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All That Money Can Buy [The Devil and Daniel Webster] **** (1941, Edward Arnold, Walter Huston, Jane Darwell) – Classic Movie Review 10,674

‘A GREAT MOTION PICTURE DARES TO BE DIFFERENT! ‘ Director William Dieterle’s 1941 fantasy comedy drama All That Money Can Buy [The Devil and Daniel Webster] is a magical version of the Faust story relocated […]

Dec, 17

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 Great Lie **** (1941, Bette Davis, George Brent, Mary Astor) – Classic Movie Review 2736

Director Edmund Goulding’s polished 1941 drama The Great Lie is another of the outstanding movies from the prime of Bette Davis, then reigning queen of the Warner Bros studio. The Great Lie is a great […]

Jul, 24

Affliction **** (1997, Nick Nolte, Sissy Spacek, James Coburn) – Classic Movie Review 825

Ah, again, the sins of the father! Nick Nolte gives a great barnstorming performance as Wade Whitehouse, a haunted middle-aged New Hampshire small-town sheriff. He is a heavy drinker who has achieved little or nothing in […]

Feb, 13

To Die For **** (1995, Nicole Kidman, Matt Dillon, Joaquin Phoenix, Illeana Douglas, Casey Affleck) – Classic Movie Review 346

In 1995 Nicole Kidman landed what was then her best role to date and grabbed it by the throat in Buck Henry’s screenplay based on a novel by Joyce Maynard. Kidman plays Suzanne Stone, a […]

Oct, 31

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