictures I think EVERY picture at least in some way is a "message" pictures whether it conveys a point of view of the writer the director the studio or even the actor/actress. For instance Henry Fonda frequently played an "against the establishment" or cynically an "against conservatives" type of role. The Grapes of Wrath (1940) The Ox Bow Incident (1943) and 12 Angry Men (1957) come to mind immediately. [...]
I WANT YOU (1951) – FULL REVIEW!

I Want You (1951) – full review!

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I Want You (1951) – full review! Producer Samuel Goldwyn’s greatest success was the Academy Award winning Best Picture The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) a mature drama about the post World War II climate and what happened when soldiers returned home to their families wives girlfriends and lives. The story is told through three main male characters; one of which was played by Dana Andrews. Four years later America was having to rearm [...]
Pygmalion (1938)

Pygmalion (1938)

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Pygmalion (1938) Directed by Anthony Asquith and lead actor Leslie Howard this original screen version of the George Bernard Shaw play that was later made into the better known musical and Academy Award winning Best Picture My Fair Lady (1964) (with Rex Harrison & Audrey Hepburn) features Howard (Berkeley Square (1933)) in the role of the tremendously self confident linguist Professor Henry Higgins and Wendy Hiller in the role of the cockney [...]
SEPTEMBER 2005 – GRETA GARBO

September 2005 – Greta Garbo

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September 2005 – Greta Garbo Thursday September 1 – On the Job (Tall Buildings Low Morals) 6:00 AM The Time Machine (1960) – a sci fi classic which won the Best Effects Special Effects Oscar I actually think the film suffers in the final third with Yvette Mimieux. Rod Taylor plays H.G. Wells in his often copied or adapted story about time travel. 12:30 PM Light In The Piazza (1962) 8:00 PM Executive Suite (1954) 1:45 AM Baby [...]
COLORADO TERRITORY (1949) – FULL REVIEW!

Colorado Territory (1949) – full review!

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Colorado Territory (1949) – full review! Directed by Raoul Walsh based on the W.R. Burnett (Wake Island (1942)) novel High Sierra this remake of the 1941 film with a screenplay co-written by Edmund H. North (Patton (1970)) was made into a slightly above average Western starring Joel McCrea. The cast also includes Virginia Mayo Dorothy Malone Henry Hull James Mitchell Morris Ankrum and Ian Wolfe among others. McCrea plays the outlaw with a [...]
Mystery of Mr. X The (1934) – full review!

Mystery of Mr. X The (1934) – full review!

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Mystery of Mr. X The (1934) – full review! A zippy little crime mystery with a humorous element that makes for an enjoyable hour and a half of entertainment. Directed by writer Edgar Selwyn this Philip MacDonald story and adaptation which received a screenplay treatment from Howard Emmett Rogers stars Robert Montgomery Elizabeth Allan Lewis Stone Ralph Forbes and Henry Stephenson (among others). The acting is first rate particularly from [...]
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Old San Francisco (1927)

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Old San Francisco (1927) Directed by Alan Crosland with a story by producer Darryl F. Zanuck and a screenplay written by Anthony Coldeway (Glorious Betty (1928)) this average silent includes some pretty good special effects at its end recreating the city’s 1906 earthquake. The story is rather uninspired and even racist to the Chinese residing there referring to them as Mongols and portraying them stereotypically involved in criminal [...]
Stage Fright (1950) – full review!

Stage Fright (1950) – full review!

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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 [...]
ROBERT RYAN

Robert Ryan

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Robert Ryan The iconic actor Robert Ryan is best known for his intense performances in films such as: Crossfire (1947) – for which he earned his only Academy Award nomination (Supporting Actor) – with two other esteemed Roberts (Mitchum and Young) and Gloria Grahame who earned her first Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination; director Edward Dmytryk earned his only nom. Nicholas Ray’s On Dangerous Ground (1952) with Ida Lupino and Fritz [...]
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