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Rope of Sand *** (1949, Burt Lancaster, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Peter Lorre, Corinne Calvet) – Classic Movie Review 9688

‘A Mighty Story of Savage Greed and Sultry Love Set in the Dreaded Desert that Guards the Dark Continent’s Forbidden Diamond Fields!’ Director William Dieterle’s 1949 film noir-style action adventure thriller Rope of Sand is […]

Apr, 29

The Texas Rangers *** (1936, Fred MacMurray, Jack Oakie, Jean Parker, Lloyd Nolan) – Classic Movie Review 9221

Producer-director King Vidor’s 1936 Western film The Texas Rangers is a spruce outing for the familiar old yarn about the two former outlaw cowpoke buddies (Fred MacMurray, Jack Oakie) who sign up to take to […]

Jan, 03

Our Town **** (1940, Frank Craven, William Holden, Martha Scott, Thomas Mitchell, Fay Bainter, Guy Kibbee, Beulah Bondi) – Classic Movie Review 8785

Director Sam Wood’s 1940 nostalgic romantic drama Our Town is a smashing vintage movie. Thornton Wilder’s 1938 Pulitzer Prize-winning stage play (now a recognized classic of American theatre) about a pre-World War One New Hampshire […]

Aug, 01

The Lady and the Monster ** (1944, Vera Ralston, Erich von Stroheim, Richard Arlen) – Classic Movie Review 5602

The Lady and the Monster, starring Vera Hruba Ralston as Janice Farrell, is the second ‘Brain Movie’ after Black Friday (1940). The obviously weirdly popular idea, a cousin of the disembodied hand premise, was later […]

Jun, 14

Thursday’s Children **** (1954, dir Lindsay Anderson) – Classic Movie Review 1411

Director Lindsay Anderson’s rousing 21-minute 1954 British short documentary film about the education of deaf children at The Royal School for the Deaf in Margate, Kent, won the Academy Award in 1955 for Best Documentary Short Subject. […]

Jul, 09

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