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VINTAGE REVIEW: “The Two Mrs. Carrolls” (1947)

March 6, 2011
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VINTAGE REVIEW: “The Two Mrs. Carrolls” (1947)

The Plot: 1947′s “The Two Mrs. Carrolls” involves a painter Gerry Carroll (Humphrey Bogart) invalid wife’s demise, which allows Gerry to marry his new love, Sally (Barbara Stanwyck). Once another woman comes into the picture, Cecily, (Alexis Smith), Sally not only grows suspicious of where her husband’s affections lie, but also of the death...

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REVIEW:”Two Weeks in Another Town” is a tough look at the underside of fame

January 22, 2011
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REVIEW:”Two Weeks in Another Town” is a tough look at the underside of fame

Vincente Minnelli’s Two Weeks in Another Town is finally on DVD! Classic movie fans will love adding this to their collection, but newcomers to classic movies will be intrigued by the tale of the seedy, hardcore side of movie stardom. After suffering a breakdown in a sanatarium, Jack Andrus (Kirk Douglas) is offered a...

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VINTAGE REVIEW: The Little Shop of Horrors (1960)

July 30, 2010
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VINTAGE REVIEW: The Little Shop of Horrors (1960)

This is one bizarre movie. Bizarre, but oddly hilarious. The premise of this film involves a mousy nobody named Seymour (Jonathan Haze) who owns an odd plant. His boss at his employment, the local barbershop on the bad side of town (Mel Welles as Gravis Mushnick) tells him that if he can nurse his plant back...

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VINTAGE REVIEW: “12 Angry Men” (1957)

July 22, 2010
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VINTAGE REVIEW: “12 Angry Men” (1957)

12 Angry Men makes you wish your stint at jury duty could be this electric and inspiring. The premise of the tv film-turned-theatrical release starring Henry Fonda is about 12 men serving on a jury deliberating about whether a teenager from the slums should get the death penalty after being accused of killing his...

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VINTAGE REVIEW: “Dark Victory” (1939)

July 9, 2010
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VINTAGE REVIEW: “Dark Victory” (1939)

Dark Victory is one of the great set pieces for Bette Davis to show her magnificent acting skill. The film’s story surrounds Judith Traherne (Bette Davis), a socialite who, used to the frivolous, whirlwind life, gets blindsided (no pun intended) when faced with accepting a fatal illness. Davis is a knockout in pretty much...

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VINTAGE/DVD REVIEW: “Two on a Guillotine” (1965)

July 1, 2010
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VINTAGE/DVD REVIEW: “Two on a Guillotine” (1965)

Available at WarnerArchive.com Thanks to WB, I was able to review the latest offering from the Warner Archive collection, Two on a Guillotine. The film, which stars Connie Stevens, follows Cassie Duquesne, the daughter of a deceased magician (Cesar Romero) who has to stay in her father’s creepy house for a week in order...

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VINTAGE REVIEWS-”Inside Daisy Clover”(1965) and “Brainstorm”(1983)

June 29, 2010
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It’s a Natalie Wood double header! Inside Daisy Clover is about a street-wise California boardwalk girl who becomes a movie star, only to marry a homosexual actor Wade Lewis (Robert Redford), have an affair with her controlling boss Raymond Swan (Christopher Plummer) and battle the crazy Hollywood system while trying to keep her sanity...

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VINTAGE REVIEW: “Susan and God” (1940)

June 24, 2010
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Susan and God is one of the more unexplainable movies in Joan Crawford’s library of roles. This film is about Susan Trexel, a socialite who comes back from overseas converted to an evangelical-type of Christianity who then annoys her friends by trying to convert them as well. However, she fails to take her own...

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