DVD: John Hodiak

DVD: John Hodiak

DVD:

John Hodiak

Judy Garland, Ray Bolger

Turner Home Ent, 2001

Judy! Judy! Judy!
There was never a more talented actress than Judy Garland! During the 40's when very few actresses could hold a picture on their own shoulders, the entire weight of THE HARVEY GIRLS was put on Judy's shoulders. She was probably the only actress to carry a picture and ...

The Sellout
John Hodiak, Audrey Totter Walter Pidgeon

Synergy Ent, 2008

A newspaper editor sets out to smash a corrupt town sheriff after being initially intimidated into silence by being blackmailed about the editor's son-in-law's criminal activities. This product is manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.

The Miniver Story

Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon

better than the first one, to me
now, i've always heard mrs miniver was this and that; but i saw them both and really this one is the masterpiece. It will make you smile, it will make you cry; it's absolutely a movie you should buy without hesitating because you'll watch it again and again- i ...

Jane Austen in Manhattan - The Merchant Ivory Collection

Anne Baxter, Robert Powell

Merchant Ivory, 2004

a quirky experiment
I'm a Jane Austen freak and devoted to Merchant Ivory movies. This one is early and quirky. It's about art and acting. It's about two quite different ways to bring Jane Austen to life in Manhattan: a traditional, aristocratic way, and an avant garde liberatory way. ...

Battleground

Leon Ames, Herbert Anderson

Warner Home Video, 2004

Classic
One of the great WWII movies. Being in black and white and before great special effects only makes it seem more authentic to my mind. It is realistic, the M-1's run out of ammo and eject the clips after 8 rounds and the machine guns don't fire forever. The movie ...

Somewhere in the Night (Fox Film Noir)

John Hodiak, Nancy Guild

20th Century Fox, 2005

Best Voice-Over Ever-in Film Noir
John Hodiak was a radio actor in Michigan before heading for Hollywood. His voice over (while his jaw is wired shut) is the best ever in a film noir movie--better than Fred MacMurray in Double Indemnity. The plots a little creaky (sort of a minor league Maltese ...

Desert Fury [Import]
Burt Lancaster, Lizabeth Scott

Universal/Classicline

Fritzi Haller is a powerful casino owner in Chuckawalla, Nevada. Her daughter Paula (having quit school) returns at the same time as racketeer Eddie Bendix, who left under suspicion of murdering his wife. Paula and Eddie become involved; each for their own reasons, Fritzi, Paula's old beau Tom, and Eddie's pal Johnny try to break up the ...

Command Decision

Clark Gable, Walter Pidgeon

Warner Home Video, 2007

Command Decision
One of the earliest attempts to show the politics and terrible strain on a leader's conscience as America debates the effectiveness of daylight bombing. Great dialogue, made more intense by Clark Gable, Walter Pidgeon, and Brian Donleavy. Not much in the way of plane ...

Lifeboat (Special Edition)

Tallulah Bankhead, John Hodiak

20th Century Fox, 2005

"Man Overboard!"
Walter Slezack and Talluluh Bankhead steal the show in this classic Hitchcock movie. "People in lifeboats tend to 'act up,'" as we have seen in the original Titanic with Clifton Webb and Barbara Stanwyck and more notably in this wonderful movie. Hitchcock's genius ...

Battleground

Van Johnson, John Hodiak

Warner Home Video, 2005

"Battleground" is a World War 2 Classic!
This very realistic movie about the "battered bastards of Bastogne recounts the story of the 101st Airborne's "Screaming Eagles" who were surrounded by German troops during the Battle of the Bulge. It includes a superior cast including Van Johnson, James Whitmore, John ...

Battleground [Region 2]

Van Johnson, John Hodiak

"Battleground" is a World War 2 Classic!
This very realistic movie about the "battered bastards of Bastogne recounts the story of the 101st Airborne's "Screaming Eagles" who were surrounded by German troops during the Battle of the Bulge. It includes a superior cast including Van Johnson, James Whitmore, John ...