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Monthly Archives: November 2017
The Christmas Train (2017) – reviewed by George
Various people travel from NYC to LA on a special train where Christmas activities are happening practically all the time. A movie director (Danny Glover), his apprentice screenwriter (Kimberly Williams-Paisley), an experienced writer working on a book who is hired … Continue reading
Journey Back to Christmas (2016) – reviewed by George
Hannah (Candace Cameron Bure) is a nurse in 1945 at Christmas. In the closing days of World War II her husband was killed in battle, so Christmas will be a little hollow this year. Her only interest in the holiday … Continue reading
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Tagged Candace Cameron-Bure, Journey Back to Christmas, Maria Nation, Mel Damski, The Christmas Comet
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The Corsican Brothers (1941) – reviewed by George
“Corsica! Bright with the laughter of romance, haunted by the grim shadow of vendetta. Here on this enchanted isle a story is told of two brothers, a tale written in blood by the hand of Fate.” One day in the … Continue reading
Polly Walker is “Lorna Doone” (1990) – reviewed by George
There are certainly some differences between this treatment and the two other versions reviewed, but overall, without having read the book, I feel this is the most faithful. The basis of this feeling is simply the way the story is … Continue reading
Jamaica Inn (1939) – reviewed by George
Alfred Hitchcock’s 24th film is the tale of Mary Yellan (Maureen O’Hara), whose mother, on her deathbed, has told her to leave Ireland and go to live with the mother’s sister Patience (Marie Ney) and Patience’s husband Joss Merlyn (Leslie … Continue reading
The Lady Vanishes (1938) – reviewed by George
This review of Alfred Hitchcock’s 23rd film was first posted on December 4, 2016, before I had begun reviewing Hitchcock films in chronological order. This film was contrasted with two remakes in reviews immediately following. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, with a … Continue reading
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Tagged Alfred Hitchcock, Basil Radford, Cecil Parker, Dame May Whitty, Ethel Lina White, Frank Launder, Linden Travers, Margaret Lockwood, Mary Clare, Michael Redgrave, Naunton Wayne, Paul Lukas, Philip Leaver, Sidney Gilliat, The Lady Vanishes, The Wheel Spins, Zelma Vas Dias
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Love Among the Ruins (1915) – reviewed by George
The Italian title is “Amore Tra Le Rovine”, and this remarkable film is a silent picture introduced by a documentary about how the cans of film were found and how the film was restored. But it’s not true! The first … Continue reading
Blondie of the Follies (1932) -reviewed by George
The story of two girls, neighbors in New York’s East Side tenements, is more soap opera than show business tale, but it rises above the script because of the actresses playing the two young women. Blondie McClune is played by … Continue reading