Film Notes
Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Holding Post
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This post is for the purpose of keeping this account active until I can download all of the posts so that I don't lose them. That'...
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Hud. 1963. Directed by Martin Ritt.
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(9/29/01) This film is almost a blueprint for Dallas and the character Paul Newman plays is like a precursor of J. R. Ewing. He's young...
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Dawn to Dawn. 1933. Directed by Joseph Berne. (Titled "Black Dawn" on print.)
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(9/19/01) As I watched Dawn to Dawn I couldn't help thinking about how it bears the same date as Machaty's Ecstasy . The two film...
This Property Is Condemned. 1966. Directed by Sydney Pollack.
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(9/6/01-9/19/01) This film was "suggested" by a one-act play of Tennessee Williams. I can't help wondering how much of Tenness...
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Yankee Doodle Dandy. 1942. Directed by Michael Curtiz.
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(9/4/01-9/5/01) Yankee Doodle Dandy holds up as a high-energy picture full of memorable scenes. It is a well-made, pleasant, entertaining...
Passage to Marseilles. 1944. Directed by Michael Curtiz.
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(9/4/01-9/5/01) Claude Rains is the very picture of benevolence in this picture. He is wise and understanding. This is definitely one of his...
Friday, January 28, 2011
Pursued. 1947. Directed by Raoul Walsh.
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(9/4/01) Pursued is another of those films that I didn't like very much at the beginning, but which grew on me as it went along. One re...
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