A Summer Place

A SUMMER ROMANCE SAGA - Romance, adultery and the drama of two teens falling in love even after discovering one of their parents had an affair with the other parent years before, all made the 1959 A Summer Place irresistible. Its beautiful a...

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Adventure of Sherlock Holmes Smarter Brother, The

If there's anyone who could use a good ribbing, it's Sherlock Holmes. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's celebrated creation has been depicted with such steadfast seriousness for so long, it's about time a touch of humor was employed. Comedy ...

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After the Thin Man

After the Thin Man (1936) is the sequel to the series first film about detectives Nick and Nora Charles, The Thin Man. After the Thin Man stars William Powell as Nick and Myrna Loy as Nora, and of course, their famous dog, Asta. The story spins aro...

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All the Kings Men

Adapted from Robert Penn Warren's classic novel and loosely based on Governor Huey Long of Louisiana, All The King's Men (1949), remade in 2006, is about Willie Stark (Broderick Crawford), a county hick who wants his people to have what the...

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And Then There Were None

If Alfred Hitchcock is considered to be the Master of Suspense, then by all means should Agatha Christie be declared Mistress of the same arena. Her works of mystery have sparked countless stage and screen adaptations, one of the best-known being 1...

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Angel Face

WELL-MADE WITH A FILM NOIR STYLE - Otto Preminger's 1952 melodrama Angel Face was more enjoyable than I expected. Jean Simmons and Robert Mitchum offer compelling performances in this well-directed film noir. Robert Mitchum plays Frank J...

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Angels With Dirty Faces

 SENSATIONAL  DRAMA, TERRIFIC THRILLS AND SUSPENSE! - Angels With Dirty Faces reminds us of what true classic gangster films were all about. James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart and Ann Sheridan star in Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) i...

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Another Time Another Place

"Another Time, Another Place" (1958) is not one of the most exciting classic films, unless of course, you are a fan of Sean Connery. This is one of his early films - his first being "Lilacs in the Spring" (1954).

Anything Goes

Great music and terrific dancing certainly make "Anything Goes" (1956) worth watching. The story, screenplay by Sidney Sheldon based on the play by Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse, is trite, but who cares when Bing Crosby is singing and Do...

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Arsenic and Old Lace

Film buffs know Frank Capra best as the champion of the Everyman, his works depicting a good man's fight against all that's corrupt and wrong in the world. While this may be true in the cases of It's a Wonderful Life and Mr. Smith Goes ...

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