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Divorce – Italian Style (1961)

Divorce – Italian Style (1961)

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Divorce – Italian Style (1961) aka Divorzio all’italiana (1961) or Divorce Italian Style (1962) This is a very fun film starring Marcello Mastroianni by director Pietro Germi (both received Oscar nominations) which received the Best Writing Story and Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen Oscar in 1963 as well as numerous other awards. Ferdinando Cefalú (Mastroianni) is married to Rosalia (Daniela Rocca) a woman who is [...]
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 [...]
The John Wayne Film Collection

The John Wayne Film Collection

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The John Wayne Film Collection Purchase this DVD Collection now at Allegheny Uprising (1939) – is an average action adventure drama which foretells the kind of conflicts that would lead to the Revolutionary War some years later. Set in 1759 Pennsylvania James Smith (John Wayne) leads a band of rebels from the Conococheague Valley to stop some enterprising businessmen (Brian Donlevy and Ian Wolfe) from trading with the Indians. But the [...]
Crossfire (1947)

Crossfire (1947)

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Crossfire (1947) An early anti-Semitism film and a thrilling murder mystery with Robert Young Robert Mitchum Robert Ryan and Gloria Grahame. Ryan and Grahame were nominated for Supporting Oscars so was the picture (which lost to the anti-Semitism film – Gentleman’s Agreement (1947) its Writing and director Edward Dmytryk (his only nomination). Young is a homicide detective trying to find out who killed a Jewish man (Sam Levene). It [...]
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. [...]
RHAPSODY IN BLUE (1945) – FULL REVIEW!

Rhapsody in Blue (1945) – full review!

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Rhapsody in Blue (1945) – full review! Directed by Irving Rapper with a screenplay co-written by Howard Koch (Casablanca (1942)) & Elliot Paul from Sonya Levien’s (Interrupted Melody (1955)) story this fictionalized biography of George Gershwin captures the spirit of the great composer’s passion and features much of his varied music including the titled composition. Robert Alda (father of Alan) plays Gershwin (in his film [...]
SEPARATE TABLES (1958)

Separate Tables (1958)

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Separate Tables (1958) Outstanding drama about the lives of lonely people who’ve chosen to live in a seaside hotel featuring a great cast. It was nominated for seven Oscars including Best Picture winning two (David Niven for Best Actor with his only nomination & Wendy Hiller for Best Supporting Actress). Deborah Kerr also nominated Rita Hayworth Burt Lancaster and Rod Taylor round out the cast. Delbert Mann who won Best Director for [...]
LOVE FINDS ANDY HARDY (1938) – FULL REVIEW!

Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938) – full review!

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Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938) – full review! Directed by George B. Seitz with a screenplay by William Ludwig (Interrupted Melody (1955)) this slightly above average family comedy-drama sprinkled with innocent teenage romance marks the fourth in the (Andy Hardy) series based on Aurania Rouverol’s play (Skidding) which began with A Family Affair (1937). It’s good enough to have been added to the National Film Registry in 2000. Mickey [...]
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Julius Caesar (1953)

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Julius Caesar (1953) What a great cast! Directed by Joseph Mankiewicz (All About Eve (1950)) this William Shakespeare play features Louis Calhern in the title role Marlon Brando (earning his third consecutive Best Actor Oscar nomination) as Marc Antony James Mason as Brutus and (now Sir) John Gielgud as Cassius. The film won an Academy Award for its Cedric Gibbons led B&W Art Direction-Set Decoration; it also received Oscar nominations for [...]
Jezebel (1938)

Jezebel (1938)

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Jezebel (1938) Bette Davis received her second (and last even though she earned a bunch of Oscar nominations) Best Actress Academy Award playing Julie Marsden a stubborn Southern belle who must have her way controlling those around her with tragic results. Henry Fonda plays Preston Dillard the suitor who tries to tame her but later marries "Yankee" Amy Bradford (Margaret Lindsay). Fay Bainter won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar [...]
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