A good movie is three good scenes and no bad scenes. - Howard Hawks
In a town full of starlets, Bette Davis was always an actress. Her most memorable work spans a very few years, just before and just after the beginning of WWII. Davis Davis lobbied for the role of Marie Hoke in Phone Call From A Stranger (1952) believing it was a juicy plumb with opportunities for… »
On the audio commentary track, it is stated that “a run on a bank couldn’t happen today because our money is protected”. That was recorded in 2005; how times change — and how things remain the same! In the midst of our own century’s most… »
Dead End (1937), although nominated for four Oscars including Best Picture, won nothing. Although it’s a fine picutre, and stands up remarkably well for its time, this was hardly an example of “Oscar getting it wrong”; it’s memorable as a break-through role for Humphrey Bogart,… »
Movie archaeologists who might have believed the long suppressed 1931 version of Universal’s Waterloo Bridge was lost were delighted when it was unearthed in the 1970s; it is now, happily,… »
Morning Glory (1933) is a touching, well paced story of a young woman vying for success in the glamourous world of New York’s theatre. Premiered a year before the enforcement… »
Ida Lupino may have top billing but Robert Ryan walks away with this viewer’s admiration for his evolving portrayal of a cop close to the breaking point but whose humanity… »
