Paramount Pictures Starring: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, James Caan Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola Synopsis: Based on the popular novel by Mario Puzo. Aging New York mafia boss Don Corleone (Marlon Brando) deals with a changing world in which the ways of the old country are no longer being respected. He hopes to pass off his […]
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation Starring: Rex Harrison, Anthony Newley, Samantha Eggar, William Dix Directed by: Richard Fleischer Synopsis: The classic film version of Hugh Lofting’s stories about an English veterinarian named Dr. Dolittle (Rex Harrison) who can converse with animals, which causes him to come under fire from skeptics and naysayers, particularly the outspoken General Bellowes (Peter […]
New Line Cinema Starring: Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen Directed by: Peter Jackson Synopsis: The first entry of the ambitious and epic film version of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy. Frodo Baggins (Elijah Wood) is entrusted with an important mission by Gandalf the Grey (Ian McKellen) to destroy the one ring to rule […]
Directed by: Frank Capra Synopsis: Alice Sycamore (Jean Arthur) comes from a family of good-natured and eccentric screwballs, headed by a charmingly free-thinking grandfather (Lionel Barrymore.) But when she falls in love with the son of a rich, conservative family named Tony Kirby (Jimmy Stewart) she worries about what kind of impression her family will […]
Directed by: Anatole Litvak Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Joe Adams (Henry Fonda) is barricaded in his apartment after shooting a magician named Maximilian the Great (Vincent Price) who performs a magic act with his trained dogs. During the siege Adams recalls, via flashback, what […]
Edison Manufacturing Company Directed by: William K.L. Dickson, William Heise Synopsis: Two cats go paw to paw in a boxing ring in this very early Edison experimental film. Cinema Cats: Likely the first cat actors to ever appear on screen, the two cats “boxing” in this film were featured performers in Professor Welton’s vaudeville show, and the boxing […]
Film fans will undoubtedly remember the tough-guy comedic stylings of character actor Allen Jenkins, who appeared in countless films from the early 1930’s through the mid-1970’s. Jenkins was also the voice of Officer Dibble, the perpetually above-board New York cop constantly being duped by the animated Top Cat and his gang. But in 1948, Allen […]
Hal Wallis Productions Starring: Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Kirk Douglas, Lizabeth Scott Directed by: Lewis Milestone Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this movie! Synopsis: Martha Ivers (Barbara Stanwyck) is a ruthless woman who marries her meek childhood friend, Walter O’Neil (Kirk Douglas) who happens to have witnessed a violent act […]
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Narrator: Pete Smith Directed by: Richard L. Cassell Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains minor spoilers for this short film! Synopsis: A Pete Smith Specialty, this short subject film explores the macro world by looking at tiny things such as a baby hummingbird, the workings of a watch and other insects and tiny […]
Directed by: Robert Florey Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: World War II veteran Eddie Rice (John Payne) suffers from amnesia and goes looking for his past, only to find he had ties with underworld criminals in Los Angeles. Featured Feline: The boss of the crime […]