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Slattery’s Hurricane *** (1949, Richard Widmark, Linda Darnell, Veronica Lake, John Russell, Gary Merrill) – Classic Movie Review 6692

Richard Widmark scores strongly as Lieutenant Will Slattery USNR, the shifty, selfish and seedy-seeming anti-hero of director André De Toth’s 1949 Florida drug-smuggling adventure movie Slattery’s Hurricane. Studio 20th Century Fox had wanted Tyrone Power, but he’d […]

Feb, 15

The Big Trail **** (1930, John Wayne, Marguerite Churchill, El Brendel, Tully Marshall, Tyrone Power Sr) – Classic Movie Review 5,480

The Big Trail (1930) is notable both as a key film in the development of the Western and as John Wayne’s first Western and first leading role. John Wayne’s mentor and friend John Ford recommended […]

May, 19

Orphans of the Storm ***** (1921, Lillian Gish, Dorothy Gish, Joseph Schildkraut, Lucille La Verne) – Classic Movie Review 5218

Writer-producer-director D W Griffith’s 1921 big-budget ($1,000,000) historical romantic drama, based on the 1874 French play Les Deux Orphelines by Adolphe d’Ennery and Eugène Cormon, is the last of his series of really great silent epic films and […]

Mar, 29

Places in the Heart **** (1984, Sally Field, Lindsay Crouse, Ed Harris, Amy Madigan, John Malkovich, Danny Glover) – Classic Movie Review 5,126

Robert Benton’s 1984 US Deep South drama film Places in the Heart was a triumph for him and his star Sally Field, who won her second Best Actress Oscar as a sheriff’s widow fighting for her […]

Mar, 10

The Strange World of Planet X [Cosmic Monsters] ** (1958, Forrest Tucker, Gaby André, Martin Benson) – Classic Movie Review 3758

Director Gilbert Gunn’s 1958 British sci-fi movie stars Alec Mango as British scientist Doctor Laird, who is experimenting with the Earth’s magnetic field along with his team. But, just when when their insect enlarging contraption […]

May, 27

Steamboat Bill Jr ***** (1928, Buster Keaton, Tom McGuire, Ernest Torrence, Marion Byron) – Classic Movie Review 2879

Director Charles F Reisner’s 1928 comedy is the last great Buster Keaton silent movie. It takes its place along with The General (1926) at the peak of his creativity. All involved in the film agreed that he […]

Sep, 04

The Pagemaster ** (1994, Macaulay Culkin, Christopher Lloyd, Ed Begley Jr, Mel Harris) – Classic Movie Review 2854

The Pagemaster is a well-meaning but only modestly engaging 1994 mix of cartoon (directed by Maurice Hunt) and live action (directed by the 1995 Jumanji‘s Joe Johnston) plus a worthy message: ‘Books are good for you!’ […]

Aug, 27

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