Movie Reviews
- Adventure/Disaster
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) James Mason, Kirk Douglas, Paul Lukas, Peter Lorre
Distant Drums (1951) Gary Cooper, Mari Aldon, Arthur Hunnicutt
Gunga Din (1939) Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen, Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
It Came From Beneath the Sea (1955) Kenneth Tobey, Faith Domergue, Donald Curtis
King Kong (1933) Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot
King Kong: 1933 and 2005 – What Each Movie Reveals About the Era They Were Made In
King Kong (1976) Jeff Bridges, Jessica Lange, Charles Grodin
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958) Kerwin Mathews, Kathryn Grant, Torin Thatcher
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953) Paul Christian, Paula Raymond, Cecil Kellaway, Kenneth Tobey
The Crimson Pirate (1952) – Burt Lancaster, Nick Cravat, Eva Bartok
The Eagle (1925) – Rudolph Valentino, Vilma Banky, Louise Dresser
The Hurricane (1937) Jon Hall, Dorothy Lamour, Raymond Massey, Mary Astor, Thomas Mitchell
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935) Gary Cooper, Franchot Tone, Richard Cromwell, Guy Standing
The Lost Horizon (1937) Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt, Edward Everett Horton, John Howard, Thomas Mitchell
The Mark of Zorro (1920) Douglas Fairbanks, Marguerite De La Motte
The Mark of Zorro (1940) Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Basil Rathbone
The Master of Ballantrae (1953) Errol Flynn, Roger Livesey
The Prince and the Pauper (1937) Errol Flynn, Claude Raines, Billy and Bobby Mauch
The Son of Kong (1933) Robert Armstrong, Helen Mack, Frank Reicher
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952) Richard Todd, Joan Rice, Peter Finch
- British Films
A Matter of Life and Death (1946) David Niven, Kim Hunter, Roger Livesey, Marius Goring, Raymond Massey
Comparing Two Oliver Twists: The Jackie Coogan Show and Film Noir Dickens
I Know Where I’m Going! (1945) Wendy Hiller, Roger Livesey
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) Dennis Price, Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood
Pollyanna (2003) Amanda Burton, Georgina Terry, Pam Ferris
St Martin’s Lane (aka. The Sidewalks of London) (1938) Charles Laughton, Vivien Leigh, Rex Harrison
The Chalk Garden (1964) Hayley Mills, Deborah Kerr, John Mills
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) Roger Livesey, Deborah Kerr, Anton Walbrook
Tiger Bay (1959) Hayley Mills, Horst Buchholz, John Mills
- Comedy
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, Bela Lugosi, Lon Chaney Jr.
All Through the Night (1941) Humphrey Bogart, William Demarest, Peter Lorre, Conrad Veidt, Judith Anderson
Bringing Up Baby (1938) Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn
Cafe Metropole (1937) Tyrone Power, Loretta Young, Adolphe Menjou
Casanova’s Big Night (1954) Bob Hope, Joan Fontaine, Basil Rathbone
Cluny Brown (1946) Jennifer Jones, Charles Boyer, Una O’Connor, Peter Lawford
Dorothy Lamour in the Road To Series
Everybody Does It (1949) Paul Douglas, Celeste Holm, Linda Darnell
Girl Trouble (1942) Don Ameche, Joan Bennett, Billie Burke
It’s Love I’m After (1937) Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, Olivia De Havilland, Eric Blore
Lady on a Train (1945) Deanna Durbin, Dan Duryea, Ralph Bellamy
Mister 880 (1950) Burt Lancaster, Dorothy McGuire, Edmund Gwenn
Never Say Goodbye (1946) -Errol Flynn, Eleanor Parker, S.Z. Sakall
Nothing Sacred (1937) Carole Lombard, Fredric March, Walter Connolly, Charles Winninger
Pardon My Sarong (1942) Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, Lionel Atwill
Rhubarb (1951) Ray Milland, Jan Sterling, William Frawley, Gene Lockhart
Road to Morocco (1942) Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Anthony Quinn
Slightly Dangerous (1943) Lana Turner, Robert Young, Walter Brennan, Dame May Whitty
Swing Time (1936) Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Victor Moore, Helen Broderick
The Comedy of Terrors (1963) Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff, Basil Rathbone, Joyce Jameson
The Devil and Miss Jones (1941) Jean Arthur, Charles Coburn, Robert Cummings, Spring Byington
The Freshman (1925) Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston
The Great McGinty (1940) Brian Donlevy, Akim Tamiroff, Muriel Angelus, William Demarest
The Lady Eve (1941) Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn, William Demarest
The Luck of the Irish (1948) Tyrone Power, Cecil Kellaway, Anne Baxter
The March of the Wooden Soldiers (1934) Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Henry Brandon, Charlotte Henry
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek (1944) Eddie Bracken, Betty Hutton, William Demarest
The Trouble With Angels (1966) Rosalind Russell, Hayley Mills
We’re No Angels (1955) Humphrey Bogart, Peter Ustinov, Basil Rathbone, Joan Bennett
Young in Heart (1938) Janet Gaynor, Roland Young, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Billie Burke, Paulette Goddard
Yojimbo (1961) Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai
- Disney
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) James Mason, Kirk Douglas, Paul Lukas, Peter Lorre
An appreciation of Maleficent and Eleanor Audley
Frozen (2013)
Maleficent (2014) Angelina Jolie
Mary Poppins (1964) Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke
Saving Mr. Banks and Thoughts on Disney and Travers
Sleeping Beauty (1959)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
The Parent Trap (1961) Haylay Mills, Maureen O’Hara, Brian Keith
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952) Richard Todd, Joan Rice, Peter Finch
- Drama
Above and Beyond (1952) Robert Taylor, Eleanor Parker
Bicycle Thieves (1948) Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola
Citizen Kane (1941) Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten
Dark Victory (1939) Bette Davis, George Brent, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Humphrey Bogart
Les Miserables (1935) Fredric March, Charles Laughton, Cedric Hardwicke
Made For Each Other (1939) James Stewart, Carole Lombard, Charles Coburn, Lucille Watson
Meet John Doe (1941) Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Walter Brennan
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains, Edward Arnold
No Way Out (1950) Sidney Poitier, Linda Darnell, Richard Widmark
Poor Little Rich Girl (1917) Mary Pickford
Red Dust (1932) Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Mary Astor, Gene Raymond
The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954) William Holden, Grace Kelly, Fredric March, Mickey Rooney
The Chalk Garden (1964) Hayley Mills, Deborah Kerr, John Mills
The Letter (1940) Bette Davis, James Stephenson, Herbert Marshall, Gale Sondergaard
The Little Foxes (1941) Bette Davis, Theresa Wright, Dan Durya, Richard Carlson, Herbert Marshall
The Miracle Woman (1931) Barbara Stanwyck, David Manners, Sam Hardy
The Miracle Woman: The Film That Made Me a Fan
St Martin’s Lane (aka. The Sidewalks of London) (1938) Charles Laughton, Vivien Leigh, Rex Harrison
That Forsyte Woman (1949) Errol Flynn, Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Robert Young
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) Roger Livesey, Deborah Kerr, Anton Walbrook
The Razor’s Edge (1946) Tyrone Power, Gene Tierney, Anne Baxter, Clifton Webb, Herbert Marshall
Tiger Bay (1959) Hayley Mills, Horst Buchholz, John Mills
- Fantasy/Sci-Fi
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court (1949) Bing Crosby, Rhonda Fleming, William Bendix
Alien (1979) Sigourney Weaver
A Matter of Life and Death (1946) David Niven, Kim Hunter, Roger Livesey, Marius Goring, Raymond Massey
Cocoon (1985) Don Ameche, Hume Cronyn, Wilford Brimley
Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) Robert Montgomery, Claude Rains, Edward Everett Horton, Evelyn Keyes
It Came From Beneath the Sea (1955) Kenneth Tobey, Faith Domergue, Donald Curtis
It Happened Tomorrow (1944) Dick Powell, Linda Darnell, Jack Oakie
King Kong (1933) Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot
King Kong: 1933 and 2005 – What Each Movie Reveals About the Era They Were Made In
King Kong (1976) Jeff Bridges, Jessica Lange, Charles Grodin
Revisiting Star Wars: A New Hope
Scattered Thoughts on the Desolation of Smaug and Tauriel
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958) Kerwin Mathews, Kathryn Grant, Torin Thatcher
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953) Paul Christian, Paula Raymond, Cecil Kellaway, Kenneth Tobey
The Desolation of Smaug and The Tolkien Professor
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) Gene Tierney, Rex Harrison, George Sanders
The Lost Horizon (1937) Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt, Edward Everett Horton, John Howard, Thomas Mitchell
The Luck of the Irish (1948) Tyrone Power, Cecil Kellaway, Anne Baxter
The March of the Wooden Soldiers (1934) Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Henry Brandon, Charlotte Henry
The Planet of the Apes (1968) Charlton Heston, Kim Hunter, Roddy McDowall
The Son of Kong (1933) Robert Armstrong, Helen Mack, Frank Reicher
Yolanda and the Thief (1945) Fred Astaire, Lucille Bremer, Frank Morgan
- Film Noir/Suspense/Gothic
Black Angel (1946) Dan Duryea, June Vincent, Peter Lorre, Broderick Crawford
Dial M For Murder (1954) Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings, John Williams
Double Indemnity (1944) Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Edward G. Robinson
Double Indemnity: Rivalry and Shakespeare
Fallen Angel (1945) Alice Faye, Dana Andrews, Linda Darnell
Foreign Correspondent (1940) Joel McCrea, Loraine Day, Herbert Marshall, George Sanders
Gilda (1946) Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, George Macready
Jane Eyre (1943) Joan Fontaine, Orson Welles, Margaret O’Brien
Lifeboat (1944) Tallulah Bankhead, John Hodiak, Walter Slezak, Hume Cronyn, William Bendix
Murder, My Sweet (1944) Dick Powell, Claire Trevor, Anne Shirley, Mike Mazurki
My Name is Julia Ross (1945) Nina Foch, Dame May Whitty, George Mcready
Pitfall (1948) Dick Powell, Lizabeth Scott, Raymond Burr
Pushover (1954) Fred MacMurray, Kim Novak
Rawhide (1951) Tyrone Power, Susan Hayward, Hugh Marlowe, Jack
Re-watching Vertigo – Questions, Questions
Shadow of a Doubt (1943) Joseph Cotten, Theresa Wright
Seeing Double Indemnity on the Big Screen
Sunset Boulevard (1950) Gloria Swanson, William Holden, Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olsen
Suspicion (1941) Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine, Nigel Bruce
The Big Sleep – Movie and Book Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely, Martha Vickers
The House of the Seven Gables (1940) – George Sanders, Vincent Price, Margaret Lindsay
The Lost Moment (1947) Susan Hayward, Robert Cummings, Agnes Moorehead
The Maltese Falcon: 1931, 1936, 1941 Humphrey Bogart, Warren Williams, Ricardo Cortez
The Man With a Cloak (1951) Joseph Cotten, Barbara Stanwyck, Leslie Caron, Louis Calhern
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) John Garfield, Lana Turner, Cecil Kellaway
The Spiral Staircase (1946) Dorothy McGuire, Ethel Barrymore, George Brent, Kent Smith
Vertigo (1958) – James Stewart, Kim Novak
- Gangster/Crime Drama
Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) James Cagney, Pat O’Brien, Ann Sheridan, Humphrey Bogart
A Slight Case of Murder (1938) – Edward G. Robinson, Jane Bryan, Ruth Donnelly, Allen Jenkins
Fog Over Frisco (1934) Margaret Lindsay, Bette Davis, Donald Woods, Lyle Talbot
‘G’ Men (1935) James Cagney, Robert Armstrong, Ann Dvorak, Margaret Lindsay, Barton MacLane
Larceny, Inc. (1942) Edward G. Robinson, Jane Wyman, Broderick Crawford, Jack Carson
White Heat (1949) James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Edmund O’Brien, Margaret Wycherly
- Historical/Costume Drama/Biopic
Above and Beyond (1952) Robert Taylor, Eleanor Parker
Anastasia (1956) Ingrid Bergman, Yul Brynner, Helen Hayes
Anna and the King of Siam (1946) Irene Dunne, Rex Harrison, Lee J. Cobb, Gale Sondergaard
Beau Brummel (1924) John Barrymore, Mary Astor
Comparing Two Oliver Twists: The Jackie Coogan Show and Film Noir Dickens
David Copperfield (1935) Freddie Bartholomew, Edna May Oliver, Basil Rathbone, W.C. Fields
Gentleman Jim (1942) Errol Flynn, Alexis Smith, Jack Carson, Alan Hale
Intolerance (1916) Mae Busch, Robert Harron, Constance Talmadge, Lillian Gish
Jane Eyre (1943) Joan Fontaine, Orson Welles, Margaret O’Brien
Les Miserables (1935) Fredric March, Charles Laughton, Cedric Hardwicke
Letter From an Unknown Woman (1948) Joan Fontaine, Jourdan
Madame Bovary (1949) Jennifer Jones, Van Heflin, Louis Jourdan
Madame Curie (1943) Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Dame May Whitty, Henry Travers
Maytime (1937) Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, John Barrymore
New Moon (1940) Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Mary Boland, George Zucc
Pollyanna (2003) Amanda Burton, Georgina Terry, Pam Ferris
Pride and Prejudice (1940) Greer Garson, Laurence Olivier, Mary Boland, Maureen O’Sullivan, Edna May Oliver
The Five Pennies (1959) Danny Kaye, Barbara Bel Geddes
That Forsyte Woman (1949) Errol Flynn, Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Robert Young
The Mudlark (1950) Irene Dunne, Alec Guinness, Andrew Ray
The Song of Bernadette (1943) Jennifer Jones, Charles Bickford, Vincent Price, Anne Revere, Lee J. Cobb
The Prince and the Pauper (1937) Errol Flynn, Claude Rains, Billy and Bobby Mauch
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939) Bette Davis, Errol Flynn, Olivia De Havilland, Donald Crisp
The Toast of New York (1937) Edward Arnold, Cary Grant, Frances Farmer, Jack Oakie
War and Peace (1956) Audrey Hepburn, Henry Fonda, Mel Ferrer, Herbert Lom
War and Peace (1972) Anthony Hopkins, Alan Dobie, Morag Hood
Wuthering Heights (1939) Laurence Olivier, Merle Oberon, Davis Niven
- Holiday
Five Favorite Christmas Films…with a few extras – Christmas
Larceny, Inc. (1942) – Christmas
Lady on a Train (1945) – Christmas
Meet John Doe (1941) – Christmas
Never Say Goodbye (1946) – Christmas
The Luck of the Irish (1948) – St. Patrick’s Day
The March of the Wooden Soldiers (1934) – Christmas
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek (1944) – Christmas
We’re No Angels (1955) – Christmas
White Christmas (1954) – Christmas
- Horror
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, Bela Lugosi, Lon Chaney Jr.
Cat People (1942) and The Curse of the Cat People (1944) Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Jane Randolph, Ann Carter
Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) Richard Carlson, Julie Adams, Richard Denning
Dracula (1931) – A Comparison of the English and Spanish Language Versions
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde on Film – 1920, 1931, 1941 John Barrymore, Fredric March, Spencer Tracy
Frankenstein and The Bride of Frankenstein: A Double Feature
It Came From Beneath the Sea (1955) Kenneth Tobey, Faith Domergue, Donald Curtis
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953) Paul Christian, Paula Raymond, Cecil Kellaway, Kenneth Tobey
The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) Boris Karloff, Elsa Lanchester, Ernest Thesiger, Colin Clive
The Comedy of Terrors (1963) Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff, Basil Rathbone, Joyce Jameson
The Fly (1958) David Hedrison, Patricia Owen, Vincent Price, Herbert Marshall
The Lodger (1944) Laird Cregar, Merle Oberon, George Sanders
The Mummy (1932) Boris Karloff, Zita Johann, Edward Van Sloan, David Manners
The Mummy (1959) Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Yvonne Furneaux, Felix Aylmer
The Uninvited (1944) Ray Milland, Ruth Hussey, Gail Russell, Cornelia Otis Skinner
The Unknown (1927) Lon Chaney, Joan Crawford
The Wolf Man (1941) Lon Chaney Jr., Claude Rains, Warren William, Maria Ouspenskaya, Bela Lugosi
- Musicals
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court (1949) Bing Crosby, Rhonda Fleming, William Bendix
A Damsel in Distress (1937) Fred Astaire, Joan Fontaine, Gracie Allen and George Burns
Alexander’s Ragtime Band (1938) Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Ethel Merman
Born to Dance (1936) Eleanor Powell, James Stewart, Una Merkel, Buddy Ebsen
Easter Parade (1948) Fred Astaire, Judy Garland, Ann Miller, Peter Lawford
Evening Primrose (1966) Anthony Perkins, Charmian Carr
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) Marilyn Monroe, Jane Russell, Charles Coburn
Gigi (1958) Leslie Caron, Louis Jourdan, Maurice Chevalier, Hermione Gingold
“Girl Hunt Ballet” from The Band Wagon
Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) Warren William, Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell, Ginger Rogers
Hallelujah, I’m a Bum (1933) Al Jolson, Frank Morgan, Madge Evans, Harry Langdon, Edgar Connor
Hello, Frisco, Hello (1943) Alice Faye, John Payne, Jack Oakie, June Havoc, Lynn Bari
Lili (1953) Leslie Caron, Mel Ferrer, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Zsa Zsa Gabor
Mary Poppins (1964) Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke
Maytime (1937) Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, John Barrymore
New Moon (1940) Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Mary Boland, George Zucco
Revisiting Singin’ In the Rain
Romance on the High Seas (1948) Doris Day, Jack Carson, Janis Paige, Don DeFore, S.Z. Sakall
Rose of Washington Square (1939) Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Al Jolson
Show Boat (1936) Irene Dunne, Paul Robeson, Helen Morgan, Alan Jones, Hattie McDaniel, Charles Winninger
Swing Time (1936) Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Victor Moore, Helen Broderick
The Five Pennies (1959) Danny Kaye, Barbara Bel Geddes
The Jazz Singer (1927) Al Jolson, Warner Oland, Eugenie Besserer
The March of the Wooden Soldiers (1934) Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Henry Brandon, Charlotte Henry
White Christmas (1954) Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, Vera-Ellen
White Nights (1985) Mikhail Baryshnikov, Gregory Hines, Isabella Rossellini, Helen Mirren
Yolanda and the Thief (1945) Fred Astaire, Lucille Bremer, Frank Morgan
- Mystery
Charlie Chan at the Opera (1936) Warner Oland, Boris Karloff, William Demarest, Keye Luke
Dial M For Murder (1954) Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings, John Williams
Lady on a Train (1945) Deanna Durbin, Dan Duryea, Ralph Bellamy
Murder on the Orient Express (1974) Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman, Sean Connery, Wendy Hiller
Witness for the Prosecution – Movie, Play, Short Story, from Agatha Christie to Billy Wilder
- Romance
A Matter of Life and Death (1946) David Niven, Kim Hunter, Roger Livesey, Marius Goring, Raymond Massey
Anastasia (1956) Ingrid Bergman, Yul Brynner, Helen Hayes
Beau Brummel (1924) John Barrymore, Mary Astor
Daddy Long Legs (1919) Mary Pickford, Mahlon Hamilton, Marshall Neilan
Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) Robert Montgomery, Claude Rains, Edward Everett Horton, Evelyn Keyes
I Know Where I’m Going! (1945) Wendy Hiller, Roger Livesey
Intermezzo (1939) Leslie Howard, Ingrid Bergman
Jane Eyre (1943) Joan Fontaine, Orson Welles, Margaret O’Brien
Letter From an Unknown Woman (1948) Joan Fontaine, Jourdan
Lili (1953) Leslie Caron, Mel Ferrer, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Zsa Zsa Gabor
Made For Each Other (1939) James Stewart, Carole Lombard, Charles Coburn, Lucille Watson
Maytime (1937) Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, John Barrymore
Meet John Doe (1941) Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Walter Brennan
New Moon (1940) Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Mary Boland, George Zucc
Pride and Prejudice (1940) Greer Garson, Laurence Olivier, Mary Boland, Maureen O’Sullivan, Edna May Oliver
Romance in Manhattan (1935) Ginger Rogers, Francis Lederer
Sabrina (1954) Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn, William Holden
Slightly Dangerous (1943) Lana Turner, Robert Young, Walter Brennan, Dame May Whitty
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) Gene Tierney, Rex Harrison, George Sanders
The Quiet Man (1952) John Wayne, Maureen O’Hara, Barry Fitzgerald
The Uninvited (1944) Ray Milland, Ruth Hussey, Gail Russell, Cornelia Otis Skinner
Waterloo Bridge (1931) Mae Clark, Douglas Montgomery, Bette Davis
Waterloo Bridge (1940) Vivien Leigh, Robert Taylor, Maria Ouspenskaya
Wuthering Heights (1939) Laurence Olivier, Merle Oberon, Davis Niven
- Silent
Beau Brummel (1924) John Barrymore, Mary Astor
Comparing Two Oliver Twists: The Jackie Coogan Show and Film Noir Dickens
Daddy Long Legs (1919) Mary Pickford, Mahlon Hamilton, Marshall Neilan
Intolerance (1916) Mae Busch, Robert Harron, Constance Talmadge, Lillian Gish
Poor Little Rich Girl (1917) Mary Pickford
Some Thoughts on D.W. Griffith…and His Cavalry Charges
The Eagle (1925) Rudolph Valentino, Vilma Banky, Louise Dresser
The Freshman (1925) Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston
The Jazz Singer (1927) Al Jolson, Warner Oland, Eugenie Besserer
The Mark of Zorro (1920) Douglas Fairbanks, Marguerite De La Motte
The Unknown (1927) Lon Chaney, Joan Crawford
- Westerns
Along Came Jones (1945) Gary Cooper, Loretta Young, Dan Duryea, William Demarest
Colorado Territory (1949) Joel McCrea, Virginia Mayo
Destry Rides Again (1939) James Stewart, Marlene Dietrich, Brian Donlevy, Charles Winninger
Distant Drums (1951) Gary Cooper, Mari Aldon, Arthur Hunnicutt
Four Faces West (1948) Joel McCrea, Frances Dee, Charles Bickford, Joseph Calleia
Further Thoughts on Destry Rides Again – Marlene Dietrich and Femme Fatales
Garden of Evil (1954) Gary Cooper, Susan Hayward, Richard Widmark, Cameron Mitchell
In Old California (1942) John Wayne, Binnie Barnes
Rawhide (1951) Tyrone Power, Susan Hayward, Hugh Marlowe, Jack Elam
The Hanging Tree (1959) Gary Cooper, Maria Schell, Karl Malden, Ben Piazza
The Ox-Bow Incident – Movie and Book
Winchester ’73 (1950) James Stewart, Shelley Winters, Stephen McNally, Dan Duryea
- World War II Movies
Above and Beyond (1952) Robert Taylor, Eleanor Parker
All Through the Night (1941) Humphrey Bogart, William Demarest, Peter Lorre, Conrad Veidt, Judith Anderson
A Matter of Life and Death (1946) David Niven, Kim Hunter, Roger Livesey, Marius Goring, Raymond Massey
Desperate Journey (1942) Errol Flynn, Ronald Reagan , Raymond Massey, Alan Hale
I Know Where I’m Going! (1945) Wendy Hiller, Roger Livesey
Lifeboat (1944) Tallulah Bankhead, John Hodiak, Walter Slezak, Hume Cronyn, William Bendix
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) Roger Livesey, Deborah Kerr, Anton Walbrook
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