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BRUTE FORCE (1947)

Brute Force (1947)

August 29, 2014 // 0 Comments

Brute Force (1947) A terrific prison film with typical plot lines starring inmates Burt Lancaster and Charles Bickford under the thumb of (a surprisingly vicious) Hume Cronyn! Also with Yvonne De Carlo before she became famous on TV’s The Munsters. Directed by Jules Dassin and co-written by Richard Brooks (Elmer Gantry (1960)). Purchase this DVD now [...]
THUNDER ROAD (1958)

Thunder Road (1958)

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Thunder Road (1958) Directed by Arthur Ripley from a story provided by its uncredited producer and star Robert Mitchum with a screenplay by James Atlee Phillips and Walter Wise this B movie is the definitive moonshine bootlegging drama. Mitchum plays Lucas Doolin who’s returned from serving his country to rural North Carolina where his father Vernon (Trevor Bardette) has continued their family business of making and distributing alcohol [...]
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Sporting Blood (1940)

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Sporting Blood (1940) Directed by S. Sylvan Simon (who produced Born Yesterday (1950)) screenplay co-written by Albert Mannheimer (also Born Yesterday (1950)) this drama stars Robert Young Maureen O’Sullivan William Gargan (They Knew What They Wanted (1940)) and Lewis Stone (The Patriot (1928)). Noted character actor Tom Kennedy plays a policeman in the racetrack scenes which begin and end the film. Myles Vanders (Young) is a horse owner [...]
LONELYHEARTS (1958) – FULL REVIEW!

Lonelyhearts (1958) – full review!

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Lonelyhearts (1958) – full review! Directed by Vincent J. Donehue (his first and one of his only) and based on the Howard Teichmann play & Nathanael West novel with a screenplay by its producer Dore Schary (Boys Town (1938)) this slightly above average drama is notable for providing character actress and eventual 4 time Academy Award nominee Maureen Stapleton (who’d win on her last nomination for her performance in Reds (1981)) [...]
MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET (1947)

Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

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Miracle on 34th Street (1947) This film is not just a kids’ movie. Indeed much of the dialogue and several subtexts within the film are too advanced for many children younger than ten (and a lot of it would bore a seven year old). The script is very well written which undoubtedly accounts for the fact that it won two Oscars for Best Writing Original Story and Screenplay. Precise wording and deliberate interruptions (e.g. of characters who [...]
Sea Hawk The (1940)

Sea Hawk The (1940)

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Sea Hawk The (1940) One of the best pirate movies you’ll ever see (though not quite as good as Captain Blood (1935) in my opinion). One of the many director Michael Curtiz-actor Errol Flynn collaborations which also features great (of course) performances by Claude Rains Flora Robson Donald Crisp Alan Hale Henry Daniell Una O’Connor J. M. Kerrigan James Stephenson & Brenda Marshall (seen in some obscure films). Howard Koch and [...]
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Million Dollar Baby (2004)

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Million Dollar Baby (2004) Co-produced & directed by Clint Eastwood and based on stories by F. X. Toole (“Rope Burns”) which were adapted by Paul Haggis this powerful boxing drama becomes something else in its final third with an emotional impact that snuck up on this reviewer. Starring Hilary Swank (Boys Don’t Cry (1999)) in the title role as a determined “white trash” waitress with a dream and co-starring [...]
Adam’s Rib (1947)

Adam’s Rib (1947)

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Adam’s Rib (1947) One of the best and funniest "battle of the sexes" films ever with Spencer Tracy & Katharine Hepburn at the top of their game(s). Standout performances by Judy Holliday & Tom Ewell (and an annoying one by David Wayne) also mark this George Cukor directed film. Jean Hagen also appears. Ruth Gordon & Garson Kanin’s story received an Oscar nomination. Added to the National Film Registry in 1992. [...]
White Banners (1938)

White Banners (1938)

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White Banners (1938) Directed by Edmund Goulding with a screenplay co-written by Lenore J. Coffee (Four Daughters (1938)) Abem Finkel (Sergeant York (1941)) and Cameron Rogers this above average drama features Fay Bainter’s only Oscar nomination in the Best Actress category. Typically a Supporting Actress Bainter won the Academy Award in that category while losing Best Actress to her co-star Bette Davis for Jezebel (1938). In this film Bainter [...]
SUNDOWNERS THE (1960)

Sundowners The (1960)

August 29, 2014 // 1 Comment

Sundowners The (1960) A terrific period piece about a family of drovers (sheep herders) in Australia in the 1920’s and the struggle within the family between those that want to settle down mother (Deborah Kerr) and son vs. the father (Robert Mitchum) that doesn’t. Peter Ustinov plays a British drifter who joins them; Glynis Johns a woman for him. A 4 star film by director Fred Zinnemann who received Oscar nominations for Best Picture [...]
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