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Tortilla Flat *** (1942, Spencer Tracy, Hedy Lamarr, John Garfield, Frank Morgan) – Classic Movie Review 10,758

Director Victor Fleming’s 1942 MGM black and white drama Tortilla Flat is a well-acted and appealing version of John Steinbeck’s novel of life among the Mexican-American peasants of Monterey in California. There is plenty of […]

Jan, 06

Of Mice and Men ***** (1939, Lon Chaney Jr, Burgess Meredith, Betty Field, Charles Bickford, Roman Bohnen, Bob Steele, Noah Beery Jr) – Classic Movie Review 9149

Director Lewis Milestone’s 1939 Of Mice and Men is a masterpiece, the best work of the beloved character actor star Lon Chaney Jr. It was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best […]

Dec, 12

Viva Zapata! **** (1952, Marlon Brando, Jean Peters, Anthony Quinn) – Classic Movie Review 2382

Buried under a big moustache and a big hat, Marlon Brando may be very oddly, indeed uncomfortably, cast as the Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata in director Elia Kazan’s 1952 historical drama biopic. But nevertheless Brando […]

Apr, 12

The Grapes of Wrath ***** (1940, Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine) – Classic Movie Review 1825

Best Director John Ford and Best Supporting Actress Jane Darwell both won essential Oscars for this stupendous 1940 film of the John Steinbeck story about the odyssey of the Joads. They are a poor Oklahoma farming […]

Nov, 10

East of Eden ***** (1955, James Dean, Julie Harris, Raymond Massey, Richard Davalos, Jo Van Fleet, Burl Ives, Lois Smith) – Classic Movie Review 1079

James Dean became an overnight movie icon as the embodiment of the mid-50s rebellious American teenager in just three films made in a little over a year before his death in a car crash in […]

Apr, 12

Lifeboat **** (1944, Tallulah Bankhead, William Bendix, Walter Slezak, Mary Anderson, John Hodiak) – Classic Movie Review 273

Alfred Hitchcock said of his 1944 wartime thriller film Lifeboat: ‘I never let that camera get outside the lifeboat. The technical challenge was enormous. Of course Tallulah Bankhead dominated the whole film.’ Alfred Hitchcock’s 1944 […]

Oct, 06

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