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494,685 | 342,623 | 105,378 | 7 | A different kind of film from Woody Allen | Shadows and Fog is Woody Allen's tribute to German Expressionism , and it's very interesting , often funny , and at times downright strange . He gives no indication of the setting or time , and as is often true with Allen , there's a serious undertone . His nebishy character , Kleinman , is woken up in the middle of ... |
494,162 | 342,623 | 105,391 | 7 | entertaining if preposterous | This good looking film harkens back to the old-fashioned movies of the late ' 30s and ' 40s . Though predictable and not believable , it manages to be very entertaining and keeps one's interest . It would have been a little more believable for me if the Melanie Griffith character hadn't had to drag Liam Neeson's kids a... |
493,996 | 342,623 | 26,507 | 7 | For opera lovers | I Dream Too Much , nicknamed " I Scream Too Much , " is a 1935 film starring opera singer Lily Pons and Henry Fonda , who at this point in his life resembled Jane Fonda in a man's haircut . He was really at the height of his most adorable-ness . Fonda plays a composer named Johnny Street who marries a young woman , A... |
494,276 | 342,623 | 420,671 | 7 | Lovely remembrance of a lovely lady | Hosted by Kathleen Turner , " Myrna Loy : So Nice to Come Home To " is a good , if not terribly informative , documentary about Loy , the qualities she brought to film , and her evolution from exotic , mysterious female roles to light comedy . There is a heavy amount of focus on her film partnership with William Powell... |
495,126 | 342,623 | 30,396 | 7 | beautiful young Stanwyck and handsome Fonda | This is a delightful comedy / mystery , very much of its time , starring Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda . Stanwyck does a great job as a madcap socialite ( though the title would have you think she's a crazy bag lady ) who gets involved in a murder and with reporter Fonda . Miss Manton has a mouthy maid played by Hat... |
493,785 | 342,623 | 39,396 | 7 | A down and out man is set up to take a fall | Glenn Ford is Mike Lambert in " Framed , " a 1947 noir also starring Janis Carter , Barry Sullivan , and Edgar Buchanan . Ford plays a man who takes a job driving a truck that ends up having no brakes . Once at his destination , he enters a bar / restaurant called La Paloma and comes to the attention of waitress Paula ... |
495,115 | 342,623 | 30,413 | 7 | lovely film | Mannequin is a charming , Joan Crawford rags to riches story set in New York City . Desperate to get out of her family's Hester Street apartment , Jessie talks her boyfriend Eddie into getting married a little sooner than planned . At her wedding dinner in a Chinese restaurant , she is spotted by the very wealthy , w... |
494,646 | 342,623 | 35,020 | 7 | surprisingly timely | Henry Fonda is a college professor in danger of losing his job and his wife in " The Male Animal , " also starring Olivia de Havilland , Jack Carson , and Joan Leslie . Fonda plays a happily married intellectual . On the weekend of college homecoming , his wife's former beau ( Jack Carson ) , a jock , shows up , giving... |
494,994 | 342,623 | 35,018 | 7 | Good entry into the series | Ann Sothern again plays Maisie in " Maisie Gets Her Man , " a 1942 film featuring Red Skelton , Leo Gorcey , Allen Jenkins , Donald Meek and Lloyd Corrigan . Maisie's hired by a comedian , Hap Hixby ( Skelton ) who gets horrible stage fright , so her job is gone before she even gets to do it . However , the building ow... |
493,977 | 342,623 | 43,660 | 7 | Okay suspenseful drama | Valentina Cortese and Richard Basehart star in " The House on Telegraph Hill , " a 1951 film also starring William Lundigan . It's probable that Cortese and Basehart met during the filming of this movie , since they were married in March of 1951 . Cortese plays a concentration camp survivor , Victoria Kowelska , who ta... |
494,127 | 342,623 | 39,208 | 7 | though true , it almost seems like a fable | Very good drama , employing documentary elements , about attorney Homer Cummings ' pursuit of justice on behalf of a man wrongly accused of the murder of an episcopalian minister . Cummings went on to become Attorney General of the U . S . Given the sloppy cases put on by prosecutors today with the only goal in mind be... |
494,040 | 342,623 | 47,944 | 7 | much ado about drapes ! | Richard Widmark is a psychiatrist in " The Cobweb , " also starring Lauren Bacall , Lillian Gish , Charles Boyer , John Kerr , Susan Strasberg and Gloria Grahame . It's quite a cast , especially when you realize that they were directed by Vincent Minnelli . It's an absorbing story of the patients and the doctors at a m... |
494,031 | 342,623 | 30,216 | 7 | Fun and love in the Catskills | Ginger Rogers is Thelma , a secretary seeking rest and relaxation at a Catskill resort in " Having Wonderful Time , " also starring Douglas Fairbanks , Jr . , Lee Bowman , Eve Arden , Jack Carson , Lucille Ball and Michael ( Red ) Skelton . Uptight Rogers arrives at the resort and gets off on the wrong foot with Chick ... |
494,495 | 342,623 | 26,421 | 7 | More Busby and an early glimpse at an actress of ' Titanic ' proportions | Golddiggers of 1935 stars Alice Brady as a cheapskate determined that her daughter will marry a wealthy older man as planned . In order to make sure this happens , she gives her daughter a last wish as a single woman , which is to let her do what she wants ( i . e . , have fun ) all summer at the resort where they're... |
493,707 | 342,623 | 118,526 | 7 | inspiring story | Beautifully acted by Meryl Streep and the rest of the cast , this film is based on a true story of a mother who defied the medical profession to get her son on the ketogenic diet at Johns Hopkins . Due to the tremendous lobbying power of the AMA in this country , alternative treatments are not recognized here the way t... |
495,021 | 342,623 | 34,828 | 7 | Lupino as barracuda | Ida Lupino plays the ruthless , ambitious , domineering sister of Joan Leslie in " The Hard Way . " The film starts with Lupino attempting suicide by jumping off a bridge , and the resulting story is one big flashback . Unhappily married in an ugly industrial town , Lupino sees a way out for herself and her sister , pl... |
494,193 | 342,623 | 30,239 | 7 | A governor's idea of how to get votes is a unique one | John Barrymore , George Murphy and Joan Davis star in " Hold that Coed , " a 1938 film about politics and football . Murphy plays a football star turned coach of a state university , which has no funding and no equipment for its football players . Governor Gabby Harrigan ( John Barrymore ) is running for a Senate seat ... |
494,827 | 342,623 | 47,956 | 7 | Interesting true story | Gary Cooper plays the title role in " The Court Martial of Billy Mitchell , " a 1955 film based on the real-life court martial of former Brigadier General William Mitchell , who was demoted in rank after violating orders and later court-martialed for criticizing the Armed Forces in the press . Besides also starring Ral... |
495,151 | 342,623 | 70,272 | 7 | Interesting look at a great filmmaker | King Vidor is unusual in the series " The Men Who Made the Movies " in that of all the directors , as a person , he had the least edgy , vibrant , quirky personality possessed by so many - Raoul Walsh , Hitchcock , and Sam Fuller , to name a few . Rather , for all his imagination and tremendous creativity , he is smili... |
494,519 | 342,623 | 26,393 | 7 | gangster flick / tribute to the FBI | G-Men is a 1935 film that was reissued in 1949 . At that time , the FBI was 25 years old , and a scene was added where David Brian , as an FBI head honcho , tells his rookies that they are about to see an early film about the FBI . He then starts the movie . " G-Men " is directed by William Keighley and stars James C... |
494,570 | 342,623 | 47,969 | 7 | Beautiful dance film with stunning stars | How terribly sad that during such a delightful and romantic film , Fred Astaire was mourning the death of his wife . " Daddy Long Legs " is a sweet film with an utterly charming performance , in words and dance , by Leslie Caron , and Astaire's usual high-class , debonair , energetic work . Thelma Ritter and Larry Keat... |
494,219 | 342,623 | 43,599 | 7 | Romanticized biography of great opera star | Mario Lanza , of course , is " The Great Caruso " in this 1951 film also starring Ann Blyth , Dorothy Kirsten , Eduard Franz and Ludwig Donath . This is a highly fictionalized biography of the legendary , world-renowned tenor whose name is known even today . The film is opulently produced , and the music is glorious an... |
494,988 | 342,623 | 83,798 | 7 | For classic film buffs | Steve Martin is a Sam Spade-type detective who takes a case for a beautiful woman ( Rachel Ward ) in " Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid . " Like the 1983 " Zelig , " the film deftly mixes actual old clips in with the storyline very cleverly . In this case , the clips are all from old black and white movies featuring some of o... |
494,017 | 342,623 | 12,938 | 7 | An exciting discovery | The silent era continues to have surprises for us , such as this one , " Beyond the Rocks , " a film starring Gloria Swanson and Rudolph Valentino once thought lost but since rediscovered and restored . Based on a novel by Elinor Glyn , it's a potboiler that doesn't hold up well today , but so little does at age 84 . I... |
495,156 | 342,623 | 39,288 | 7 | Two great stars in a disappointing film | Barbara Stanwyck smells something rotten in her husband's family home in " Cry Wolf , " a 1947 movie starring a very famous wolf off screen , Errol Flynn , as well as Jerome Cowan , Richard Basehart , and Geraldine Brooks . Stanwyck plays Sandra , the widow of James Demarest , and arrives to consult with his uncle ( Fl... |
495,081 | 342,623 | 34,890 | 7 | Bad Bette ! Bad , bad Bette ! | Holy Toledo - Bette Davis has played some really bad women in her life , but the part of Stanley tops it ! Davis , Olivia de Havilland , Dennis Morgan , Charles Coburn , and George Brent star in " In This Our Life , " an odd film from 1942 . Davis and de Havilland play Stanley and Roy ( guess dad wanted boys ) . Stanle... |
494,978 | 342,623 | 478,087 | 7 | Loosely based on the true story | 21 is the story of the famous MIT Blackjack Team that plays fast and loose with the real story . Nevertheless , it's still a compelling and interesting movie . It's really a morality tale about a brilliant young man , Ben Campbell ( Jim Sturgess ) is talked by a professor ( Kevin Spacey ) into joining a blackjack gro... |
494,642 | 342,623 | 34,881 | 7 | Fredric March is bewitched , bothered , and bewildered by Veronica Lake | The summary line only applies to the film , however . This movie was intended by the studio for Joel McCrea . After making Sullivan's Travels , McCrea informed the top brass that he could not make another film with Veronica Lake . The role instead went to Fredric March , who declared " I Married a Witch " the most horr... |
495,049 | 342,623 | 180,037 | 7 | ooooh that HUGH | It was in this film that I discovered Hugh Jackman . I saw " Paperback Hero " at a film festival in Los Angeles and promptly fell in love . At the time , I declared Hugh the next Mel Gibson . While he hasn't reached that stature , he's done some good films and made his mark on Broadway in " The Boy from Oz , " which I'... |
494,489 | 342,623 | 21,508 | 7 | Lousy sound but interesting | Spencer Tracy and Humphrey Bogart are " Up the River " in this 1930 film directed by John Ford and also starring Claire Luce and Warren Hymer . The movie makes for tough going , as the print I saw kept skipping and the sound along with it . Well , the movie is nearly 80 years old after all . Bogart is so young-looking ... |
494,869 | 342,623 | 368,891 | 7 | High entertaining | Nicholas Cage , Diane Kruger , Sean Bean , Jon Voight and Justin Bartha star in " National Treasure , " a 2004 adventure film directed by Jon Turteltaub . This is one of those movies where you just have to totally give yourself over to the preposterous story and have a good time . Cage is a member of the notorious Gate... |
494,435 | 342,623 | 34,923 | 7 | London in wartime | Journey for Margaret is a propaganda film but with a twist . Made in 1942 , right after the U . S . entered World War II , it's based on a real story . A reporter , John Davis ( Robert Young ) , and his wife Nora ( Laraine Day ) are caught in London during the blitz . Nora loses the baby she is carrying and eventuall... |
495,177 | 342,623 | 126,774 | 7 | interesting legal drama | Thirty Something star Ken Olin has certainly had a fascinating career since the series ended . He has become a very successful producer , for one thing . Acting wise , for as nice a guy as he played on the series , he has often been cast as a wife killer . In this movie , based on a novel by Alan Dershowitz , he's an... |
494,267 | 342,623 | 39,581 | 7 | Partially successful noir | Henry Fonda goes through " The Long Night " after committing murder in this 1947 film noir directed by Anatole Litvak and also starring Vincent Price , Ann Dvorak and Barbara Bel Geddes . Fonda plays Joe , a returning veteran , now a blue collar worker who falls in love with young , pretty fellow orphan Jo Ann ( Bel Ge... |
493,808 | 342,623 | 39,556 | 7 | A Boston patriarch in 1912 finds times they are a-changin ' | Ronald Colman is " The Late George Apley " in this 1947 film based on a Philip Barry play , also starring Richard Ney , Peggy Cummins , Edna Best , Richard Haydn , Vanessa Brown , and Mildred Natwick . Apley is a stuffed shirt whose well-ordered family is suddenly not so well-ordered . His son ( Richard Ney ) is dating... |
494,546 | 342,623 | 35,766 | 7 | Very good mystery | I hope that TCM broadcasts more of the " Crime Doctor " series , based on the radio show . Starring Warner Baxter , 1943's " Crime Doctor " is one of the first films Michael Gordon ( Pillow Talk ) directed , and it's a good , solid B movie . Baxter plays a criminal named Phil Morgan who gets amnesia after being left fo... |
494,545 | 342,623 | 35,767 | 7 | Nice B movie , part of the Crime Doctor series | Warner Baxter is the " Crime Doctor , " and here he is in the second film of the series , " Crime Doctor's Strangest Case , " filmed in 1943 . This one has a perk for baby boomers as it stars a very young Lloyd " Sea Hunt " Bridges as a man acquitted of killing his boss who consults Dr . Ordway ( Baxter ) , the man who... |
494,008 | 342,623 | 35,770 | 7 | Female ensemble cast in World War II drama | NO SPOILERS HERE A cast of some top actresses make up the ensemble of " Cry Havoc , " a film about war nurses and volunteers in Bataan , their courage , hard work , and sacrifices . Margaret Sullavan heads the cast in her second to last film . An accomplished stage actress , her last film was in 1950 , 10 years before ... |
494,311 | 342,623 | 87,507 | 7 | very funny spoof | Michael Keaton is " Johnny Dangerously " in this take-off on gangster movies done in 1984 . Maureen Stapleton plays his sickly mother , Griffin Dunne is his DA brother , Peter Boyle is his boss , and Marilu Henner is his girlfriend . Other stars include Danny DeVito and Joe Piscopo . Keaton plays a pet store owner in t... |
494,074 | 342,623 | 186,894 | 7 | Lovely story | Bounce is a nice 2000 film that , had I paid $10 to see it , I probably wouldn't have been very happy . It's got star power , all right - Ben Affleck and Gwyneth Paltrow - but Lifetime could have done this film with Heather Locklear and Stephen Collins , and the effect would have been about the same . Ben Affleck pla... |
495,174 | 342,623 | 466,388 | 7 | Livening up | This entry into the Mystery Woman series had a lot more energy than some of its predecessors . The show seems to be moving a little faster as the characters are further developed . " Game Time " featured a familiar face , William Katt , as an eccentric mystery writer who is murdered . The plot was interesting , concern... |
495,183 | 342,623 | 30,202 | 7 | Johann Strauss II in words and music | Jules Duvivier directed this opulent , highly fictionalized musical film about Johann Strauss II . " The Great Waltz " stars Luise Rainer , Fernand Gravet and Miliza Korjus . Strauss II married several times , but none of his wives were named Poldi Vogelhuber , but she is most likely modeled on Strauss ' third and last... |
493,846 | 342,623 | 39,645 | 7 | cute Hope comedy | Bob Hope is mistaken for a detective in " My Favorite Brunette , " a comedy from 1947 costarring Dorothy Lamour and Peter Lorre . The film begins with Ronnie Jackson ( Hope ) making wisecracks as he sits on death row . He's visited by reporters whom he tells his whole story in flashback . A baby photographer who desper... |
495,154 | 342,623 | 30,182 | 7 | Nelson and Jeannette in the old west | Girl of the Golden West , starring Nelson Eddy and Jeannette MacDonald , is based on the play by David Belasco . This play was also used for Puccini's opera of the same name , " La Fanciulla del West " where the chorus sings , " Vells Fargo ! Vells Fargo ! " One change - the heroine in the opera is named Minnie ; in ... |
494,437 | 342,623 | 408,985 | 7 | very sweet | Queen Latifah plays Georgia Byrd , a woman on her " Last Holiday " in this 2006 film also starring Timothy Hutton , Gerard Depardieu , L . L . Cool J , Alicia Witt , and Giancarlo Esposito . Georgia works in the cookware department of a big department store chain . She's incredibly popular with customers , and at home ... |
494,304 | 342,623 | 39,666 | 7 | Warners potboiler gave the Oomph Girl even more oomph ! | Ann Sheridan is a nightclub singer who gets involved with a straitlaced , married doctor in " Nora Prentiss " - and the consequences are interesting indeed . The doctor is played by Kent Smith , well-remembered by yours truly as the husband of Simone Simon in " Cat People . " Though he never reached big movie stardom ,... |
493,734 | 342,623 | 39,676 | 7 | pretty good | John Mills is the " October Man " in this small 1947 British film costarring Joan Greenwood . Mills plays Jim Ackland , a man involved in a tragic train accident that killed the child of a friend ( actually played by Juliet Mills ) he was returning to town . He suffers a fractured skull and is hospitalized for a year ,... |
493,884 | 342,623 | 25,601 | 7 | Strictly for opera lovers | Grace Moore stars in " One Night of Love , " a 1934 movie also starring Tullio Carminati and Lyle Talbot . Carminati plays a renowned vocal teacher , Giulio Monteverdi , who takes a young aspiring opera singer , Maria Barrett , under his wing . Still scarred from a disastrous love affair with a former student , Monteve... |
493,969 | 342,623 | 39,438 | 7 | Post-war psychological drama | Rosalind Russell faces " The Guilt of Janet Ames " in this 1947 film also starring Melvin Douglas , Sid Caesar , Betsy Blair and Nina Foch . After the war , many , many films concerning psychiatry , mental illness , the mind , nerve disorders , etc . were released . Obviously readjustment and mental trauma were problem... |
494,452 | 342,623 | 53,247 | 7 | two Alecs are better than one | We've seen it done a hundred times - twins switching identities - but somehow , having Alec Guinness as the twins makes The Scapegoat a cut above the other switch films . Guinness , of course , played multiple roles with great success in the fantastic Kind Hearts and Coronets , so twins for him must have seemed a cinch... |
493,621 | 342,623 | 289,992 | 7 | strong and involving | The Life of David Gale is not meant to be taken as realistic , for clearly , it is not . Although extremely convoluted , it is nevertheless compelling and keeps you guessing up until the very end . This is not a simplistic plot , but one that the viewer must follow carefully . This viewer was left with a couple of ques... |
494,956 | 342,623 | 43,371 | 7 | Cute send-up of TV western stars and ad men | Callaway Went Thataway is a slight comedy enlivened by some fine performances by Dorothy McGuire , Fred MacMurray , Howard Keel and Jesse White . As television was threatening to take over the film industry , MGM produced this send-up of the TV western hero craze . Smoky Callaway's old movies are being run on TV and ... |
495,155 | 342,623 | 39,464 | 7 | great performance by Taylor | Robert Taylor is Steven Kenet , accused of killing his unfaithful wife in " High Wall , " a 1947 film noir also starring Audrey Totter and Herbert Marshall . In our first glimpse of Steve , he's in a car with a dead woman careening down the road to get rid of her . The problem is , due to a brain injury suffered during... |
494,341 | 342,623 | 784,990 | 7 | Lots of affection but oy | Dynasty Reunion : Catfights and Caviar was a fun reunion with some members of the cast : Linda Evans , Joan Collins , Al Corley , Pamela Bellwood , Gordon Thompson , Catherine Oxenberg , Emma Samms , and finally , John Forsythe . " Dynasty " was a fun , over the top show , and the cast seemed to really enjoy their re... |
494,733 | 342,623 | 190,884 | 7 | pretty good | A woman goes after a crooked DA in " The Witness Files , " a 1999 film starring Yancy Butler , David Newman and Barry Flatman . Butler plays a victim of domestic violence , Sandy Dickinson , who killed her husband and was sent to prison . She is promised early parole by the DA who put her there ( Newman ) if she will p... |
493,687 | 342,623 | 30,079 | 7 | glory for one , oblivion for the other | Unlike other posters , I found this film delightful and entertaining . But what was most fun was seeing all these stars as incredibly young people : Lana Turner , Paulette Goddard , Virginia Grey , Hans Conried . Luise Rainer was at her luminescent best with her big , soulful eyes , gorgeous bone structure , and beauti... |
494,230 | 342,623 | 60,880 | 7 | Interesting spy film | An almost unrecognizable George Segal stars in " The Quiller Memorandum , " set in Berlin and made 40 years ago . Segal is a very young man in this , with that flippant , relaxed quality that made him so popular . This time he's a spy trying to get the location of a neo-Nazi organization . The cast is full of familiar ... |
494,253 | 342,623 | 427,969 | 7 | An ambitious actor in ' 50s Hollywood and his untimely death | Hollywoodland has probably brought George Reeves more fame and celebrity than even he ever dreamed of - imagine being the subject of a feature film when you were most famous for being the TV Superman . Had he lived into his seventies , he might have been around for the renaissance of the old shows and stars due to th... |
494,860 | 342,623 | 53,133 | 7 | One of those easy robberies where you just go in and take the money | Harry Belafonte produced and starred in " Odds Against Tomorrow , " a 1959 film also starring Robert Ryan , Ed Begley , Gloria Grahame , and Shelley Winters and directed by Robert Wise . It's a depressing story of a bunch of losers who team up for what is supposed to be an easy robbery . For all of them it represents a... |
495,034 | 342,623 | 43,299 | 7 | Charming film | Monty Woolley believes you're as " Young as You Feel " in this 1951 film also starring Thelma Ritter , David Wayne , Jean Peters , Allyn Joslyn , Russ Tamblyn , Albert Dekker , Constance Bennett and Marilyn Monroe . Woolley plays John Hodges , who at the age of 65 , is fired from his job in a printing company due to co... |
494,014 | 342,623 | 25,720 | 7 | Norma and Montgomery in another precode potboiler | Norma Shearer teams up with Robert Montgomery again in " Riptide " which also stars Herbert Marshall as part of a love triangle . There isn't too much special about this , but the beginning scene , with Marshall dressed as an huge insect and Shearer as a spider is very funny . Having just finished Shearer's bio by Gavi... |
493,702 | 342,623 | 30,031 | 7 | old-fashioned entertainment | This is the kind of old-fashioned entertainment that the studios used to churn out every week . Gorgeous Robert Taylor plays a prize fighter , Frank Morgan his moronic father , Edward Arnold a mob boss , and Maureen O'Sullvian is Arnold's beautiful daughter , who falls in love with Taylor . And hello , who wouldn't . T... |
493,617 | 342,623 | 30,018 | 7 | A film that was created for the title | The Cowboy and the Lady starring Gary Cooper and Merle Oberon was written after Sam Goldwyn thought up the title - so it's the reverse of the usual process . It's a 1938 film about a wealthy , sheltered young woman ( Oberon ) whose father is about to announce his candidacy for President . One night , she slips out fo... |
493,841 | 342,623 | 60,445 | 7 | fun ' 60s " caper " film | Michael Caine and Shirley Maclaine star in " Gambit , " a 1966 movie done in the style so popular in that era , the " caper " film . Inspired by the success and style of " Charade , " the ' 60s brought us " How to Steal a Million , " " Topkapi , " " Rififi " et al . - sophisticated , glamorous , international , breezy ... |
493,815 | 342,623 | 26,043 | 7 | Grable tries to solve a murder which might involve a friend of Bennett's | Clark Gable and Constance Bennett star in " After Office Hours , " a 1935 film directed by Robert Z . Leonard . Gable is Jim Branch , the go-getter editor of a newspaper , who is hot on the trial of a society love triangle . Irritated with the music critic , Sharon Norwood ( Bennett ) , he fires her , only to find out ... |
494,958 | 342,623 | 320,643 | 7 | The point of this film seems to have been lost | In reading the comments , I notice there is quite a bit written about " Too Young to be a Dad " that focus on the fact that at 15 , the young boy in the film didn't feel ready to continue having sex with the more experienced young woman , who becomes pregnant . I'm not sure why that detail was included in the script , ... |
493,492 | 342,623 | 60,490 | 7 | Another great Newman performance | Paul Newman is " Harper , " a detective called upon to find a missing husband in this 1966 film based on the book " The Moving Target " by Ross MacDonald . It also stars Lauren Bacall , Arthur Hill , Pamela Tiffin , Robert Wagner , Shelley Winters , Robert Webber , Janet Leigh and Julie Harris . Bacall , on the suggest... |
494,400 | 342,623 | 39,898 | 7 | Some great swimming and easy listening | Esther Williams stars in " This Time for Keeps , " costarring Johnny Johnston , Dame May Witty , Jimmy Durante , and Lauritz Melchior . I guess the Third Reich was still a little too close for comfort , because the magnificent Heldentenor Melchior only sings Italian repertoire in this film , albeit magnificently . He w... |
493,625 | 342,623 | 260,866 | 7 | scary as all get out | This is a very suspenseful film with uniformly good performances . The film moves quickly , isn't boring and really sustains one's interest . And hey , an apartment at the Ansonia ! Reminiscent of another great thriller , Rosemary's Baby . |
493,487 | 342,623 | 39,694 | 7 | A different kind of Hitchcock | The Paradine Case , released in 1947 , is a courtroom drama directed by the master , Alfred Hitchcock , and it's obvious it isn't his thing , or else he didn't care about it . Gregory Peck plays a British attorney and Ann Harding his wife ; Alida Valli is Mrs . Paradine , a woman accused of murdering her blind husban... |
494,834 | 342,623 | 29,737 | 7 | A runaway bride plot is an excuse for lots of fashions and music | Joan Bennett runs out on her wedding day and takes up with fashion designer Warner Baxter in " Vogues of 1938 " which is a combination of musical numbers and fashion shows with a little plot in between . And it's in Technicolor ! Bennett has reddish-blonde hair here and resembles Lucille Ball a little but her voice is ... |
493,486 | 342,623 | 43,090 | 7 | Good film | Union Station is a realistic 1950 film starring William Holden , Nancy Olson , Jan Sterling and Barry Fitzgerald . It was released after " Sunset Boulevard " so by the time it came out , Holden had actually moved up another level of stardom . Rudolph Mate directed the film in a quasi-documentary way , showing all lev... |
493,728 | 342,623 | 22,111 | 7 | early version of the classic | Before Humphrey Bogart , Ricardo Cortez , as Sam Spade , was looking for that big black bird in 1931's " The Maltese Falcon , " also starring Bebe Daniels , Una Merkel , and Thelma Todd . Since it's 1931 and therefore pre-code , the emphasis is on sex and Sam's libidinous nature . In the first scene , a woman leaves hi... |
494,026 | 342,623 | 35,370 | 7 | Grable | Springtime in the Rockies is another delightful 20th Century Fox musical , this time starring Betty Grable , John Payne , Carmen Miranda , Charlotte Greenwood , Edward Everett Horton , Cesar Romero , and Harry James . All of them are wonderful , but Grable really sparkled in this as Vicky Lane , a Broadway actress wh... |
494,503 | 342,623 | 65,950 | 7 | ahead of its time | Agents are sent from the west to retrieve " The Kremlin Letter " in this 1970 film directed by John Huston and starring Patrick O'Neal , Richard Boone , George Sanders , Orson Welles , Max von Sydow , Barbara Parkins , Dean Jagger , and Bibi Andersson . O'Neal plays Rone , who is removed from military service and put o... |
495,214 | 342,623 | 317,198 | 7 | Not much reason for this sequel | A great soundtrack and the delightful performance of Renee Zwelleger aren't good enough reasons for this " Bridget Jones " sequel : " Bridget Jones : The Edge of Reason , " the 2004 film starring Hugh Grant and Colin Firth as Bridget's suitors . The film continues as the relationship between Bridget and Mark develops ,... |
494,000 | 342,623 | 35,360 | 7 | Saturday afternoon at the movies | Piper Laurie said of Tyrone Power , " Tyrone Power was Saturday afternoon at the movies . " " Son of Fury " surely must have been one of those films that young people flocked to see on a Saturday afternoon - an island adventure starring one of the biggest stars in Hollywood . Power costars with a great cast that includ... |
494,853 | 342,623 | 324,948 | 7 | Entertaining look at a great studio | 20th Century Fox : The First 50 Years , narrated by James Coburn , gives us a history of the studio's dual beginnings , merger , and success as a great Hollywood studio under the aegis of the ambitious Darryl F . Zanuck . There are wonderful clips and homages to some of the stars that made 20th Century Fox great : Wi... |
494,494 | 342,623 | 43,134 | 7 | Because it's there | Because it's there - well , I suppose that's a good enough reason to climb a mountain . It was motivation enough to climb Everest . However , in " The White Tower " everyone has a different reason for wanting to climb a magnificent mountain peak in the Swiss Alps that defeated the father of Carla Alten ( Valli ) , a yo... |
494,300 | 342,623 | 43,118 | 7 | offbeat | Joseph Cotten stars in " Walk Softly , Stranger , " a 1950 film also starring Valli , Paul Stewart and Spring Byington . Cotten plays Chris Hale , a con man who takes up residence in a small town under his new name . He has a sweet landlady ( Byington ) who loves him , a decent job and is enjoying a flirtation with the... |
494,082 | 342,623 | 39,757 | 7 | off kilter , effective thriller | Edward G . Robinson doesn't want his adopted daughter to go near " The Red House " in this 1947 film which also stars Judith Anderson , Lon McAllister , Allene Roberts , Julie London and Rory Calhoun . Robinson is Pete , who lives with his sister Ellen ( Anderson ) on a self-sufficient farm . They have a daughter they ... |
495,200 | 342,623 | 29,806 | 7 | Good Fox musical | Alice Faye , Don Ameche , The Ritz Brothers , Louise Hovick ( Gypsy Rose Lee ) , Charles Winninger and Tony Martin star in " You Can't Have Everything , " a 1937 musical from 20th Century Fox . MGM musicals were glamorous ; Fox musicals were down to earth , glitzy , and just plain fun . This is one of them . Faye is a ... |
494,930 | 342,623 | 52,918 | 7 | Engrossing tearjerker | 1959's " Imitation of Life " was a remake of the 1934 version starring Claudette Colbert , Louise Beavers , and Fredi Washington . Both are marvelous in their own way . The ' 59 version changes a few plot points - the Turner character isn't a Jewish businesswoman , and there's no pancake batter and a big business succe... |
495,025 | 342,623 | 22,021 | 7 | Keeping your husband - a woman's only mission in life | Yeah , as the above quote indicates , this is an old , old movie . But it's a darling one , starring Dorothy Mackaill and Joel McCrea . McCrea plays football star Dick Brunton , who now works for Mackaill's dad . Dad brings Dick home for dinner one night , which doesn't make anyone very happy - after all , they're filt... |
493,849 | 342,623 | 35,432 | 7 | And introducing Alan Ladd | Both Alan Ladd and Tyrone Power made their film debuts in 1932's Tom Brown of Culver ; by 1936 , Power was a star . It took Alan Ladd a long 10 years and something like 40 films to make it , but make it he did as a cat-loving contract killer in " This Gun for Hire , " also starring Veronica Lake , Laird Cregar and Robe... |
494,205 | 342,623 | 276,585 | 7 | Reconstructing Marion | Capturing the Truth : The True Story of Marion Davies is a pretty good documentary about the screen comedienne and mistress of publishing mogul William Randolph Hearst . The documentary was made to dispel assumptions that Marion is basis of " Susan Alexander , " the drunken no talent opera singer married to Charles F... |
493,459 | 342,623 | 29,808 | 7 | depressing melodrama | Fritz Lang did a great job with this well-acted , uniquely photographed drama from the ' 30s . It's not anything to see if you're looking for a lift , though . Henry Fonda and Sylvia Sidney , so young it's unbelievable , play a husband and wife escaping the law . Sidney is a secretary who falls in love with a convict a... |
494,328 | 342,623 | 47,408 | 7 | lush ' 50s drama where the other woman is a violin | Rhapsody is all about beautiful music and beautiful Elizabeth Taylor . Taylor , in a short , stylish hairdo , is at the height of her beauty in this stunningly photographed color film . And she's not the only beauty . Vittorio Gassman plays one of her love interests . Just try keeping your eyes off of him . Handsome Jo... |
495,186 | 342,623 | 35,413 | 7 | Russell and her male secretary | 1942's " Take a Letter , Darling " is a fun look at life in the ' 40s , and no one could play a career woman like Rosalind Russell . Tough , intelligent , sophisticated and glamorous , she fits easily into a man's world . In this film , directed by Mitchell Leisen , A . M . MacGregor ( Russell ) is the active partner i... |
493,745 | 342,623 | 43,053 | 7 | A fisherman becomes the " Toast of New Orleans " | Using the formula that worked so well in " That Midnight Kiss , " Mario Lanza , this time one Pepe Duvalle , is again discovered by someone with connections to the opera world while he's singing his heart out doing his normal job . Here he's a bayou fisherman , but after the loss of their boat , Pepe and his Uncle Nick... |
493,669 | 342,623 | 60,645 | 7 | old melodrama gets gloss treatment at the hands of Ross Hunter | The old chestnut " Madame X " has had something like 9 screen versions , not to mention a play and the book . There's an occasional change here and there but the plot remains basically the same : A young woman is thrown out of her home and separated from her child . She hits the skids , and 20 years later , the child d... |
494,264 | 342,623 | 48,791 | 7 | Sir Walter Raleigh and The Virgin Queen | Bette Davis is again " The Virgin Queen " in this 1955 film , and this time , her attention is on Sir Walter Raleigh . Earlier , in a more interesting film , " The Story of Elizabeth and Essex , " she was the younger Elizabeth and the Earl of Essex was Errol Flynn . " The Virgin Queen " is sumptuous in its production ,... |
494,710 | 342,623 | 51,459 | 7 | a great cast in the film version of one of Tennessee Williams ' great plays | Paul Newman , Elizabeth Taylor , Burl Ives , Judith Anderson , Jack Carson , and Madeline Sherwood star in " Cat on a Hot Tin Roof , " a watered down version of the Tennessee Williams hit play that starred Barbara Bel Geddes and Ben Gazzara on Broadway and was there directed by Elia Kazan . The film is directed by Rich... |
494,745 | 342,623 | 60,287 | 7 | Film from the swinging ' 60s | Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round is a fun film , especially if you remember the ' 60s . It looks just like a movie from the ' 60s too - beautiful women , casual sex , calling the cops " the fuzz , " and as everyone else has mentioned , Harrison Ford as a messenger . Blink and you miss him . James Coburn plays a man of m... |
495,010 | 342,623 | 51,501 | 7 | Suspenseful , small black and white film from the ' 50s | Cry Terror , from 1958 is not a big-budget film , but it holds the viewer throughout . It's the story of a man , James Mason , who is duped into making small bombs which he believes are for government use . Only later does he realize that he made them for a criminal who intends to extort money by placing them on airl... |
494,472 | 342,623 | 40,153 | 7 | Pretty good B movie | Richard Carlson goes " Behind Locked Doors " in this 1948 film also starring Lucille Bremer . Carlson plays detective Ross Stewart who enters an insane asylum as a patient at the behest of a reporter Kathy Lawrence ( Bremer ) to find a judge who is on the lam from the police . For his trouble , there is a $10 , 000 rew... |
494,076 | 342,623 | 40,155 | 7 | Post-war Tourneur | Robert Ryan , Merle Oberon , Robert Coote Paul Lukas and Charles Korvin are on the " Berlin Express , " a 1948 Jacques Tourneur film about a multinational group headed for a conference in postwar Germany . In the film , Ryan is an agricultural expert from America , Robert Coote is a schoolteacher from England , Merle O... |
493,536 | 342,623 | 51,492 | 7 | good British spy film | Supposedly based on a true story , this British film starring Jeffrey Hunter is very good , considering what was in all probability low budget . The plot concerns feeding incorrect information to the Axis about where D-Day would actually take place . When a young woman comes from Holland to join the intelligence team ,... |
495,045 | 342,623 | 278,504 | 7 | Al Pacino battles Robin Williams and no sleep | Sumptuous scenery and a fresh , enthusiastic Hillary Swank are in sharp contrast to weary Al Pacino in " Insomnia , " about a legendary LA homicide investigator who goes to Alaska to assist in finding a killer . In the land of the midnight sun , Pacino finds there's no rest from his demons . This is a slow-moving film ... |
494,559 | 342,623 | 25,251 | 7 | Life on a farm | Robert Montgomery plays a gangster hiding out on a farm in " Hide-Out , " a 1934 film also starring Maureen O'Sullivan , Edward Arnold , Elizabeth Patterson , Whitford Kane , and Mickey Rooney . With the police after him , Lucky Wilson takes off but ends up shot and unconscious . He is then found by a farmer Miller ( K... |
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