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447,425 | 1,048,771 | 38,917 | 6 | Richard Dix takes on another role in " The Whistler " series . . . | A neat entry from the series has RICHARD DIX playing a man who wants to get rid of his wife for a younger woman ( LESLIE BROOKS ) . What he doesn't know is that his wife learns about his affair with the young blonde model and is recording her thoughts in a diary . When his wife dies , he does marry again - - but has to... |
445,296 | 1,048,771 | 39,038 | 6 | Pleasant trifle . . . typical Warner Bros . formula musical . . . | While THE TIME , THE PLACE AND THE GIRL never rises above being a pleasant little " let's put on a show " musical , it does feature a few sprightly song numbers that are easy on the eyes and ears - - and all of the performances are genial and appealing . Dennis Morgan and Jack Carson are ideal as show biz guys willing ... |
447,205 | 1,048,771 | 21,814 | 6 | Horror classic has to be judged by today's standards . . . | Time changes everything . Once upon a time Dracula , the stage play , was a sensation that starred BELA LUGOSI as the blood-thirsty man in the cape who thrilled theater audiences with his chilling portrayal . He's still chilling in the screen version Tod Browning directed and there's plenty of creepy atmosphere to keep... |
446,724 | 1,048,771 | 43,813 | 6 | Sassy comedy has Thelma Ritter in rare leading role . . . | Whatever merit THE MODEL AND THE MARRIAGE BROKER has is due entirely to the caustic , funny performance of Thelma Ritter as Mae , the lady with the New York accent who went into the broker business to make other ladies happy ( after her own unhappy romantic past ) . And it's a good thing Thelma carries the film , with ... |
447,053 | 1,048,771 | 268,599 | 6 | Entertaining evening with Bette and admirers . . . | It's always interesting to see a well-deserved tribute to one of Hollywood's busiest actresses during the Golden Age , and especially when so many of her friends and co-stars were still living and able to attend such a ceremony . The AFI's salute to BETTE DAVIS was a star-studded event , including brief talks from such... |
446,915 | 1,048,771 | 35,157 | 6 | Vintage Glenn Miller and the Nicholas Bros . make this film worthwhile . . . | You gotta hand it to GLENN MILLER AND HIS ORCHESTRA . Their leader may lack acting charisma but he's got a band that plays great tunes with that unmistakable Miller sound and some good band singers to do the tunes justice . And the producers of this movie were wise to use The Nicholas Bros . , an acrobatic dance trio t... |
447,467 | 1,048,771 | 43,827 | 6 | Where is Dorothy Lamour when you need her ? . . . | HEDY LAMARR may have been one of BOB HOPE's most glamorous co-stars , but she lacks the sort of comic timing needed for any female who plays opposite the hyper-active Hope . She never loses her poise no matter how ridiculous the situations are , but she never looks at home in this kind of spy story that even has her do... |
447,644 | 1,048,771 | 47,677 | 6 | Brando and his motorcycle gang ride into town . . . | MARLON BRANDO rides into town leading a pack of wild motorcycle riders who proceed to terrorize a hick town before LEE MARVIN shows up and gets into a drunken fight with Brando ( as Johnny ) . Meantime , Johnny flirts dangerously with a cop's daughter ( MARY MURPHY ) who runs a cafe . Her father is played by ROBERT KEI... |
445,349 | 1,048,771 | 61,385 | 6 | Typical " good for a rainy day " sort of Neil Simon comedy . . . | Fresh-faced JANE FONDA in another one of her ditzy ingenue roles ( before politics did her in ) and ROBERT REDFORD reprising his stage role as the overwhelmed lawyer coping with a hyperactive wife and a five story walk-up in Greenwich Village , are the stars of this Neil Simon comedy that remains bright and cheerful de... |
445,289 | 1,048,771 | 17,449 | 6 | Worth seeing for Garbo alone . . . but not without tedium . . . | I watched this for the first time on TCM with an original musical score by Michael Picton and was fascinated by the score and Garbo's stunning appearance . I'm not a Garbo fan and some of her films are really hard to enjoy by today's standards of film-making ( and acting ) , but this one is watchable enough even though... |
446,087 | 1,048,771 | 780,571 | 6 | Here's a film that definitely deserves the mixed reviews . . . | MR . BROOKS is the kind of suspense film that manages to hold your attention from the very start and then , just when you think you know where it's all going , you find out you've been duped . Midway through the film you realize you don't even know where the story is going with its many strands that don't seem to conne... |
445,858 | 1,048,771 | 365,247 | 6 | Best segment has Sinatra reunited with Gene Kelly . . . | Sinatra came out after retirement , at age 57 , to do another of his concerts , this time backed by the wonderful Gordon Jenkins and Dan Costa and with guest star GENE KELLY , at age 61 . Frankie starts off with a standard called YOU WILL BE MY MUSIC before getting into some oldies like I GET NO KICK FROM CHAMPAGNE , S... |
447,517 | 1,048,771 | 112,667 | 6 | Sweetly sentimental as a Hallmark card . . . but well done . . . | This is a handsomely produced tear-jerker , nicely played by MAUREEN O'HARA , RICHARD THOMAS and ANNETTE O'TOOLE and obviously aimed toward the Christmas market with a sweet tale about a mysterious Christmas BOX residing in the attic of an old lady's mansion . Maureen O'Hara is still a pleasure to look at and listen to... |
447,862 | 1,048,771 | 38,990 | 6 | Melodramatic Victorian tale from Ben Ames Williams . . . | 1840s Bangor , Maine is the setting for THE STRANGE WOMAN , by the author Ben Ames Williams , who also set his modern story of a jealous woman in the same sort of Maine setting for " Leave Her To Heaven " . This one does not have the production values of the Fox film , is directed by a less distinguished director , Edg... |
446,594 | 1,048,771 | 30,572 | 6 | Enjoyable programmer with the Mauch twins in the spotlight . . . | Let's face it , the late ' 30s were different times and the kids then were on the clean-cut side with polite manners and none of them had the agenda that today's teen-agers do - - so , in this respect , PENROD'S DOUBLE TROUBLE is a dated piece from Warner Bros . aimed at the kiddie market in 1938 . It succeeds in being... |
446,085 | 1,048,771 | 34,965 | 6 | Edward G . Robinson excels in slapstick comedy about inept thieves . . . | EDWARD G . ROBINSON spoofs his own image as a tough guy crook in LARCENY , INC . in which he's the leader of a bunch of inept crooks who open a luggage shop because it's next door to a bank with a vault they want to rob . Never mind that it means digging a tunnel . . . Robinson has dumb cluck BRODERICK CRAWFORD doing t... |
445,944 | 1,048,771 | 1,334,578 | 6 | Angela Lansbury narrates documentary on Disney's live action films . . . | During World War II , the Disney studio had just had some great success with feature-length cartoons but the war effort changed Disney's strategy for awhile . He started combining live action with the animated cartoons and produced films for the war effort like VICTORY THROUGH AIR POWER and cemented our South American ... |
446,220 | 1,048,771 | 43,769 | 6 | Robert Donat shines in nice biography of inventor William Friese-Greene . . . | For all of his dogged determination to succeed , William Friese-Greene never quite established himself firmly in the public's mind as the inventor of the first motion picture camera , THE MAGIC BOX . That honor seems to rest with Thomas Edison . But as the film goes on to suggest , it was " Willie " who developed the f... |
446,007 | 1,048,771 | 48,087 | 6 | POSSIBLE SPOILER AHEADGood Victorian melodrama from the gaslight era . . . | JEAN SIMMONS plays a housemaid who takes advantage of the fact that she knows the truth about STEWART GRANGER's wife - - and the fact that he murdered her , then pretended to be the grieving husband . She uses this knowledge to blackmail him into making her head of the household staff - - and the schemes continue , by ... |
447,902 | 1,048,771 | 87,756 | 6 | Clever Christie story is given top-notch treatment . . . | A MURDER IS ANNOUNCED in the Chipping Cleghorne Gazette at the very start of this clever Christie tale about an announcement in the local paper that sends several people to Little Paddocks cottage , just curious observers who wonder if anything actually will happen as predicted ominously in the quaint cottage shared by... |
447,653 | 1,048,771 | 26,519 | 6 | Thin romantic comedy is fluffy material , but fun . . . | TCM's star tribute to JEAN ARTHUR included a few of her early films , some of which are on the weak side , as is IF YOU COULD ONLY COOK . With a brief running time of an hour and ten minutes , it might have been ideal for the bottom half of a double feature back in the ' 30s , yet it opened as an A-film at New York's R... |
447,009 | 1,048,771 | 39,305 | 6 | All the dialog sounds like Raymond Chandler clichés . . . | Every time HUMPHREY BOGART opens his mouth to say anything , it sounds like deja vu all over again . His role as a tough-talking ex-GI looking for his buddy's murderer and moving among a bunch of unsavory characters is the kind of material Raymond Chandler could have written with his eyes shut . The stock heroine is pl... |
446,764 | 1,048,771 | 39,311 | 6 | Lots of fury and lots of Technicolor in early film noir . . . | Probably the most distinguished feature of DESERT FURY is the spectacular Technicolor Paramount lavished on it , a story of personal conflicts among Nevada's gambling set . Another distinguished feature is MARY ASTOR as Fritzi , a hard-boiled dame who runs a gambling establishment and keeps a tight leash on her willful... |
445,774 | 1,048,771 | 26,497 | 6 | Robert Benchley in an amusing short everyone can relate to . . . | Anyone can easily relate to HOW TO SLEEP , especially if you've spent a sleepless night in a thousand different positions as illustrated by Benchley in this ' 35 short subject . In this good natured spoof , he starts out trying a hot bath but never gets beyond sticking his toe in the warm water before draining the wate... |
447,457 | 1,048,771 | 30,386 | 6 | Those good old days were innocent and different times . . . | Once again , MICKEY ROONEY is in all sorts of trouble and Judge Hardy is always there to get him out of it - - or at least talk things over with him . And this time , the accent is on his girl troubles . It's kind of amusing just to see the pretty ANN RUTHERFORD and a very young LANA TURNER throwing themselves at Roone... |
447,719 | 1,048,771 | 26,507 | 6 | Lily Pons hits some nice high notes . . . that's about it . . . | The very concept of HENRY FONDA ( the " aw shucks " guy from the sticks ) as the husband of an opera singer ( LILY PONS ) is a weak idea that must have posed quite a problem for the scriptwriters . You have to wonder how audiences accepted this idea way back then because Fonda's youthful image was strictly the unsophis... |
445,987 | 1,048,771 | 39,321 | 6 | At least Ralph Byrd is the right Dick Tracy . . . | RALPH BYRD takes over the Dick Tracy role with good results , looking more like the square-jawed comic book hero than Morgan Conway . He's on the trail of " The Claw " ( played very effectively by JACK LAMBERT ) and the film is chock full of many noir-like scenes involving " The Claw " and his pursuit of victims , who ... |
445,549 | 1,048,771 | 39,396 | 6 | Unknown film noir has Carter spinning a web to trap Ford . . . | The moment JANIS CARTER pays GLENN FORD's fine for driving recklessly you know the two are going to meet their fate together in FRAMED . At this point in his career , Ford seemed to be specializing in playing men hooked by a dame at first glance and willing to suffer the consequences . FRAMED is a neat little crime mel... |
447,487 | 1,048,771 | 52,242 | 6 | Gritty low-budget film noir about teens and drugs . . . | A jazz score accompanies the soundtrack of this gritty story about three teens who get involved with drugs ( heroin supply ) and then try to make a deal with a druggie who can turn over some cash for whatever amount they come up with . Meanwhile , some drug dealers are also after the drugs and will stop at nothing to f... |
445,750 | 1,048,771 | 880,018 | 6 | Groucho talks , sings , and smokes his cigar while Cavett listens . . . | Enjoyable talk show moments from the late ' 60s with GROUCHO MARX doing his thing while reminiscing about his films , some of the people he worked with or knew during his movie days , including IRVING THALBERG , MARGARET DUMONT , CHICO MARX and GRETA GARBO . DICK CAVETT sits back and lets Groucho take the show in any d... |
446,095 | 1,048,771 | 30,410 | 6 | Sentimental yarn traces the life of a country doctor . . . | Dalton Trumbo wrote the screenplay for this sentimental tale of an unselfish country doctor who cared for rich and poor alike . EDWARD ELLIS is Dr . John Abbott and little DICKIE JONES is his son . Jones was the little boy who supplied the voice for Disney's PINOCCHIO . When an orphan girl is left on Ellis ' doorstep ,... |
446,934 | 1,048,771 | 126,029 | 6 | A lovable ogre and his donkey friend steal the show . . . | SHREK is probably more fun for adults than children , especially if you can recognize all the twisted elements derived from a whole flock of Disney films or Grimm's Fairy Tales . The humor is clever , although sometimes crude , and the animation has a 3D look with some very clever special effects , especially for the s... |
447,020 | 1,048,771 | 43,686 | 6 | Children scarred by war have morbid fascination with death . . . | My title comment sums up what one is left with after viewing FORBIDDEN GAMES . No more , no less . A sad commentary , of course , on war and what it does to people - - or as is the case here - - to children . BRIGITTE FOSSEY and GEORGES POUJOULY give two of the least self-conscious children's performances I've ever see... |
447,705 | 1,048,771 | 39,409 | 6 | Nice drama of early aviation pioneers . . . | Sturdy , dependable GLENN FORD gives another one of his understated but sincere performances as a young inventor , John Montgomery , in the late 1800s who makes a number of semi-successful attempts at getting his flying machine off the ground and soaring into the atmosphere . JANET BLAIR is the love interest as the chi... |
446,452 | 1,048,771 | 1,204,878 | 6 | Susan Lucci comments on " Annie Get Your Gun " . . . | On the VHS tape of ANNIE GET YOUR GUN , this was a nice introduction by SUSAN LUCCI to the MGM film starring Betty Hutton and Howard Keel . Susan gives a little background first , on the show's title character Annie Oakley and her famous tours with Buffalo Bill and Frank Butler . Then she talks about the stage version ... |
447,470 | 1,048,771 | 277,192 | 6 | Interesting look at some Nostradamus predictions . . . | Like so many other things I can think of , it's all open to loose interpretation - - but at least this educational short on Nostradamus and his predictions gives us some food for thought . Carey Wilson , who narrates , asks finally , " Was he charlatan or dreamer ? " The brisk short documentary tells us that Nostradamu... |
447,052 | 1,048,771 | 26,605 | 6 | An early mixture of " Ben-Hur " , " The Robe " and other biblical epics . . . | Although never entirely flawless , THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII ( ' 35 ) was an ambitious undertaking for RKO to take at that time . The storyline , about a bitter blacksmith who turns gladiator , is really a morality tale wrapped up in biblical settings and given the usual " cast of thousands " publicity by the studio tha... |
445,486 | 1,048,771 | 359,476 | 6 | Edgy characters make interesting background for murder . . . | NATHANIEL PARKER and SHARON SMALL are not exactly a plausible pair as detectives , but the script makes use of their odd personality quirks and provides a few moments of genuine humor . The plot concerns the death of a young cricket player and the assorted characters who had something to do with his rather unhappy past... |
445,825 | 1,048,771 | 43,669 | 6 | Nostalgic and sentimental trip down memory lane . . . | This is the kind of Hollywoodized biography of a famous composer that springs to life whenever DORIS DAY sings one of those warm and tender melodies . It's Day , at her perkiest , who makes the film rather than DANNY THOMAS , who simply lacked the screen charisma a leading man should have . He's not bad , but brings th... |
446,806 | 1,048,771 | 43,664 | 6 | Shadow of " Best Years " hangs over this Goldwyn film . . . | While THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES dealt with the readjustment of three servicemen returning from the horrors of WWII , I WANT YOU is a more sentimental look at the home front following the return of those men to peacetime U . S . A . Peacetime , yes , until the draft meant the calling up of enlisted men again because o... |
446,907 | 1,048,771 | 66,392 | 6 | Sexual ambiguities in clever , sophisticated dark comedy . . . | Handsome young MICHAEL YORK is a drifting social climber who takes advantage of an impoverished Countess ( ANGELA LANSBURY ) and her underwhelming family - - a plain daughter and a homosexual son - - using them for his own twisted needs to become the Prince Charming of a Bavarian castle . Directed with finesse by Harol... |
447,335 | 1,048,771 | 841,024 | 6 | Investigating the death of Emily Proctor . . . | In this well-written , fast-moving British series , NATHANIEL PARKER and SHARON SMALL ( as Inspector Lynley and Sgt . Havers ) investigate the mysterious death of a young woman . As in all of these crime stories , their investigation is full of lots of red herrings ( a la Agatha Christie ) , wherein there are a substan... |
445,723 | 1,048,771 | 26,431 | 6 | Lowe and Sothern team again for a mystery / suspense film about an arsonist . . . | ANN SOTHERN and EDMUND LOWE were teamed earlier in a romantic comedy , but this time it's a suspenseful little programmer about tracking down an arsonist . It's a clever story with some brisk dialog that keeps things going merrily along while the chase for the arsonist consumes most of the plot . Lowe is a former track... |
447,548 | 1,048,771 | 1,113,742 | 6 | Humorous look at wildlife among California redwoods . . . | This Pete Smith Specialty focuses on humor as it follows the adventures of a black crow attempting to help himself to various bird eggs , invades chicken coops , and has various mishaps during a search for food . The short ends with the crow getting his comeuppance from other predators - - namely a fox and a bear who w... |
448,086 | 1,048,771 | 70,291 | 6 | Sondheim and Perkins wrote a modern Agatha Christie yarn . . . | Any fan of Agatha Christie will recognize her format in the plot outline of THE LAST OF SHIELAH . Have some old codger ( JAMES COBURN ) invited five disparate personalities aboard his yacht for a game of " Clue " ( although he doesn't tell them that ) , let the bold accusations and one-liners go back and forth between ... |
445,682 | 1,048,771 | 17,739 | 6 | Early version of the famous stage play has lots of creepy atmosphere . . . | Any " old dark house " story should have lots of creepy atmosphere and THE CAT AND THE CANARY is no exception . I grew up on the Bob Hope / Paulette Goddard version made in ' 39 which had all the familiar ingredients we expect in this horror genre , as well as a comedy suited to the talents of Hope and Goddard . And , ... |
447,738 | 1,048,771 | 52,427 | 6 | A film children and adults can enjoy on certain levels . . . | The talented RUSS TAMBLYN does a superb job of singing , dancing and acting while playing the title role of the miniature boy presented as a gift to a woodsman and his wife by a woodland spirit . They treat him as their own son and the film revolves around his misadventures after his parents are wrongly accused of a cr... |
447,987 | 1,048,771 | 61,089 | 6 | Ill-fated love affair gives Natalie a chance to shine . . . | Not the best of Tennessee Williams ( actually a short play that has been turned into a full-sized screenplay ) , THIS PROPERTY IS CONDEMNED has NATALIE WOOD as Alva , a girl from the wrong side of the tracks whose brief love affair with a traveling railroad man ( ROBERT REDFORD ) ends tragically . Wood and Redford carr... |
447,879 | 1,048,771 | 95,271 | 6 | As a Halloween slasher , it delivers the goods . . . | The Michael Meyers figure in the mask is more sinister than ever in this better than average remake of the original HALLOWEEN movie . It's a slasher that has enough real thrills for anyone who wants to see the gore and many plot twists and turns . DONALD PLEASANCE is still Dr . Loomis , alerting the police that Meyers ... |
447,459 | 1,048,771 | 171,363 | 6 | Handsome house of horrors ruled by special effects . . . | Whereas in the original B & W version of THE HAUNTING directed by Robert Wise , too much of the material was understated and made it seem as though nothing ever really happened , here we have the opposite - - too much is seen and shown and not enough left to the imagination . But the production itself is a handsome one... |
446,103 | 1,048,771 | 30,241 | 6 | Shades of " The Philadelphia Story " . . . | KATHARINE HEPBURN is a non-conformist in a family of stuffy socialites . Sound familiar ? Once again she's a free spirit nobody can tame . CARY GRANT is a man who just can't seem to settle down or find his way in the world . A third person ( Kate's snobbish sister ) wants him if he conforms to her idea of marriage unde... |
445,257 | 1,048,771 | 439 | 6 | Primitive western film was a trail blazer . . . | It's almost impossible to review a twelve minute western made in 1903 from a modern standpoint and a knowledge of all the western classics that would follow . But since director Porter had to work with primitive technology , his little film still impresses today . A touch that seems inspired is having the gunsmoke and ... |
447,599 | 1,048,771 | 83,798 | 6 | Gimmicky film best appreciated by old-time film buffs . . . | The only trouble with DEAD MEN DON'T WEAR PLAID is that Carl Reiner's script is so convoluted that you stop paying attention to the storyline after awhile and get hooked on waiting for the next film clip to pair STEVE MARTIN with a classic star . He plays detective Rigby Rearden who gets mixed up with a femme fatale ( ... |
446,474 | 1,048,771 | 112,966 | 6 | Charmingly irrelevant film about a mountain and a molehill . . . | Despite the fact that it's about almost nothing relevant to the average movie-goer , THE ENGLISHMAN WHO WENT UP A HILL BUT CAME DOWN A MOUNTAIN manages to be a charming diversion but ultimately , it's as innocuous as its title . Drawbacks aside , it does offer some hauntingly beautiful color cinematography of Welsh lan... |
445,366 | 1,048,771 | 17,765 | 6 | Keaton goes to college . . . just like Rodney Dangerfield would later on . . . | BUSTER KEATON , in his silent film comedies , was a forerunner of the type of comedian later embodied by the clumsy antics of WOODY ALLEN or RODNEY DANGERFIELD . This is especially true of COLLEGE , in which our hero is a man who wants to impress his sweetheart with his athletic abilities - - and seems to fail miserabl... |
447,690 | 1,048,771 | 12,938 | 6 | A curiosity piece but not one of the silent greats . . . | This is proof positive that not every silent film is great or even worthy of restoration , however good the photography may be . Nor is the musical accompaniment always appropriate , as is the case here . GLORIA SWANSON and RUDOLPH VALENTINO may have been the hot twosome of the twenties , but here they hardly get a cha... |
447,247 | 1,048,771 | 47,879 | 6 | Grim documentary style prison drama is gritty and realistic . . . | The story begins with a lost boy , a kidnapping , a ransom as extortionist RALPH MEEKER takes advantage of a situation which led to the death of the boy . The F . B . I . is soon on the case when the boy's father reports his disappearance . Meeker is sent to an island prison to serve a sentence as an extortionist who h... |
445,359 | 1,048,771 | 47,878 | 6 | Solid cast helps bolster this minor film noir . . . | A minor film nor from Allied Artists , this one has CORNEL WILDE out to rid the city of ruthless crime boss RICHARD CONTE , who puts some realistic toughness into a stock criminal role . Not so fortunate is JEAN WALLACE ( married to Wilde at the time ) who doesn't offer more than a pretty face and figure in what can on... |
445,348 | 1,048,771 | 217,696 | 6 | Brief examination of the prophecies of Nostradamus . . . | This is the sort of historical short subject they used to show school kids in the auditorium in the old days of yore . It's a well produced effort from MGM , narrated by Carey Wilson , to show the influence of Nostradamus on Catherine de Medici , the wife of Henry II , King of France , who hoped to have three sons as f... |
446,641 | 1,048,771 | 34,886 | 6 | ICELAND attempts to duplicate the success of " Sun Valley Serenade " . . . | 20th Century-Fox showed little imagination when they decided to team SONJA HENIE and JOHN PAYNE again after the huge success of SUN VALLEY SERENADE . Unfortunately , it doesn't work this time , despite the presence of some likable supporting players and Sammy Kaye and his Orchestra . The gave a wartime slant to the sto... |
447,491 | 1,048,771 | 182,508 | 6 | Despite serious flaws , grips the attention and won't let go . . . | URBANIA held my interest primarily because of the performance by DAN FUTTERMAN as the troubled gay man experiencing pain and heartbreak over a bad week-end in metropolis . He wanders around , seemingly in a daze most of the time , but eventually we understand that this is going to turn into a revenge story where he see... |
446,650 | 1,048,771 | 34,941 | 6 | One of my favorite B-films from the ' 40s . . . nice cast . . . | Everything about KID GLOVE KILLER is extremely dated . And yet it's fun to watch VAN HEFLIN and MARSHA HUNT go about solving a crime using old techniques and spouting a lot of artificial dialog , 1940s style . Both of them also smoke frequently . " Match me , " becomes a standard line . A cast of standard MGM B-players... |
447,123 | 1,048,771 | 26,452 | 6 | Predictable but enjoyable romantic comedy is warm and engaging . . . | CAROLE LOMBARD and FRED MacMURRAY have chemistry in this warm romantic comedy about two people who are actually yearning to marry into wealth , but find that love conquers all . RALPH BELLAMY as " the other man " makes it a certainty that Lombard will fall in love with MacMurray for the final reel , so there's no guess... |
447,658 | 1,048,771 | 368,891 | 6 | The Da Vinci Code in a minor key . . . more humor , more fun . . . | If your head is still spinning from all the murky codes being deciphered in THE DA VINCI CODE , you can sit back and relax with all the clues NICHOLAS CAGE has to unravel in order to go on his treasure hunt in NATIONAL TREASURE . He has lots of help from his dad ( JON VOIGT ) , a very savvy female assistant ( DIANE KRU... |
447,437 | 1,048,771 | 34,928 | 6 | Artistic triumph of Technicolor photography and realistic looking jungle settings . . . | Although THE JUNGLE BOOK seems to limp along at a slow pace , it catches the eye with its splendid Technicolor photography of lush forests , a brilliantly staged forest fire and the " Lost City " where hidden treasure drives men to greed and destruction . Close-ups of the jungle animals are beautifully shot and all of ... |
445,361 | 1,048,771 | 21,533 | 6 | Enjoyable Haines performance . . . film is more than just a curio . . . | WAY OUT WEST is a film designed to be a star vehicle for the controversial WILLIAM HAINES , who was during this time an outspoken gay member of the Hollywood community . He was a talented charmer , capable of natural performances rather than the standard overacting typical of many a silent screen star . While the film ... |
445,259 | 1,048,771 | 34,922 | 6 | Visually arresting . . . but quirky and bizarre tale of murky espionage . . . | Somewhere along the way , someone took scissors to this film and left it with plot holes that don't connect . Despite the obvious flaws in continuity and plotting , Eric Ambler's novel has been so changed in transferring it to the screen that he didn't even recognize it as his own story , according to Robert Osborne of... |
447,603 | 1,048,771 | 100,950 | 6 | Angela Lansbury is the hostess for documentary written by Jack Haley , Jr . . . . | Everything you ever wanted to know about the making of THE WIZARD OF OZ , the original premiere , the Academy Awards dinner in February of 1940 ( at which GWTW was the big winner ) , the reception the film received when it opened at New York's Capitol theater with Garland and Rooney as the stage attraction - - it's all... |
445,882 | 1,048,771 | 47,349 | 6 | Thin material but Holliday and Lemmon make an expert team . . . | If PHFFFT had been made in the ' 30s or ' 40s , it would have been done with Cary Grant and Jean Arthur as the couple ( or Cary and Irene Dunne ) . But by 1954 , JUDY HOLLIDAY and JACK LEMMON were paired once again ( they starred previously in IT SHOULD HAPPEN TO YOU ) , and proved to be a great comic team with perfect... |
445,335 | 1,048,771 | 43,456 | 6 | Soft spot in my heart for this fun-filled sci-fi film from the past . . . | THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL may have lost some of its punch in this day of CGI generated thrills , and it always was a rather slow moving story that gradually builds to an interesting climax - - but it has a soft spot in my heart as one of the first sci-fi thrillers that got me interested in this genre . PATRICIA NEA... |
448,074 | 1,048,771 | 35,746 | 6 | Little known WWII film about Norway's resistance to the Nazis . . . | Columbia delivered an interesting war propaganda film during WWII and COMMANDOS STRIKE AT DAWN , with Canada substituting for the Norwegian coastline . Although a little overlong and slowly paced at the start , it builds interest about midway and then never lets up being an absorbing war melodrama . PAUL MUNI is a Norw... |
447,452 | 1,048,771 | 43,458 | 6 | A Greek tragedy is pretty heavy-going stuff from Arthur Miller . . . | Arthur Miller justifiably received a lot of acclaim for his Broadway stage version of DEATH OF A SALESMAN and this film version starring FREDRIC MARCH as Willie Loman is a faithful transfer of that work . March is outstanding in his portrayal of a bitterly confused man who can't fathom why his life went so wrong , and ... |
447,874 | 1,048,771 | 39,579 | 6 | Neat little mystery marks appearance of a new Lone Wolf . . . | The reformed internationally famed jewel thief is back in the guise of GERALD MOHR , replacing the late WARREN WILLIAM . He looks comfortable in the role . The story , of course , starts with a jewel robbery and he , once again , is the prime suspect . The name " Michael Lanyard " is mentioned at least a dozen times in... |
447,231 | 1,048,771 | 35,767 | 6 | Interesting B-film with Lloyd Bridges as the " fall guy " . . . | A young LLOYD BRIDGES plays a man whose wealthy employer is found dead of poisoning . Bridges needs the help of crime doctor WARNER BAXTER to prove that he's not the murderer . When Bridges makes a quick getaway , we have Baxter left with a household of prime suspects , including REGINALD DENNY , LYNN MERRICK , ROSE HO... |
446,166 | 1,048,771 | 264,935 | 6 | So-so yarn spins to a cliffhanger climax . . . not Sandra's best . . . | When it deals exclusively with the two misguided teens ( Michael Pitt and Ryan Gosling ) , their classroom scenes , their conspiracy , their tense relationship , the movie springs to life . When it focuses on Sandra Bullock as a detective with Ben Chaplin as her assistant , it falters badly . First of all , Bullock's c... |
447,510 | 1,048,771 | 35,769 | 6 | Gritty WW2 POW drama years before " Stalag 17 " . . . | Basically the story of the French resistance during the early ' 40s when the Nazis overtook France , THE CROSS OF LORRAINE is a forerunner of films like STALAG 17 , but without the humor . Instead , it's a straightforward dramatic tale of the harsh treatment meted out to the French POWs in a German prison camp . There ... |
447,746 | 1,048,771 | 64,555 | 6 | Spectacular special effects in search of a plot . . . | If only for its Oscar-nominated special effects simulating the fireworks caused by a very active Krakatoa , the film has enough eye appeal to be worth a look . But it's a pity that with a cast of talented actors aboard ship , the script and characters are so one-dimensional that after awhile one's mind wanders to watch... |
447,059 | 1,048,771 | 35,770 | 6 | Nurses struggle with battle conditions on Philippines during WWII . . . | CRY HAVOC follows in the tradition of films like SO PROUDLY WE HAIL by dealing exclusively with nurses in the Philippines on active duty during WWII . MARGARET SULLAVAN is the lieutenant in charge of a group of gals including ANN SOTHERN , ELLA RAINES , FRANCES GIFFORD and JOAN BLONDELL , all of whom are inexperienced ... |
445,352 | 1,048,771 | 60,711 | 6 | A romantic suspense tale in the mold of an Alfred Hitchcock thriller . . . | For avid fans of Alfred Hitchcock's style of suspense , MOMENT TO MOMENT will fill the bill nicely - - especially since it's lavishly photographed among some beautiful French Riviera surroundings and extremely well played by JEAN SEBERG ( at her most radiant ) and has HONOR BLACKMAN in an enjoyably campy role as her be... |
445,770 | 1,048,771 | 35,724 | 6 | Dances from 1917 to the ' 40s with Veloz and Yolanda . . . | Narrated by Art Gilmore and directed by Jean Negulesco for Warner Bros . , this is a short illustrating the various dance tempos throughout the ' 20s to ' 40s era . Among the dances , the Tango and Rhumba stand out as the most exotic displays of ballroom dancing - - but there's also the One Step ( 1917 ) , Charlston ( ... |
447,604 | 1,048,771 | 8,309 | 6 | Fairbanks before his prime time period in the ' 20s . . . | DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS was quite the swashbuckler of his era in the 1920s , especially during the time of his biggest triumphs in ROBIN HOOD , THE THIEF OF BAGDAD , THE MARK OF ZORRO and THE BLACK PIRATE . But this is an early relic from his silent screen career as early as 1917 , and , of course , has to be judged by today... |
445,694 | 1,048,771 | 39,589 | 6 | Uneven thriller with top notch cast . . . | LURED starts out promisingly with Scotland Yard on the trail of a serial killer and enlisting a friend of the latest victim ( LUCILLE BALL ) to help them solve the crime . CHARLES COBURN is the police inspector who sends Lucille on a dangerous mission to trap a killer . GEORGE SANDERS , in one of his more colorless rol... |
445,611 | 1,048,771 | 83,169 | 6 | Improbable but entertaining . . . early Hutton , Penn and Cruise . . . | Hold the fort seems to be the slogan of these military cadets when they decide to rally behind TIMOTHY HUTTON who wants an armed defense of the school from authorities who want to shut it down after an accidental shooting by the presiding General Bache ( GEORGE C . SCOTT ) . Aiding and abetting are TOM CRUISE and , in ... |
445,285 | 1,048,771 | 56,930 | 6 | Simple , warm , unusual treatment of difficult subject . . . | JUDY GARLAND , as a naive music teacher looking for more fulfillment in a job that helps retarded children , and BURT LANCASTER as the head of the school for such youngsters , are the principal reason for watching this movie . Garland gives a very sincere , unaffected performance of the woman who eventually clashes wit... |
446,010 | 1,048,771 | 217,528 | 6 | Athletes display their acrobatic skills . . . | It's mesmerizing to watch the uncanny knack these Florida State University athletes have for bending and twisting their bodies in a gymnastic display of poise , strength and skill . Whether they're grasping steel rings to perform their acrobatic twists and turns and somersaulting through the air or just demonstrating e... |
445,907 | 1,048,771 | 30,082 | 6 | Bagpipes and uprisings in Colonial India . . . | Not until the story reaches the tense banquet scene does THE DRUM really come to life . Before that , there's a lot of character and plot exposition that slows things up considerably before the big showdown toward the end that is really the highlight of the drama . SABU is the young prince that RAYMOND MASSEY wants to ... |
447,021 | 1,048,771 | 39,634 | 6 | Nostalgic vaudeville musical should please Grable / Dailey fans . . . | While BETTY GRABLE was never in the same league with Ginger Rogers or Rita Hayworth as a dancer , she does manage to keep up nicely with DAN DAILEY in this pleasant backstage musical of a vaudeville couple who become a dance team , marry and raise a family . The voice-over narration is by none other than ANNE BAXTER , ... |
447,595 | 1,048,771 | 87,469 | 6 | Entertaining sequel is fast-moving adventure despite questionable moments . . . | When I asked my boss whether his kids thought the Kali scene of torture ( where a priest tears a man's heart out of his body ) was at all disturbing , he just shrugged and said , " It didn't bother them . " That's an indication of how undisturbed we've become when it comes to sensibilities that have been blurred over t... |
445,462 | 1,048,771 | 167,814 | 6 | A Warner Bros . Vitaphone short experimenting with color . . . | It's hard to believe that the Technicolor captured in CARNIVAL DAY , made in 1936 , was as beautiful as anything that came years later . In fact , it appears to be a Vitaphone short from Warner Bros . that was produced solely to test the Technicolor cameras for authentic color and flesh tones . It succeeds brilliantly ... |
447,174 | 1,048,771 | 39,645 | 6 | Good Hope comedy is a spoof of all the detective film noirs . . . | The worst thing about MY FAVORITE BRUNETTE is the bad print TCM is showing . Looks like a poor Public Domain print that is almost worn out with the years . The comedy itself is a bright one with clever lines and situations . BOB HOPE is a baby photographer mistaken for a private eye by no less than DOROTHY LAMOUR who a... |
445,687 | 1,048,771 | 60,748 | 6 | Another tall revenge tale from Harold Robbins - - western style . . . | NEVADA SMITH is a long-winded revenge tale encompassing chapters in a man's quest for revenge . The first chapter is the most interesting - - with BRIAN KEITH showing " the kid " ( STEVE McQUEEN ) something about handling a gun as a gunslinger should who's looking to avenge the killers of his parents . As the killers -... |
447,508 | 1,048,771 | 64,638 | 6 | Chandler's Marlowe transferred to the ' 60s . . . | Shifting Chandler's private eye to the ' 60s seems to work fairly well , although I still miss the film noir look of the gritty ' 40s melodramas with either Humphrey Bogart or George Montgomery as Marlowe . In addition , filming this one in color to take advantage of some Los Angeles locations , was not necessarily the... |
446,115 | 1,048,771 | 18,097 | 6 | Tantalizing reconstruction with elegant stills gives a hint of how good the film may have been . . . | Personally , I'm grateful that the elegant B & W production stills survived in order that we can see what Tod Browning's production might have looked like had it not been destroyed by fire . It also helps if you've seen Browning's remake of this same story called THE MARK OF THE VAMPIRE ( ' 35 ) with its surprise endin... |
445,884 | 1,048,771 | 53,045 | 6 | Alan Ladd sleepwalks through one of his last roles . . . | There's a nice New England feel in the Connecticut opening scenes of THE MAN IN THE NET and director Michael Curtiz makes striking visual use of the B & W camera in artfully photographing a country farmhouse with its rustic interiors full of paintings supposedly done by local artist ALAN LADD . Ladd's wife , CAROLYN JO... |
447,649 | 1,048,771 | 39,625 | 6 | Dr , Ordway can't take a vacation from crime . . . | WARNER BAXTER was approaching the last few " Crime Doctor " films when he made THE MILLERSON CASE , about an epidemic of typhoid that's tainted by a slight case of murder . Seems that while trying to have a vacation in the country , Dr . Ordway is pressured to join other doctors in helping out when typhoid strikes the ... |
445,888 | 1,048,771 | 35,779 | 6 | Pleasant B-picture programmer starring Evelyn Keyes . . . | In the era of double features , DANGEROUS BLONDES most probably served as a pleasant second banana with a B-film budget from Columbia Studios , and a cast that included EVELYN KEYES , ALLYN JOSLYN , JOHN HUBBARD , EDMUND LOWE , ANITA LOUISE with WILLIAM DEMAREST and FRANK CRAVEN as detectives . It's a fast-paced comedy... |
445,183 | 1,048,771 | 30,171 | 6 | John Payne gets an early break in GARDEN OF THE MOON . . . | This little known musical comedy , very minor league in every department , gave JOHN PAYNE the kind of break that led to a seven-year contract at Fox after they saw him as the brash band leader / singer in this modest programmer . The band sequences are directed with a certain flair and flourish , thanks to director Bu... |
447,374 | 1,048,771 | 30,149 | 6 | Garfield makes the biggest impression in sentimental film . . . | The sisterly affection is almost insufferable in FOUR DAUGHTERS , so wishy-washy is the script that has them treating each other with such tender care . One sister ( PRISCILLA LANE ) even runs off with the wrong man in an effort to spare her sister's feelings about the man she truly loves . This noble act eventually go... |
447,580 | 1,048,771 | 25,610 | 6 | Depression-era look at farming is a minor classic . . . | TOM KEENE and KAREN MORLEY are the lesser-known stars of this Depression-era classic , a poor man's " Grapes of Wrath " , about a young farming couple who use ingenuity to overcome a drought that threatens to ruin their crops . Tom Keene was a B-actor who did mostly westerns and does a sincere , earnest job of playing ... |
445,363 | 1,048,771 | 43,338 | 6 | Kirk Douglas shines in nerve-wracking , gritty drama based on true story . . . | KIRK DOUGLAS was always a dependable actor and occasionally brilliant when he had a good script and a good director . Here he has both , and he's in his element with Billy Wilder's direction making the most of a cynical story of a reporter exploiting human drama for his own benefit . JAN STERLING , as the trapped man's... |
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