POORGOOD Very Good MASTERPIECE| Rebecca
(1940) Very atmospheric thriller which was Hitchcock's first American film. |
130 min, Black & White Director Alfred Hitchcock Cast Includes Laurence Olivier Joan Fontaine George Sanders Judith Anderson Nigel Bruce Reginald Denny C. Aubrey Smith Gladys Cooper Florence Bates Leo G. Carroll Melville Cooper Messageboard Discussion |
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| Red River (1948) Mutiny on the Bounty on the plains but more compelling and better acted. One of the Duke's best performances and also fine work from a young Montgomery Clift. |
133
min, Black & White
Director Howard Hawks Cast Includes John Wayne Montgomery Clift Walter Brennan Joanne Dru John Ireland Noah Beery, Jr. Paul Fix Coleen Gray Harry Carey, Jr. Harry Carey, Sr. Messageboard Discussion |
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Roaring Twenties (1939) For best 30s gangster film with an incredible confrontation between Cagney and Bogart at the end. I also love the newsreel quality to it which gives it an immediacy and sums up the Prohibition Era. |
104 min, Black & White
Director Raoul Walsh Cast Includes James Cagney Priscilla Lane Humphrey Bogart Gladys George Jeffrey Lynn Frank McHugh Joe Sawyer Messageboard Discussion |
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| Rio Bravo (1959) I've always liked this Hawksian riposte to High Noon (1952). Its a straightforward,enjoyable Western. |
141
min, Color
Director Howard Hawks Cast Includes John Wayne Dean Martin Ricky Nelson Angie Dickinson Walter Brennan Messageboard Discussion |
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| Safety Last ! (1923) I don't think anyone has captured the thrills of climbing up high buildings as well as Lloyd does here. To me it is a classic sequence : the extra element of suspense adds to the film. The rest of Safety Last ! (1923) can't quite compete with it but I really think the film is very well paced and filled with entertaining sight gags which make it very funny. Overall it is to me Lloyd's funniest film but oddly not his best that honour for me goes to the superb The Kid Brother (1927). |
78
min,Black & White
Director Fred Newmeyer,Sam Taylor Cast Includes Harold Lloyd Mildred Davis Bill Strothers Messageboard Discussion |
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