Our eleventh choice for 2014 is this comic western adventure that delves into the mythology of Judge Roy Bean. It is William Wyler’s The Westerner (1940), which stars Gary Cooper as one of the few suspected horse thieves that Roy Bean […]
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Blog reviews of classic movies
The Westerner (1940)
by Barb Lentz. The five movies Bob provided for me from which to choose were these: The Dam Busters (1955) House Calls (1978) Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928) Rosemary’s Baby (1968) The Westerner (1940) I chose The Westerner because I […]
Continue reading »Coal Miner’s Daughter (1980) ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
Our tenth classic of 2014 is the dramatic musical biography of country and western singer Loretta Lynn, which shares the same title as her famous autobiographical song, Coal Miner’s Daughter (1980). The film stars Sissy Spacek as the singer, and her […]
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by Barb Lentz. The five movies Bob provided for me from which to choose were these: Coal Miner’s Daughter (1980) The Great Escape (1963) The Killers (1946) On the Beach (1959) They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? (1969) I […]
Continue reading »Island of Lost Souls (1932) ☆ ☆ ☆
Our ninth classic of 2014 is an oldie — the first filmed version of H. G. Wells’ 1896 trenchant tale The Island of Dr. Moreau, which Paramount Pictures then retitled Island of Lost Souls when they produced it in 1932. Universal had opened […]
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by Barb Lentz The five movies Bob provided for me from which to choose were these: Cross Creek (1983) The 400 Blows (1959) Island of Lost Souls (1932) The Maltese Falcon (1941) The Sunshine Boys (1975) I chose […]
Continue reading »Inherit the Wind (1960) ☆ ☆ ☆ 1/2
Our eighth classic of 2014 is the first film adaptation of a famous play which dramatizes one of America’s most infamous court cases. That film (and play) is Inherit the Wind (1960). The distinction I am noting that the film dramatizes […]
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by Barb Lentz. The five movies Bob provided for me from which to choose were these: Anatomy of a Murder (1959) Bullets or Ballots (1936) Inherit the Wind (1960) Mildred Pierce (1945) Too Many Husbands (1940) I chose […]
Continue reading »The Longest Day (1962) ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
Our seventh classic of 2014 is producer Darryl F. Zanuck’s epic retelling of the World War II D-Day invasion, The Longest Day. At the time it was made, this film was one of the most expensive productions ever put together, […]
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by Barb Lentz. The five movies Bob provided for me from which to choose were these: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) How Green Was My Valley (1941) The Longest Day (1962) Rashomon (1950) The Sugarland Express (1974) […]
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