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Shadow on the Wall (1950)

Shadow on the Wall (1950)

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Shadow on the Wall (1950) Directed by Pat Jackson with a screenplay by William Ludwig (Interrupted Melody (1955)) this above average thriller features 9 year old Gigi Perreau as the daughter of a man (Zachary Scott) falsely accused and convicted of killing his wife her stepmother. She witnessed part of the event causing her to go into shock until a psychiatrist (Nancy Davis) attempts to get her to recall what happened while the real killer (Ann [...]
LONGEST DAY THE (1962)

Longest Day The (1962)

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Longest Day The (1962) The epic story of D-Day June 6 1944 a retelling of the Normandy invasion (France) by the Allies (e.g. troops from the United States and Great Britain among others) during World War II from across the English Channel detailing various assaults and the American British French and German perspectives (e.g. the Nazi thinking that Calais would be invaded). This essential war drama was directed by Ken Annakin Andrew Marton and [...]
STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE A (1951)

Streetcar Named Desire A (1951)

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Streetcar Named Desire A (1951) Brando’s pleading wail “Stella! Hey Stella!” (#45 of AFI’s 100 Greatest Movie Quotes list) is just one of the many great lines in this essential Tennessee Williams drama; another is Vivien Leigh’s “I have always depended upon the kindness of strangers” (#75 on AFI’s 100 Greatest Movie Quotes list). Directed by Elia Kazan (Gentleman’s Agreement (1947)) Williams’s [...]
GOOD NEWS (1947) – FULL REVIEW!

Good News (1947) – full review!

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Good News (1947) – full review! Directed by Charles Walters with a screenplay by Betty Comden and Adolph Green that was based on a play by Lew Brown Lawrence Schwab Frank Mandel Buddy DeSylva and Ray Henderson this remake of the 1930 college Musical features the Academy Award nominated Song “Pass That Peace Pipe” and a cast that includes: June Allyson Peter Lawford Patricia Marshall Joan McCracken Ray McDonald Mel Torme Robert [...]
GENERAL DIED AT DAWN THE (1936)

General Died at Dawn The (1936)

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General Died at Dawn The (1936) If not for all the grandstanding speeches contained within its dialogue this adventure drama might have been better. As it is it’s notable for earning Akim Tamiroff his first of two unrewarded Best Supporting Actor Academy Award nominations. Cinematographer Victor Milner (Cleopatra (1934)) also picked up an Oscar nomination as did the film’s Score. Directed by Lewis Milestone (All Quiet on the Western [...]
Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)

Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)

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Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) This essential drama (from Howard Breslin’s story) stars Spencer Tracy as John J. Macreedy a man alone who’s trying to uncover a secret about what happened to an "old friend" in the titled remote Western town. His performance was Oscar nominated; director John Sturges and screenwriter Millard Kaufman (Take the High Ground! (1953)) also received nominations. Robert Ryan plays Reno Smith the [...]
TIME OF THEIR LIVES THE (1946) – FULL REVIEW!

Time of Their Lives The (1946) – full review!

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Time of Their Lives The (1946) – full review! Directed by Charles Barton an Academy Award winning assistant director for Paramount and written by Val Burton Walter DeLeon John Grant and Bradford Ropes this is a different kind of Bud Abbott & Lou Costello film in that they don’t work as a team in this one. In fact as the film opens in Revolutionary War times the famous comedy duo is at odds over the same woman – a maid (Ann [...]
WOMEN THE (1939)

Women The (1939)

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Women The (1939) An outstanding all-female cast film directed by ladies director George Cukor about "catty" women rivalries and infidelity. This above average comedy drama features Norma Shearer Joan Crawford Rosalind Russell Mary Boland Paulette Goddard Joan Fontaine Marjorie Main Virginia Grey Ruth Hussey child actress Virginia Weidler Cora Witherspoon Lucile Watson and Hedda Hopper (among others). Shearer is a woman who finds out [...]
ROMANCE ON THE HIGH SEAS (1948) – FULL REVIEW!

Romance on the High Seas (1948) – full review!

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Romance on the High Seas (1948) – full review! Co-produced and directed by Michael Curtiz with a screenplay by Julius & Philip Epstein (Casablanca (1942)) and additional dialogue from I. A. L. Diamond this slightly above average musical comedy was Doris Day’s first film. In it she sings the Oscar nominated Song “It’s Magic” which would become one of her trademarks; Ray Heindorf’s Score was also nominated. [...]
RANDOM HARVEST (1942)

Random Harvest (1942)

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Random Harvest (1942) This essential romance drama was one of my best TCM discoveries (e.g. a film I’d never heard of until I started watching the channel). It’s a terrific "soaper" with Ronald Colman (this may have been the first film I saw him in too) as a man who suffers from amnesia and the woman (Greer Garson) who loves him. This is said to be Ms. Garson’s favorite of all her films. The cast also includes Philip Dorn [...]
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