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494,077 | 342,623 | 59,410 | 7 | An icon of the ' 60s | Made in 1965 , " The Loved One , " based on a novel by Evelyn Waugh , was highly publicized when it first came out . Brilliantly directed by Tony Richardson and with a magnificent and bizarre cast , it's the penultimate black comedy . It totally sums up the ' 60s youth movement of anti-tradition , anti-war , and anti-e... |
494,355 | 342,623 | 59,453 | 7 | Odd film | James Garner is " Mr . Buddwing , " a man who wakes up in Central Park and can't remember who he is in this 1966 film directed by Delbert Mann . Taking the name Buddwing off of a Budweiser truck and the wing of a plane , Garner has a train schedule for a Harlem line , a phone number , and a ring with a crack in it from... |
494,629 | 342,623 | 28,804 | 7 | Crazy film done under sad circumstances | Double Wedding is an enjoyable , albeit dizzying comedy starring William Powell and Myrna Loy . It's really a tribute to the cast that they were able to carry on in such a wacky movie despite being shut down for a time due to Jean Harlow's untimely death . Both Powell , who was involved with Harlow , and Loy , who wa... |
493,871 | 342,623 | 28,829 | 7 | enjoyable , light story set in Europe and Russia | Back in the ' 30s , the studios made dozens of movies that were set in Europe to give Americans during the Depression a sense of fantasy and other world glamor , and to keep their foreign market . " The Emperor's Candlesticks " starring William Powell and Luise Rainer is such a film , with supporting roles featuring tw... |
493,923 | 342,623 | 114,660 | 7 | Dark drama with a touch of poetry | Things to do in Denver When You're Dead is a 1995 film starring Andy Garcia , Christopher Walken , Christopher Lloyd , Steve Buscemi , Bill Nunn , Treat Williams , Jack Warden , Gabrielle Anwar and Fairuza Balk . Garcia is Jimmy the Saint , an ex-mobster who now runs a company called Afterlife Advice , where he tapes... |
494,797 | 342,623 | 101,556 | 7 | Enjoyable entry into the Columbo series | After being off the air for a while , Columbo returned with some new made-for-TV mysteries that , while not being as good as the original series , are better than the shows that were done in the later ' 90s . " Murder Can Be Hazardous to Your Health " used the then ( and I guess now , if you think about it ) true crime... |
493,550 | 342,623 | 48,432 | 7 | Medical soap opera with all the trimmings | Olivia deHavilland , Robert Mitchum , Frank Sinatra , Gloria Grahame , Broderick Crawford , and Charles Bickford star in " Not as a Stranger , " the story of an arrogant young man ( Mitchum ) and his quest to become a great , godlike doctor . Along the way , he learns something about becoming a human being . What a cas... |
494,843 | 342,623 | 51,878 | 7 | Long and hot all right , with a tremendous cast | Paul Newman stars with Joanne Woodward , Orson Welles , Lee Remick , Anthony Franciosca , Richard Anderson and Angela Lansbury in " The Long , Hot Summer , " based on stories by William Faulkner . It's a lushly produced film about a drifter , Ben Quick ( Newman ) , who comes to town . His reputation precedes him , and ... |
494,751 | 342,623 | 21,042 | 7 | Ruth Chatterton in an early talkie | I watched this film , Lady of Scandal , because I had never seen Ruth Chatterton in a film , and I'm very glad I saw it . There was very witty dialogue , some funny scenes , and some tender moments peppered throughout this movie , which was based on a play . The beginning was a riot , as Chatterton , while performing o... |
495,215 | 342,623 | 90,966 | 7 | A homeless man is a adopted by a rich family | Nick Nolte is " Down and Out in Beverly Hills , " a 1986 film directed and co-written by Paul Mazursky and starring Richard Dreyfuss , Bette Midler , Elizabeth Pena , Little Richard , and Tracy Nelson . Nolte is Jerry , a street person so low even his dog leaves him for a kind jogger . While searching for his dog , he ... |
494,290 | 342,623 | 40,823 | 7 | A woman overhears a plot to kill - her ! | Barbara Stanwyck stars as an invalid who hears about a murder plot on the telephone in " Sorry , Wrong Number , " a 1948 film based on a radio script that also stars Burt Lancaster , Ed Begley , and Wendell Corey . You can really get how beautifully this must have worked on radio - it's a natural . Stanwyck's character... |
493,961 | 342,623 | 482,491 | 7 | Disturbing and outrageous look at Sante and Kenny Kimes | A Little Thing Called Murder is another TV movie about Sante and Kenny Kimes , the real-life mother and son con artist / murder team . The first film starred Mary Tyler Moore and focused mainly on the murder of Irene Silverman , the New York woman killed for her brownstone and whose body was never found . ( Court TV ... |
494,705 | 342,623 | 36,427 | 7 | Hope / Lamour WWII comedy | Bob Hope is a Pulitzer-prize winning Robert Kittridge reporter who , after assuring his editor that Germany will not invade Russia loses his job in " They Got Me Covered . " He thinks that this minor infraction can be forgiven if the man who won him the first Pulitzer , his contact Vanescu , will just come through with... |
494,756 | 342,623 | 114,496 | 7 | funny feminist film with good performances | I was very entertained by " Something to Talk About . " I didn't consider it a big , important movie , I just took it as light fun . I have read some of the other comments , and it seems not everyone reacted to it that way . I thought this was a great cast . Robert Duvall and Gena Rowlands were fabulous , as was Kyra S... |
494,454 | 342,623 | 44,100 | 7 | ' 50s sorority life revealed | Take Care of My Little Girl is a tale of college and sorority life in the 1950s . Jeanne Crain is charming as the young woman who finds out that being in a sorority is not exactly as her mother described . Not that Crain has it all that rough - how bad can things be when you've got Jeffrey Hunter and Dale Robertson m... |
494,212 | 342,623 | 121,314 | 7 | Good documentary on one of our greats | Richard Schickel's 1991 documentary about Gary Cooper - " Gary Cooper : American Life , American Legend " gives us a look at the tremendous , all-American star through his films and his life . Narrated by Clint Eastwood , the theme is definitely " Gary Coooper , American " as we are taken through fast clips of his many... |
494,953 | 342,623 | 44,105 | 7 | Lincoln makes a " tall target " | The Tall Target , about a plot to kill Lincoln before his inauguration , is a compact little film directed by Anthony Mann and starring Dick Powell , Adolphe Menjou , Marshall Thompson , and Ruby Dee . Powell plays John Kennedy , a detective and admirer of the future President who finds out about an assassination plo... |
495,157 | 342,623 | 293,087 | 7 | very good look at the making of a classic | Destination Hitchcock : The Making of North by Northwest is an interesting behind-the-scenes look at what went on during the production of this wonderful movie . Hosted by Eva Marie Saint , the documentary contains interviews with Ernest Lehman , the writer , Patricia Hitchcock , the director's daughter , and Martin ... |
494,071 | 342,623 | 40,740 | 7 | Great cast in ' 40s noir | Richard Widmark , Ida Lupino , Cornel Wilde and Celeste Holm are all in the " Road House , " a 1948 film noir directed by Jean Negulesco . Widmark , fresh from his career-making role of Tommy Udo , plays Jefty , who owns a road house . His friend from the service , Wilde , runs the place . Jefty is gone on Lily ( Lupin... |
494,003 | 342,623 | 28,676 | 7 | With all that beauty , who listens to what they're saying ? | A broke American is forced to pose as a Russian prince in order to pay a gambling debt in " Cafe Metropole , " a film written by the multi-talented Gregory Ratoff , who also plays a role in the movie . This is a funny , light , romantic comedy where the best scenes are saved for the character actors Charles Winninger a... |
494,117 | 342,623 | 139,668 | 7 | very good | True Crime is a very good , if derivative film directed by and starring Clint Eastwood . We've seen the whole thing before , but it goes to show that if something is well done and well performed , the viewer will become very involved in it . A rogue reporter , an off and on drunk , who is assigned a human interest st... |
493,718 | 342,623 | 36,365 | 7 | more than slightly delightful | Lana Turner is young and gorgeous in this light comedy about a waitress with a lucky penny and the dream of getting out of her humdrum life . The penny works wonders . After escaping her small town , a ladder falls on her in New York City - when she comes to , it's assumed she has amnesia ( she was deciding on her new ... |
494,648 | 342,623 | 36,363 | 7 | pleasant wartime film | Fred Astaire is an incognito war hero on leave in " The Sky's the Limit , " also starring Joan Leslie , Robert Ryan , and Robert Benchley . Astaire is a member of " The Flying Tigers " and jumps off of a train so that he can have fun during his leave instead of making promotional appearances . At a bar , he sees magazi... |
494,191 | 342,623 | 28,207 | 7 | The Mounties always get their man | Jeanette MacDonald is " Rose-Marie " in this 1936 film also starring Nelson Eddy , James Stewart and Allan Jones . The movie borrows its title from the Rudolf Friml operetta , but it does not use the plot or many of the songs . MacDonald plays a famous opera singer named Marie de Flor whose brother ( Stewart ) , going ... |
494,601 | 342,623 | 23,926 | 7 | MGM jumps on that 42nd Street bandwagon | Like the other studios , MGM wasted no time cashing in on the success of 42nd Street with its own backstage musical , complete with ersatz Busby Berkeley choreography . This one is " Dancing Lady , " and she's young Joan Crawford costarring with Franchot Tone and Clark Gable . A dancer named Fred Astaire makes his offi... |
494,240 | 342,623 | 32,554 | 7 | Sturges ' first hit | Brian Donlevy is " The Great McGinty " in this 1940 film written and directed by Preston Sturges . The film also stars two men who would become part of the Sturges group of actors , Akim Tamiroff and William Demarest . Muriel Angelus plays McGinty's wife . Sturges always had interesting beginnings - or ends - to his fi... |
493,480 | 342,623 | 36,880 | 7 | Interesting story of Dr . Thomas Morton | In an unusual move , Preston Sturges decided to film " The Great Moment , " a movie that tells the story of Dr . Thomas Morton's struggle to be acknowledged for his work in discovering anesthesia . The Sturges 1944 film ( shelved for two years ) starring Joel McCrea takes the point of view that Morton was a wronged man... |
494,528 | 342,623 | 33,059 | 7 | Nick Carter's last case | Sky Murder turned out to be Nick Carter's final case , which is a shame . The series had a lot going for it , including handsome , commanding Walter Pidgeon as Carter in one of his best roles . " Sky Murder " is a fast-moving mystery involving subversives - Nazis no doubt . Ten years later and it would have been Comm... |
494,757 | 342,623 | 102,945 | 7 | entertaining , absorbing drama | I'll say right off that I'm not a fan of Julia Roberts . I find her acting very external . I do , however , like a lot of her movies . I think our tastes run to similar type stories . What can I say . " Sleeping with the Enemy " is a good , if not great film . It held my interest , especially at the beginning , where o... |
494,058 | 342,623 | 36,962 | 7 | We're better off not knowing what tomorrow brings | Dick Powell gets himself in a trouble with tomorrow's newspaper in " It Happened Tomorrow , " a 1944 film also starring Linda Darnell and Jack Oakie . Powell plays Larry Stevens , an ambitious reporter who is given the next day's newspaper by an old man , Pop Benson , who works at the paper . Benson , and Powell have a... |
495,012 | 342,623 | 33,105 | 7 | not your typical Gable and Crawford film | Strange Cargo is a 1940 film starring Joan Crawford and Clark Gable that leaves the usual story lines behind - romantic comedy , kept woman , rags to riches - as it weaves an allegorical tale of escaping prisoners and a Christ-like figure who accompanies them . Gable is Andre Verne , a prisoner on Devil's Island who ... |
494,388 | 342,623 | 41,767 | 7 | The King of Fox as the Prince of Foxes | Despite a comment that Darryl F . Zanuck refused Tyrone Power's pleas to make " Prince of Foxes " in color because he was angry with his star , this is not true . The film was probably made with Italian funds that the studio couldn't get out of the country , and there just wasn't enough money to do this richly-produced... |
494,602 | 342,623 | 33,149 | 7 | Like a road , it has twists and turns | When you tune in a film that stars George Raft , Humphrey Bogart , Ann Sheridan , Ida Lupino , and Alan Hale Jr . - well , you expect to see a Warners Brother film starring Humphrey Bogart . Guess again . And that's the first twist " They Drive By Night " has for the viewer - George Raft has top billing . This movie wa... |
493,823 | 342,623 | 23,818 | 7 | unbelievable pre-code | Blood Money is a fascinating precode - what else can you say about a film that has Judith Anderson in a glamor role ? And an ingénue who longs for S & M to boot . This 1933 film concerns a bail bondsman named Bill Bailey ( George Bancroft ) who's been helping out the mob for years . He falls for a pretty shoplifter n... |
493,714 | 342,623 | 99,141 | 7 | bad day at the zoo for Mel and Goldie | The star power of Mel Gibson and Goldie Hawn help this 1990 action film , which is about a witness protection program refugee who reconnects by accident with his old girlfriend . The two then run to avoid the people after him . And run and run and run . There are so many chase scenes in this movie , I lost count , but ... |
494,320 | 342,623 | 116,638 | 7 | Compelling drama based on a true story | Innocent Victims is the story of what happens what the police decide on a suspect and set out to nail that particular suspect , becoming blind to any evidence that would raise doubt . For those who don't believe this can happen in the U . S . , guess again - we just saw it in the Duke University case . Did the same t... |
494,502 | 342,623 | 32,643 | 7 | Sweet as they come | It All Came True is a delightful 1940 film starring Humphrey Bogart , Ann Sheridan , Jeffrey Lynn , and Zasu Pitts . Sheridan and Lynn are the adult children of business partners in a boarding house ( Jessie Busley and Una O'Connor ) . The women are about to lose the house because of back taxes . Lynn is Tommy , a co... |
495,000 | 342,623 | 32,644 | 7 | Mother and daughter want the same man and the same part | Deanna Durbin stars in " It's a Date , " a 1940 comedy also starring Kay Francis , Walter Pidgeon and S . Z . Sakall . Durbin plays Pam Drake , an aspiring young actress whose mother is a theater star , Georgia Drake . After the successful run of a play , Georgia and her maid Sara Frankenstein ( Cecilia Loftus ) head f... |
495,070 | 342,623 | 33,174 | 7 | What a concept | Though one might suspect " Too Many Husbands " as being in the same vein as " My Favorite Wife , " it's actually based on a Somerset Maugham play . The stars of this 1940 film are Jean Arthur , Melvyn Douglas , Fred MacMurray and Harry Davenport . After her first husband , Bill Cardew ( MacMurray ) was lost at sea , hi... |
493,642 | 342,623 | 32,651 | 7 | Crime drama starring Zanuck's top draw | Darryl F . Zanuck knew the best way to have a hit was to star Tyrone Power , and star him he did , with each Power film grossing more than the previous one . The actor was 25 when he starred in this crime drama . When we first see him , he's in bathing trunks , Zanuck being no fool . At the time " Johnny Apollo " was m... |
494,731 | 342,623 | 41,955 | 7 | Gorgeous but disappointing film | Greer Garson is " That Forsyte Woman " in a 1949 film that also stars Errol Flynn , Walter Pidgeon , Robert Young and Janet Leigh . The story is told in flashback . Garson is Irene , a beautiful but poverty-stricken woman who marries Soames Forsyte ( Flynn ) , admitting from the first that she does not love him . Soame... |
494,397 | 342,623 | 41,956 | 7 | A singing truck driver makes an operatic splash | Mario Lanza made his film debut in " That Midnight Kiss " costarring Kathryn Grayson , Ethel Barrymore , Jose Iturbi , Keenan Wynn , Thomas Gomez , Marjorie Reynolds , and Jules Munshin . The script was tailor-made for Lanza , set in his home town of Philadelphia . It was this film that nearly ruined my own singing asp... |
494,759 | 342,623 | 28,330 | 7 | excellent Harlow film , if a little confusing | What a loss to films when Jean Harlow died . She was so immensely likable , with a wonderful vulnerability . In " Suzy , " she marries one man ( Franchot Tone ) in London , believes him dead and fears she'll be arrested for his murder , runs to Paris , and ends up married to a pilot ( Cary Grant ) . The story was inter... |
494,947 | 342,623 | 28,310 | 7 | A model becomes involved with a swindler | Kay Francis stars in " Stolen Holiday , " a 1937 film that also stars Claude Rains , Ian Hunter and Alison Skipworth . Francis plays Nicole Picot , a beautiful Parisian model who is hired by Orloff ( Claude Rains ) to be his escort for an important dinner with a financier . The dinner is a great success , Orloff makes ... |
495,033 | 342,623 | 19,702 | 7 | Unquestionably Hitchcock | Britain's first talkie , the 1929 " Blackmail , " is directed by Alfred Hitchock , and even back then , it has many of his touches . The stars are Anny Ondra , Cyril Ritchard , John Longden , and Sara Allgood . A young woman ( Ondra ) two-times her Scotland Yard inspector boyfriend ( Longden ) and goes out with an arti... |
493,753 | 342,623 | 28,313 | 7 | Nice Warner Brothers bio | Paul Muni has the title role in " The Story of Louis Pasteur , " a 1935 film also starring Josephine Hutchinson , Anita Louise , Donald Woods , and Fritz Lieber . The biopic focuses on Pasteur's work in sterilization , rabies , and anthrax , and includes his inoculation of the small boy Joseph Meister ( Dickie Moore ) ... |
493,994 | 342,623 | 32,687 | 7 | Playing fast and loose with Mrs . Carter's memoirs | Miriam Hopkins is " The Lady with Red Hair " in this 1940 biopic of Mrs . Leslie Carter which also stars Claude Rains as David Belasco , Richard Ainley as Lou Payne , and a fine cast of supporting players , including Laura Hope Crews and Victor Jory . Miriam Hopkins and Claude Rains give wonderful performances . Hopkin... |
494,378 | 342,623 | 41,949 | 7 | Funny comedy | Rosalind Russell is the Judge in " Tell it to the Judge , " a 1949 film also starring Bob Cummings , Marie McDonald and Gig Young . Russell plays Marsha Meredith , a recently divorced woman up for a judgeship , encouraged in her career by her judge grandfather ( Harry Davenport ) . The ex-husband , however , Pete Webb ... |
494,662 | 342,623 | 59,263 | 7 | Based on a true story of the Norwegian resistance | The Heroes of Telemark is a 1965 film telling the story of the great bravery of people in the Norwegian resistance during World War II as they attempt to keep material for the atom bomb out of the hands of the Nazis . It stars Kirk Douglas , Richard Harris , Michael Redgrave and Ulla Jacobsen . This is a strange film... |
494,231 | 342,623 | 388,500 | 7 | Entertaining | Queen Latifah has the dream of owning a " Beauty Shop " in this 2005 film that also stars Kevin Bacon , Alfre Woodward , Alicia Silverstone , Mena Suvari , Andie MacDowell , Della Reese , Keisha Knight Pulliman and Bryce Wilson . Latifah plays a widow with a young daughter who makes her living as a hairdresser for a pr... |
493,695 | 342,623 | 891,527 | 7 | Interesting , thought-provoking film | Good directors always have a point of view , and Robert Redford is no exception . Once a gorgeous leading man , he has emerged in the past years as a fine director . What he's always been is a political and environmental activist . So " Lions for Lambs , " coming from him , should be no surprise . The film , which runs... |
494,438 | 342,623 | 138,524 | 7 | A sharp divorce attorney meets his match | Intolerable Cruelty is a 2003 film starring George Clooney and Catherine Zeta-Jones , two beautiful stars who definitely harken back to the golden era of Hollywood . This film , directed by Joel Coen , is an attempt to do one of those battle of the wits comedies so successful in that same era , which starred Cary Gra... |
494,998 | 342,623 | 28,373 | 7 | And introducing Universal's new discovery | Deanna Durbin , Nan Grey and Barbara Read are " Three Smart Girls " in this Universal film from 1936 , which introduces Deanna Durbin to film audiences . It also stars Ray Milland , Mischa Auer , Charles Winninger , John King , Binnie Barnes and Alice Brady . It's a sweet story about three young women , now living in S... |
494,881 | 342,623 | 1,035,065 | 7 | Tyrone Power and Edward R . Murrow | With only about 11 months to live , Tyrone Power was interviewed by Edward R . Murrow in his New York apartment around Christmas 1957 . At the time , he was planning on going on a very ambitious tour of a play , Back to Methuselah , which would then end up in New York . Actually , the tour ended about 12 weeks later , ... |
493,862 | 342,623 | 54,295 | 7 | Good acting highlights crime caper drama | Edward G . Robinson has planned the perfect crime in " Seven Thieves , " a 1960 black and white film also starring Rod Steiger , Joan Collins , Eli Wallach , Alexander Scourby , Michael Dante , Marcel Hillaire , and Sebastian Cabot . The film is set in Monte Carlo where Theo Wilkins ( Robinson ) has arranged to meet Pa... |
494,699 | 342,623 | 28,355 | 7 | highly enjoyable comedy | Irene Dunne breaks out of small town conventions in " Theodora Goes Wild , " a 1936 comedy also starring Melvyn Douglas , Thomas Mitchell and Spring Byington . Dunne plays Theodora , who lives a sterile life with her two aunts in a small , Puritan , judgmental town . However , she's got them all beat because she's livi... |
494,481 | 342,623 | 23,960 | 7 | Precode drama | 1933's " Double Harness " is a precoder based on a play of the same name . Before playwrights like Clifford Odets championed the working man , plays dealt with the upper class , as does " Double Harness . " William Powell is John Fletcher , a committed playboy , and Ann Harding is Joan Colby , who believes marriage is ... |
494,973 | 342,623 | 32,273 | 7 | Big prewar MGM Production | Clark Gable , Spencer Tracy , Claudette Colbert and Hedy Lamarr star in " Boom Town , " a 1940 film directed by Jack Conway . It's about wildcatters and friends , played by Gable and Tracy , who make money as partners , love the same woman , go their separate ways , reunite , all under the specter of oil rigs . Gable h... |
494,974 | 342,623 | 23,659 | 7 | Good precode with a beautiful Lombard | Carole Lombard and Pat O'Brien star in " Virtue , " a 1932 pre-code film featuring Ward Bond , Mayo Methot and Jack LaRue . Robert Riskin wrote the script and Lombard is a prostitute who's thrown out of New York - escorted onto the train , in fact , by a policeman - but she gets off at another city stop and stays in to... |
494,517 | 342,623 | 28,479 | 7 | good comedy with music | Ann Sothern and Gene Raymond star in " Walking on Air , " a 1936 comedy with music . Sothern and Raymond were thrown together a lot in the early to mid-thirties , and they're an attractive team . Raymond is a fledgling singer named Pete Quinlan whom Kit Bennett ( Sothern ) hires to play an annoying boyfriend . Her fath... |
494,256 | 342,623 | 340,012 | 7 | Delightful tale of a ' 30s stage star | Annette Bening has title role in " Being Julia , " a story about an actress who oftentimes doesn't know where she leaves off and her stage character begins . Though this is really a one-woman show , Bening is surrounded by a marvelous cast including Jeremy Irons as her impresario husband , Michael Gambon as her acting ... |
493,864 | 342,623 | 32,256 | 7 | Nelson and Jeannette sing their hearts out | Jeannette MacDonald is an English woman who falls in love with her teacher ( Nelson Eddy ) and runs away with him to Vienna in " Bitter Sweet , " a 1940 musical based on a play by Noel Coward . Sarah ( MacDonald ) gets away from her family and a man she doesn't love to be with Carl ( Eddy ) who sings and composes . The... |
493,788 | 342,623 | 120,789 | 7 | Kids from the real world fall into a TV one | 1998's " Pleasantville " is an interesting film with a great concept that somehow doesn't come off . It seems like a simple story at first but as the plot deepens , the film becomes unwieldy though fascinating in sections . Tobey Macguire is David , a teenager who is looking forward to a marathon of his favorite TV sho... |
495,162 | 342,623 | 54,759 | 7 | Hudson and Lollobrigida in Italy | Rock Hudson and Gina Lollabrigida star in " Come September , " a 1961 comedy beautifully photographed to showcase the glorious scenery of Portafino , Italy , and the exquisiteness of Gina Lollabrigida , a knockout if there ever was one . Haven't seen her lately , but 25 years later , she was every bit as gorgeous . Hud... |
493,877 | 342,623 | 41,550 | 7 | cute comedy | David Niven is an isolated concert pianist who is swept into the lives of apartment house residents in " A Kiss in the Dark , " also starring Jane Wyman . Niven is excellent as a man who knows no other world than that of the concert stage and the practice room , and his handlers like it that way . When an apartment man... |
495,086 | 342,623 | 54,750 | 7 | good WW II movie | Bradford Dillman is a soldier chosen for a dangerous mission in " A Circle of Deception , " a 1960 film also starring Suzy Parker , Harry Andrews and Robert Stephens . The story is told in flashback as Paul Raine ( Dillman ) remembers his assignment after a visit by his ex-lover , Lucy ( Parker ) . In order to divert G... |
494,833 | 342,623 | 28,416 | 7 | Fascinating combination of mystery , suspense , and comedy | Trouble for Two is a benign title that belies what an unusual film this is . Robert Montgomery plays a foreign prince who is approached by a beautiful , mysterious woman ( Rosalind Russell ) on board ship to London . She asks him to hold an envelope for her until they disembark , at which time she will meet him at th... |
494,168 | 342,623 | 120,824 | 7 | stunning | It's rare to see a movie made with such tender loving care . Director Hallstrom gathered the best cast and crew he could find for this film . The cinematography is glorious - I can't believe Oliver Stapleton isn't up for every award in the world . Kevin Spacey turns in the best performance of his career as a brutalized... |
493,610 | 342,623 | 32,831 | 7 | A famous writer's love for his no-good son | Brian Aherne stars in " My Son , My Son , " the son being Louis Hayward in this 1940 film . Madeline Carroll , Laraine Day , Henry Hull , and Josephine Hutchinson also star in this saga that spans 20 + years . William Essex is an ambitious young man , determined to get out of the slums . He winds up helping a sick man ... |
494,672 | 342,623 | 32,829 | 7 | Dig that swing ! | With some great music as background , " My Love Came Back " is a very enjoyable film from Warner Brothers , starring Olivia de Havilland , Jeffrey Lynn , Jane Wyman , and Eddie Albert . de Havilland plays a promising violinist who catches the musical ear - but mostly the eye - of a benefactor ( Charles Winninger ) . de... |
494,037 | 342,623 | 41,555 | 7 | Disjointed film by Nicholas Ray | Nicholas Ray is a director whose oeuvre is somewhat erratic , and 1949's " Knock on Any Door " shows just how erratic it is . It stars Humphrey Bogart in his first film after leaving Warner Brothers , though it comes off like a Warner Brothers film made in the 1930s - it has a real " Dead End Kids " feel to it , partic... |
494,694 | 342,623 | 32,823 | 7 | Tony Martin & Rita Hayworth make beautiful music together | Tony Martin has " Music in My Heart , " a 1940 B movie also starring Rita Hayworth , Edith Fellows , Alan Mowbray , Eric Blore and George Tobias . Martin is singer Bob Gregory , who is about to be deported . We never get the full story , except his parents never applied for citizenship . Presumably he was born elsewher... |
493,795 | 342,623 | 32,846 | 7 | nice teaming of Russell and Stewart | Rosalind Russell and James Stewart are husband and wife in " No Time for Comedy , " a 1940 film also starring Charles Ruggles , Genevieve Tobin , Louise Beavers and Allyn Joslyn . It's based on the Broadway hit that starred Katharine Cornell and Laurence Olivier in one of his early lead roles in the U . S . This was th... |
493,730 | 342,623 | 32,349 | 7 | fun pairing of Gable and Lamarr | Clark Gable and Hedy Lamarr star in " Comrade X , " a 1940 comedy from MGM also starring Eve Arden , Felix Bressart and Oscar Homolka . Gable and Arden are American journalists in Russia while the Russians search frantically for " Comrade X , " a reporter sending out uncensored stories to the United States . One man kn... |
494,174 | 342,623 | 54,692 | 7 | Can't help falling in love with Elvis | Elvis Presley was in great shape when he made " Blue Hawaii , " which was a cut above the typical Elvis garbage films that Colonel Tom arranged for him to make later . This is a really fun film with some great numbers . I have always been partial to Rock A Hula - it's exuberant , it's sexy , it's Elvis . This film also... |
494,862 | 342,623 | 292,506 | 7 | Good film , good cast | Colin Farrell , Al Pacino and Bridget Moynihan star in " The Recruit , " a 2003 film directed by Roger Donaldson . Farrell plays a young man recruited by the CIA in the person of Pacino ; while training at Langley , he gets close to another trainee ( Moynihan ) . Once out of training , he's told she's an infiltrate fro... |
493,737 | 342,623 | 120,744 | 7 | Familiar tale with a new cast | Leonardo DiCaprio is " The Man in the Iron Mask " and also King Louis XIV in this re-telling of the famous Dumas story . He is surrounded in a sumptuous production by a stellar cast that includes Gabriel Byrne , John Malkovich , Gerard Depardieu and Jeremy Irons . The oft-filmed plot concerns the twin brother of the cr... |
495,026 | 342,623 | 23,582 | 7 | don't mess with sorority rejects | This is an oldie but a goodie , albeit a short one - one of the other comments explains what happened , but no one knows the reason . Myrna Loy is very beautiful and exotic as Ursula Georgi ( which I actually think is an Italian name ) who is a half-caste seeking revenge on sorority sisters who kept her out of their gr... |
493,731 | 342,623 | 254,099 | 7 | Not mom and dad's anniversary party | Alan Cumming and Jennifer Jason-Leigh are Joe Therrian and Sally Nash , a successful novelist and actress throwing " The Anniversary Party " in this 2001 film written and directed by the two stars . Other guests include Kevin Kline , Phoebe Cates , Jennifer Beals , John C . Reilly , Parker Posey , Jane Adams and Gwynet... |
495,083 | 342,623 | 45,877 | 7 | Taut noir directed by Ida Lupino | Ida Lupino , a talented actress , also pursued a successful directing career , and 1953's " Hitch-Hiker " is one of her best . Based on a true story , it stars Edmond O'Brien , Frank Lovejoy , and William Talman . O'Brien and Lovejoy are buddies , Lovejoy away from his family for the first time , and they're on route t... |
493,960 | 342,623 | 41,498 | 7 | Pleasant comedy of Cary Grant as an army wife | I saw this movie years and years ago and always remembered the line , " Be quiet or people will think we smuggled in a cow . " I was excited to see it on TCM . Alas , while it's good , it's not as hysterically funny as I thought it was going to be . Cary Grant plays a Frenchman with an English accent who winds up marri... |
494,786 | 342,623 | 45,866 | 7 | Funny Hope | In 1953's " Here Come the Girls , " Bob Hope is a pathetic chorus boy in a production around the turn of the century . The leads ( Arlene Dahl , Tony Martin ) want him out of the show , and his only friend is his girlfriend ( Rosemary Clooney ) . Finally , the producer ( Fred Clark ) fires him , only to bring him back ... |
494,614 | 342,623 | 37,193 | 7 | Hope as a coward , this time on the high seas | Bob Hope again plays his cowardly character in " The Princess and the Pirate , " a 1944 film from Samuel Goldwyn Studios . The film also stars Virginia Mayo , Walter Slezak , Victor McLaglen , and Walter Brennan . Hope plays Sylvester the Great ( who gives his last name as Crosby ) , a bad performer who becomes involve... |
494,893 | 342,623 | 32,353 | 7 | A poor man's " Red Dust " | This time , just call Maisie " Congo Maisie " in this 1940 second entry into the " Maisie " series . Each episode of Maisie's fabulous life is done as a separate entity as if the previous one never happened . So don't get too attached to anyone . Maisie , stranded as usual , stows away on a ship that doesn't go the way... |
493,790 | 342,623 | 37,303 | 7 | Holmes in modern day | When Sherlock Holmes and Dr . Watson moved from 20th Century Fox to Universal , they left the Victorian era and entered wartime Europe . This film , " The Spider Woman , " is based on the Conan Doyle story " The Speckled Band . " Holmes fakes his death in order to investigate some diabolical murders that appear to look... |
493,880 | 342,623 | 46,040 | 7 | A sleeper directed by Elia Kazan | Fredric March is a " Man on a Tightrope " in this 1953 film also starring Terry Moore , Gloria Grahame , Adolphe Menjou , Richard Boone and Cameron Mitchell , Directed by Elia Kazan , this black and white film is about circus performers who and a daring plan to escape to Germany from Communist-controlled Czechoslovakia... |
493,803 | 342,623 | 32,410 | 7 | Typical Fox musical | Betty Grable goes " Down Argentine Way " in this 1940 musical , also starring Don Ameche , Charlotte Greenwood , Carmen Miranda , and J . Carroll Naish . Grable is Glenda Crawford , who buys a horse from the South American Ricardo Quintana ( Ameche ) , unaware that the families don't get along . On hearing her last nam... |
494,949 | 342,623 | 54,652 | 7 | okay | Bob Hope is a " Bachelor in Paradise " in this 1961 film also starring Lana Turner , Don Porter , Jim Hutton , Paula Prentiss , Janis Paige and Virginia Grey . Hope plays an author , A . J . Niles , whose specialty is the sexual practices of countries . When the IRS forbids him to leave the country , it's suggested tha... |
494,232 | 342,623 | 32,414 | 7 | cool film | Dr . Kildare Goes Home , made in 1940 , is a particularly interesting entry into the series . Kildare , made a staff doctor , realizes that his dad ( Samuel S . Hinds ) is exhausted from keeping up with his practice and wants to help him . He takes some doctors who can't find jobs and they start a clinic in one of Ki... |
493,592 | 342,623 | 32,916 | 7 | Kind of fun | Kay Francis is a " Play Girl " in this 1941 film that was yet another attempt by Warner Bros . to get rid of the expensive Francis , though none of their ploys worked . Here , they've lent her to another studio , RKO . Francis plays Grace Herbert , a woman who has lived her life as a gold-digger , except now she's gett... |
494,809 | 342,623 | 97,457 | 7 | The piano man | Dennis Quaid struts around like a rooster in " Great Balls of Fire , " a 1989 biopic about Jerry Lee Lewis , one of the great entertainers . Discovered by Sam Phillips , the man who discovered Elvis and Johnny Cash , Lewis came up the ranks quickly and was poised to become the King of Rock ' n ' Roll when Elvis went in... |
494,409 | 342,623 | 68,399 | 7 | Susan Clark in a wonderful performance | Before Susan Clark became famous for the sit-com " Webster , " she was a highly-touted TV movie of the week star and had a film career as well . In this Columbo , she is a mousy , albeit wealthy young woman who has lived her life under the thumb of her father , and after he dies , her brother ( Richard Anderson ) . She... |
493,899 | 342,623 | 460,701 | 7 | Biography of a great star that could have been more interesting | For a man who captivated - - and is still captivating - - so many people around the world , programs about Tyrone Power seem to fall flat . I'm not sure why . I took part in the " Mysteries & Scandals " episode on Power , and from what I recall , there was no mystery and not much scandal . That's not a bad thing , but ... |
494,821 | 342,623 | 50,271 | 7 | A desperate woman will do anything for her man | So thinks Barbara Stanwyck in " Crime of Passion , " a 1957 film also starring Sterling Hayden and Raymond Burr . Stanwyck is newspaper woman Kathy Ferguson who , in the beginning , is going after the story of a crime being investigated by Doyle and Alidos ( Hayden and Royal Dano ) . Dano gives the newsroom a speech on... |
493,756 | 342,623 | 795,421 | 7 | Upbeat , enjoyable , and fun | With just a bare bones plot , 2008's Mamma Mia manages to light up the screen , thanks to a great cast , great energy , great music , and great scenery . The Abba musical has been running on Broadway and touring for years . Meryl Streep plays Donna Sheridan , the owner of a hotel on a Greek Island . She's preparing for... |
495,108 | 342,623 | 32,416 | 7 | Life at Blair General as it was then | Growing up in the ' 60s , my Dr . Kildare was Richard Chamberlain , but my mother's Dr . Kildare was the attractive Lew Ayres . In the MGM serial , Dr . Kildare was called Jimmy by his nurse girlfriend ( later his wife ) Mary Lamont , played by lovely Laraine Day . His boss , Dr . Gillespie , was played by Lionel Barry... |
495,008 | 342,623 | 76,141 | 7 | Very funny Mel Brooks spoof / homage to Hitchcock | Mel Brooks is a very funny man , and though sometimes I think his comedy is a little on the low side , " High Anxiety " has some truly hilarious moments . Mel riffs on Hitchcock , right down to Madeline Kahn's gray suit a la Kim Novak in Vertigo . He combines scenes from " Spellbound , " " Vertigo , " " Foreign Corresp... |
494,701 | 342,623 | 37,365 | 7 | A delightful - and sober - Nick Charles returns to his hometown | It's 1945 , the trains are packed with people , Asta doesn't remain hidden under Nora's fur coat so Nick , Nora and Asta end up in the baggage car as they travel to Nick's home town . And Nick is drinking only cider - his father never approved of drink . Thus begins , " The Thin Man Goes Home , " made as the war was en... |
493,845 | 342,623 | 32,963 | 7 | short , light entertainment | Raffles seems like it was a quickie - it doesn't last very long and it has an abrupt ending . Nevertheless , " Raffles " features two dazzling stars - David Niven , well-cast as an upper class thief , and Olivia de Havilland as the beautiful object of his affections . One interesting thing about this film - which mad... |
494,453 | 342,623 | 58,990 | 7 | Good B film | By the time " Brainstorm " was made , both Jeffrey Hunter and Dana Andrews had descended into B films . " Brainstorm " was one of them , costarring ' 50s starlet Anne Francis . Directed by William Conrad , it's actually a good movie about an engineer who falls in love with the unhappy wife of a wealthy man ( Andrews ) ... |
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