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Director John Ford’s 1933 black and white drama Doctor Bull is a good showcase for Will Rogers, with special interest as a Ford film, in the first of a trio of their collaborations. Rogers plays […]
John Ford’s warm and engaging comedy drama 1934 film Judge Priest stars Will Rogers as 1890s widowed small-town Kentucky Judge Priest. Director John Ford’s 1934 film Judge Priest stars Will Rogers as 1890s widowed small-town […]
‘The Rock Kings Are Back – At Their Greatest! ‘ Director Fred F Sears’s 1956 black and white music movie Don’t Knock the Rock is Bill Haley’s hastily made, rushed-out follow-up to the earlier 1956 […]
Director William A Wellman’s 1947 comedy Magic Town is an underrated pleasure. It describes the politician’s dream – a Magic Town that is a perfect mirror of American opinions. James Stewart stars as opinion pollster […]
‘The water’s poisoned. The people are poisoned. The children are poisoned! The water is poisoned!’ – Dr Thomas Stockmann. Ah yes, Steve McQueen versus Henrik Ibsen! Producer-director George Schaefer’s 1978 drama An Enemy of the […]
Director Franklin J Schaffner’s 1963 romantic drama The Stripper [Woman of Summer] stars the always-admirable Joanne Woodward, who builds up an ungrateful role as Lila Green, a washed-up showgirl/ struggling actress who is dumped by […]
Director Félix Enríquez Alcalá’s violent environmentalist 1997 action thriller Fire Down Below is based on a story by Jeb Stuart, and stars Steven Seagal, Kris Kristofferson and Marg Helgenberger. Evil industrialists like Orin Hanner Sr […]