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Charles Coburn

Steve McQueen, James Garner

MGM/UA Home Video, 1992

A great release of a great film
I shant talk too much about plot and story in this review as detailed explanations and discussions on both are readily available. I shall instead be concentrating on the feel of the film and this particular release. John Sturges set out to make as realistic and true ...

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe

20th Century Fox, 2004

One of my favorites!
Marilyn Monroe is the best in this film! The dumb, gold-digging blonde, who still manages to have some brains and sensibility. Together with Jane Russell, these two are quite the comedic duo. This film is perfect for any afternoon when you need your spirit ...

In This Our Life

Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland

MGM (Warner), 1998

Bette Davis: the trashier, the better
Bette Davis plays another scum-of-the-earth character who this time steals her sister's (Olivia de Haviland's) doctor husband (played by Dennis Morgan), drives him to commit suicide, then tries to steal de Haviland's new male companion (George Brent), who also happens ...

Rhapsody in Blue

Robert Alda, Joan Leslie

MGM (Video & DVD), 1998

21 minutes, a very important piece.
I discovered this movie back in the early 60's when i use to collect vintage 35mm movie prints. This is the only works i've ever seen of George Gershwin. A pleasant surprise for me was an actress named Alexis Smith. Little did i know that one day i would work with her ...

George Washington Slept Here

Jack Benny, Ann Sheridan

MGM (Video & DVD), 1992

Jewel of Jack Benny
I loved Jack Benny's performances. I won't go into all the antic of the film, the other review capped a few for you. This movie is charming and funny. It is a seldom seen film and wish this was on DVD. Please someone get this on DVD!

Wilson

Charles Coburn, Geraldine Fitzgerald

20th Century Fox, 1993

An invitation to better histories of this important era
Lavish biodrama on the life and times of President Woodrow Wilson (and therefore the US's involvement in the First World War, which traditionally is called the Great War, of course, and in its time and for some years was called The World War). This film seems to be ...

Stanley & Livingstone

Spencer Tracy, Nancy Kelly

20th Century Fox, 1990

DVD wanted
I teach college US history in north San Diego County. As previously reviewed by another, this film is a gem! I show clips from this film in class to my students for background on the beloved story of finding Dr Livingstone while illustrating Western imperialism in ...

Kings Row

Ann Sheridan, Robert Cummings

MGM (Warner), 1998

A Dark Masterpiece
"King's Row" is one of the darkest masterpieces ever to come out of the Hollywood studio system. Released on February 2, 1942, this scathing attack on turn of the century small town American life probably would not have been made in patriotic, post-Pearl Harbor USA. ...

The Muppet Movie

Edgar Bergen, Milton Berle

Sony Pictures, 1999

Still Funny after all these years
I first saw this movie in the theaters as a teenager, I took my little brothers and sister to see it and it was so good we stayed in the theater for a second showing. My friends and I that watched it when it arrived were all laughing and enjoyed the movie immensly. ...

Edison the Man

Spencer Tracy, Rita Johnson

MGM (Warner), 1998

Spencer Tracy as Edison the Greatest Inventor
"Edison, The Man," directed in 1940 by Clarence Brown, remains one of the best bio-pics from MGM's Golden Years. Spencer Tracy stars as Thomas Alva Edison, who looks back on his legendary career as the reluctant guest of honor at the 1929 Golden Jubilee of Light. ...

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

Don Ameche, Loretta Young

20th Century Fox, 1998

Another Great Biography!!!
Fox made a bunch of these Bio classics and they are all superb. This one ranks right up there with the rest and is fairly accurate. Henry Fonda steels this picture though. He is very funny in the few scenes he is in. A very moving story that is factual as well as ...

Heaven Can Wait (1943)

Gene Tierney, Don Ameche

20th Century Fox, 1998

A witty, humane, thoughtful movie directed by Ernst Lubitsch and written by Samson Raphaelson
"As Henry Van Cleve's soul passed over The Great Divide, he realized that it was extremely unlikely that his next stop could be Heaven. And so, philosophically, he presented himself where innumerable people had so often told him to go." Henry (Don Ameche) is greeted ...

Idiot's Delight

Norma Shearer, Clark Gable

Mgm Entertainment, 1991

Gable does it again
I think this is another one of Gables funniest performances.Ive seen it a few times and enjoyed it everytime.It definetly is a must see for any Gable fan or anyone who hasnt seen much of Gable. True that the movie may not be very artistic but FAST TALKING, LIGHT ...

Bachelor Mother/Colorized

Ginger Rogers, David Niven

Turner Home Entertainment, 1991

Warm hearted family movie
A warm-hearted family movie that makes you laugh. In the era of Hollywood where they did not need overt sexual activity to entertain, but relied upon the skills of the actors, this is another of those classic movies you can enjoy with the whole family. David Niven and ...

Magnificent Seven

Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach

MGM (Video & DVD), 1992

Seven Stars
Whilst this probably isn't the best western ever made its certainly up there amongst the top flight. It was fortunately made a few years before 'A Fistful of Dollars', which changed westerns and what was expected from them. Take the classic Kurosawa film 'Seven ...