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Anna Christie *** (1923, Blanche Sweet, William Russell, George F Marion, Eugénie Besserer) – Classic Movie Review 10,679

‘I Think I’ll be Killin’ you Now!’ Director John Griffith Wray’s 1923 Anna Christie is the greatly admired silent movie version of Nobel prize-winner Eugene O’Neill’s hard-going 1921 play about the romance of the seaside […]

Dec, 18

The Ballad of Joe Hill [Joe Hill] *** (1971, Thommy Berggren, Anja Schmidt, Kelvin Malave) – Classic Movie Review 10,293

Director Bo Widerberg’s 1971 Swedish historical biographical drama film The Ballad of Joe Hill [Joe Hill] stars Thommy Berggren as the legendary Swedish-American agitator Joe Hill. At the start-of-the-last-century, Joe Hill (Berggren), a Swedish immigrant […]

Sep, 11

Dr Broadway *** (1942, Macdonald Carey, Jean Phillips, J Carrol Naish, Richard Lane, Eduardo Ciannelli) – Classic Movie Review 10,187

Director Anthony Mann’s taut, fast-paced and exciting 1942 Paramount Pictures low-budget film noir  support thriller Dr Broadway stars Macdonald Carey as nice New York City doctor, Dr Timothy Kane, who is forced to turn sleuth […]

Aug, 17

Lucky Jordan * (1942, Alan Ladd, Helen Walker, Sheldon Leonard) – Classic Movie Review 10,105

Director Frank Tuttle’s 1942 crime drama Lucky Jordan is a shaky, unexciting vehicle for Alan Ladd as New York gangster Lucky Jordan, an artful dodger, crook and gambler. He is drafted into the army, deserts, and […]

Jul, 29

Salty O’Rourke *** (1945, Alan Ladd, Gail Russell, William Demarest) – Classic Movie Review 10,099

Director Raoul Walsh’s 1945 film Salty O’Rourke stars Alan Ladd as wide boy gambler Salty O’Rourke along with William Demarest as his buddy Smitty. The duo are in cahoots with an unscrupulous disbarred jockey (Stanley […]

Jul, 28

Alibi Ike *** (1935, Joe E Brown, Olivia de Havilland, Ruth Donnelly) – Classic Movie Review 10,091

Director Ray Enright’s daffy 1935 comedy Alibi Ike is a good dizzy showcase for the wacky talents of very likeable comic Joe E Brown as Frank X Farrell, an offbeat rookie baseball pitcher who is […]

Jul, 27

Brain Damage ** (1988, Rick Hearst, Gordon MacDonald, Jennifer Lowry) – Classic Movie Review 10,085

Writer-director Frank Henenlotter, of Basket Case (1982) fame, goes one step further into the realm of bad taste with this tale of a phallus-resembling parasite that locks into Brian (Rick Hearst)’s brain and injects him […]

Jul, 25

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