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Affairs of Anatol [VHS]
Wallace Reid, Gloria Swanson
Kino Video, 2000
Engrossing entertainment
+ Who knew that Wallace Reid was so good at smashing up pianos?
+ A Great Cecil B DeMille film not to be overlooked!
+ The 1920's soap opera king
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Smilin Through (1932) [VHS]
Norma Shearer, Fredric March
MGM (Warner), 1994
Beware the Aussie Spoiler!
+ High-Water Mark for Hollywood Romance
+ the greatest escapist romance ever filmed!
+ Beautiful Love Story
+ A Pure Romance
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Miracle Worker [VHS]
Anne Bancroft, Patty Duke
MGM (Video & DVD), 1994
Helen Keller is a Hero!
+ Amazon order
+ A 5-Star Knock-Out Movie
I am deaf and 28 years old, I have forgotten that Helen Keller is also my hero . She is the one who took me outta my shell when I was a little girl in public school (not deaf school) I was in there with all hearing students making fun of me and asking questions abt why I am in their school. But my ...
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Coquette [VHS]
Mary Pickford, Johnny Mack Brown
MGM (Warner), 1994
Nothing Flirty About This Film
+ Pickford's hybrid talkie.
How odd it is that this movie is directed by Sam Taylor. Who knew he'd be able to direct a drama of this manner? Every film I've seen by him has been a comedy. He directed Harold Lloyd in "Safety Last" & "Hot Water" and Laurel & Hardy in "Nothing But Trouble". And now here he is directing ...
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Shanghai Express [VHS]
Marlene Dietrich, Clive Brook
Universal Studios, 1998
Exotic Marlene in her most breathtaking role
+ The best Marlene Dietrich role?
+ "Grand Hotel" on wheels...
+ FIne Sternberg fantasia
+ Love and Adventure on a Romantic Train Ride
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Let's Make Love [VHS]
Marilyn Monroe, Yves Montand
20th Century Fox, 2002
Lush, Classic Monroe
+ Marilyn's last and (tied with her) best movie -
+ Daring performance and uncomfortable insinuations
It is easy to see why the steamy passions displayed on screen in this film , spilled over into real life, getting Yves Montand in trouble with his wife Simone Signoret. This film showcases the many talents of Marilyn and the atmosphere of the Beatnik era influenced experimental theatre of Greenwich ...
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The Women [VHS]
Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford
MGM (Warner), 1996
The Women
+ A brilliant classic!
+ The Women
+ Best movie ever
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When Ladies Meet (1941) [VHS]
Joan Crawford, Robert Taylor
MGM (Warner), 1998
my favorite Crawford movieJ
+ Perfect
+ Joan is caught between a rock and hard place
+ Romance, Intrigue, and Gossip
+ Meeting of the Queens of MGM
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Skyscraper Souls [VHS]
Warren William, Maureen O'Sullivan
MGM (Warner), 1998
"Always a Difficult Moment in a Man's Life"
+ A Forgotten Pre-Code Early Talkie Classic
That's the best Warren William can offer when his secretary-lover Veree Teasdale has a confrontation with his open-marriage wife Hedda Hopper (yes, THAT Hedda Hopper) in the pre-Code flick about the ruthless bank president's obsession with his magnificent Art Deco skyscraper, which even outstrips ...
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Two for the Seesaw [VHS]
Robert Mitchum, Shirley MacLaine
MGM (Video & DVD), 1992
Contains film greatness
+ Right cast in the Wrong script
+ For those who like film noir
Like Helen Morgan's "Applause", the film version of "Two For the Seesaw" gives its viewers a seldom seen look at the real theatre world of New York City in the 20th Century. This is a gritty, realistic love story on the cold, hard streets of New York that somehow is still able to show the real ...
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This Could Be the Night [VHS]
Jean Simmons, Paul Douglas
MGM (Warner), 1993
A wonderfully touching nightclub comedy.
How Anne Leeds ever got into a nightclub is an interesting question for historians. Anne is a trusting, well-read schoolteacher who, however unlikely, is opposed to segregating herself from colorful people and risky environs. To prove her point, she takes a job as secretary for Rocco, who runs his ...
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Bureau of Missing Persons [VHS]
Bette Davis, Lewis Stone
MGM (Warner), 1998
Short and Sweet
+ fine early Bette Davis vehicle
+ Fast and fun
+ Typical entertaining Warner's fare
+ THIRTIES FUNFEST.
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Sin of Madelon Claudet [VHS]
Helen Hayes, Lewis Stone
MGM (Warner), 1994
The Sin Is To Miss This Film
+ Forgotten Pre-Code
+ A MOTHER'S BOUNDLESS LOVE...
+ HAYES MAKES IT WORTH WATCHING
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Rose Marie (1936) [VHS]
Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy
MGM (Warner), 1998
Indian Love Call Classic
+ A Musical Masterpiece
+ The ultimate ' fall in love movie '
+ Poignant and haunting...
+ Entertainment at its best
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Cass Timberlane [VHS]
Spencer Tracy, Lana Turner
MGM (Warner), 1998
Very good film!
+ a fine old vhs movie
+ Spencer Tracy and Lana Turner in May/December Romantic Drama
+ Entertaining and satisfying
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