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Political Campaign Films

Political Campaign Films

August 29, 2014 // 0 Comments

Political Campaign Films Why “Political Campaign Films” and not just “Political Films”? Well the second term is a bit to vague and perhaps all encompassing depending upon your point-of-view. And I believe there may be some insight to be gained into politics if we examine how political campaigns have been portrayed throughout the years in classic film. As our society has changed and our sources for news have grown the [...]
NOW VOYAGER (1942)

Now Voyager (1942)

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Now Voyager (1942) Great cast and an even better film. Bette Davis in an Academy Award nominated (for Best Actress) performance plays a woman who "blooms". Paul Henreid and Claude Rains play the men who help her "transform" from a young "old maid" into a beautiful woman. Gladys Cooper who plays Davis’s mother received her first (of three unrewarded) Best Supporting Actress nomination(s); Bonita Granville Lee [...]
DIVORCE AMERICAN STYLE (1967)

Divorce American Style (1967)

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Divorce American Style (1967) What a great cast what a lame movie. Produced by Norman Lear who co-wrote the story & screenplay with Robert Kaufman and directed by Bud Yorkin this disappointing comedy serves as yet another example of movie-makers’ inability to fully realize the many talents of Dick Van Dyke who with only a couple of exceptions appeared in bad movies throughout his film career. Thankfully television producers were able to [...]
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The Manxman (1929) – full review!

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The Manxman (1929) – full review! Director Alfred Hitchcock’s last silent film features the beautiful and fetching Anny Ondra (born in what is now known as Poland) in a love triangle opposite Carl Brisson and Malcolm Keen. It was based on a novel by Sir Hall Caine; Eliot Stannard provided the scenario. The story takes place on the Isle of Man where its residents are referred to as Manx. Pete Quilliam (Brisson) loves Kate Cregeen [...]
NIGHT AND DAY (1946)

Night and Day (1946)

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Night and Day (1946) Michael Curtiz directed this below average fictionalized musical biography of Cole Porter which earned an Academy Award nomination for its Ray Heindorf-Max Steiner musical Score. Written by Charles Hoffman Leo Townsend and William Bowers with an adaptation by Jack Moffitt it features several uninspired renditions of Porter’s music and stage productions including the Yale fight song (“Bulldog”) “What [...]
Midnight Mary (1933) - full review!

Midnight Mary (1933) – full review!

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Midnight Mary (1933) – full review! Directed by William Wellman with a screenplay by Gene Markey and Kathryn Scola that was based on a story by Anita Loos this slightly above average pre-code crime drama features a radiant Loretta Young in the title role as Mary Martin. While it doesn’t exactly sizzle with risqué dialogue the film does contain some suggestive scenes. The story is told in flashback with Mary on trial for murder [...]
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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 [...]
Blackmail

Blackmail (1929) – full review!

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Blackmail (1929) – full review! Directed by Alfred Hitchcock who adapted the Charles Bennett (Foreign Correspondent (1940)) play this slightly above average drama is credited with being the first British sound film. Unfortunately the sound quality is abysmal. After watching it on TCM I learned from Robert Osborne that the lead actress’s (Anny Ondra from Austria-Hungary – now Poland) lines were being dubbed in real-time (by Joan [...]
Private Detective (1939)

Private Detective (1939)

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Private Detective (1939) Directed by Noel Smith and starring Jane Wyman (Johnny Belinda (1948)) this “B” comedy mystery may remind you of TV’s Moonlighting series but only briefly. The laughs are few and far between and the overall credibility of the characters make the solving of the “mystery” inconsequential; it’s not like the culprit will surprise anyone either. It’s unfortunate that Wyman’s [...]
ICONS OF SCREWBALL COMEDY VOLUME TWO

Icons of Screwball Comedy Volume Two

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Icons of Screwball Comedy Volume Two Purchase this DVD Collection now at Theodora Goes Wild (1936) – full review! Together Again (1944) – sure enough Charles Boyer and Irene Dunne are ‘together again’ for the third time actually (though even most cinephiles probably haven’t heard of When Tomorrow Comes (1939)); the first time was in the hit Best Picture nominee Love Affair (1939). Though the two are romantically linked yet [...]
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