Paramount Pictures Starring: William Hickey, David Johansen Directed by: John Harrison Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Based on the popular Tales from the Darkside anthology horror television series, this is a compilation of three different scary tales with one interweaving story to tie them together. The three stories are […]
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City Lights (1931)
United Artists Starring: Charlie Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill, Harry Myers Directed by: Charles Chaplin Synopsis: Chaplin’s classic comedy masterpiece about a Tramp (Chaplin) who falls in love with a poor blind flower girl (Virginia Cherrill.) Through a series of situations involving an inebriated millionaire (Harry Myers), the Tramp is able to pass himself off as a rich man and […]
Today We Live (1933)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Starring: Joan Crawford, Gary Cooper, Robert Young, Franchot Tone Directed by: Howard Hawks Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: The story of a British family whose lives are complicated by World War I. Diana (Joan Crawford) has lost her father to the war and her brother Ronnie (Franchot […]
The Actress (1953)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Starring: Spencer Tracy, Jean Simmons, Teresa Wright, Anthony Perkins Directed by: George Cukor Synopsis: Based on Ruth Gordon’s stageplay about her early life and her decision to become an actress. Ruth’s father, Clinton Jones (Spencer Tracy) is a former sailor working hard to make sure his family will never know poverty, but his harsh demeanor and frugal […]
Bewitched – “The Eight Year Itch Witch”
Original Air Date: December 8, 1971 Starring: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick Sargent, Agnes Moorehead Directed by: Richard Michaels Synopsis: Endora (Agnes Moorehead) is up to her old tricks when she transforms a cat familiar into a woman (Julie Newmar) to test Darren’s fidelity. Of course Samantha (Elizabeth Montgomery) is quick to defend her husband. Kitty Cameo: In one scene we see […]
Harry & Tonto (1974)
Starring: TontoDirected by: Paul Mazursky This review contains Kitty Carnage Warnings! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Retired teacher Harry (Art Carney) loses his apartment in New York, the only home he has ever known. Finding himself at loose ends, with only a few possessions and his […]
Hands Across the Table (1935)
Paramount Pictures Starring: Carole Lombard, Fred MacMurray, Ralph Bellamy Also Starring: Whitey Directed by: Mitchell Leisen Synopsis: Regi Allen (Carole Lombard) is a jaded manicurist working in the barber shop of a high-end hotel. She confides to one of her clients, the wealthy but paralyzed Allen Macklyn (Ralph Bellamy) that she is only interested in marrying for money. She […]
Uninvited (1988)
Heritage Entertainment Production Starring: Toni Hudson, Eric Larson, Alex Cord, George Kennedy Directed by: Greydon Clark Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A cat being used as an experimental lab animal escapes and eventually ends up on board a luxury yacht with a group of college kids on spring break, […]
The Awful Truth (1937)
Columbia Pictures Corporation Starring: Cary Grant, Irene Dunne, Ralph Bellamy, Alexander D’Arcy Directed by: Leo McCarey Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Divorcing couple Lucy (Irene Dunne) and Jerry Warriner (Cary Grant) find that their jealousy rages on even after their separation and they continually attempt to sabotage the […]
Gadgets Galore (1955)
Warner Bros. Narrated by Ward Wilson Directed by: Robert Youngson Synopsis: A humorous short film which explains itself as “A very little history of a very big event . . . the coming of the automobile.” Purr Blur: Near the beginning scenes are shown to explain how promoters of the automobile used slide shows to tout the new invention, […]
