DVD: Georgia Backus

DVD: Georgia Backus

DVD:

Georgia Backus

Loretta Young, Barry Sullivan

Film noir comes to suburbia in this suspenseful gem
Cause For Alarm (1951) is something of an oddity in the film noir genre, bringing its gritty sense of increasing tension and suspense out of the shadows of the night into the bright, daytime light of suburbia. Only a talented actress could make this story work, and ...

Citizen Kane [Region 2]

Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten

RKO Radio Pictures

A cinematic staple; a film that stands the test of time, proving to be one of the greatest...
Oh how the times have changed. A film that was in all actuality a box-office flop; critically panned and literally booed at the 14th annual Oscars; a film that received nine Oscar nominations yet only received one statuette (for screenplay) rises from the ashes of ...

Copper Canyon

Ray Milland, Hedy Lamarr

Paramount, 2003

Likeable western.
I like Copper Canyon, it's one of my favorite westerns. Admittedly the plot is somewhat convoluted and the acting is merely adequate. I think I mainly like the cast. Hedy Lamarr is gorgeous -- as always, Mona Freeman was one of Hollywood's prettiest blondes, and Ray ...

The Citizen Kane (Gold Edition Box Set)

Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten

RKO Radio Pictures, 2002

A cinematic staple; a film that stands the test of time, proving to be one of the greatest...
Oh how the times have changed. A film that was in all actuality a box-office flop; critically panned and literally booed at the 14th annual Oscars; a film that received nine Oscar nominations yet only received one statuette (for screenplay) rises from the ashes of ...

The Magnificent Ambersons

Georgia Backus, Anne Baxter

Greater than Citizen Kane, I Firmly Believe
Although 99% of movie buffs, experts, etc., believe Citizen Kane to be Orson Welles' greatest film ever made, I beg to differ with them. I will, however, grant them that Citizen Kane is his greatest complete film. It is such a shame that nobody has yet found any of ...

Citizen Kane [Region 2]

Billie

Patty Duke, Jim Backus

MGM (Video & DVD), 2004

And That Horrible Sheepdog
Can't believe I've written hundreds of reviews and not a word on BILLIE, one of the most original screen musicals of the 1960s. OK, maybe original isn't the right word. Jim Backus is running for mayor of a small California city--is it California? It must be--and his ...

Citizen Kane (Two-Disc Special Edition)

Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten

Turner Home Ent, 2001

A cinematic staple; a film that stands the test of time, proving to be one of the greatest...
Oh how the times have changed. A film that was in all actuality a box-office flop; critically panned and literally booed at the 14th annual Oscars; a film that received nine Oscar nominations yet only received one statuette (for screenplay) rises from the ashes of ...

Cause for Alarm

Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer, Richard Anderson

Alpha Video, 2005

He planned for her to panic
Since there are several reviews already listing the outline of the plot I'll just mention a few key points that I feel were handled very skillfully. First of all, I find the handling of George's (the husband's) character very elegant. The first time I saw the movie ...