Gabriel Pascal Productions Starring: Leslie Howard, Wendy Hiller, Wilfrid Lawson Directed by: Anthony Asquith & Leslie Howard Synopsis: A wonderful film version of George Bernard Shaw’s classic play (written for the screen by Shaw himself) tells the story of phoentics expert Professor Henry Higgins (Leslie Howard) and the Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle (Wendy Hiller) he bets he […]
English Title: House Toho Company Starring: Kimiko Ikegami, Miki Jinbo, Kumiko Ohba, Ai Matsubara, Yôko Minamida Directed by: Nobuhiko Ôbayashi Synopsis: Oshare (Kimiko Ikegami) and her six schoolgirl friends decide to spend the summer at the quaint farmhouse owned by her Aunt (Yôko Minamida) but things quickly spiral strangely out of control as the girls are murdered one by […]
Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions Starring: Chuck Connors, Michael Rennie, Bill Bixby, Kathryn Hays Directed by: Bernard McEveety Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Jonas Trapp (Chuck Connors) marries the beautiful Jessie Larkin (Kathryn Hays) but feels stifled by a life of leisure living with Jessie’s wealthy aunt who doesn’t care […]
Touchstone Pictures Starring: Diane Lane, Sandra Oh, Raoul Bova Directed by: Audrey Wells Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Based on the popular book by Frances Mayes. Frances (Diane Lane) is a writer living in San Francisco who suffers from a sudden and hurtful divorce. Finding herself depressed and at […]
Warner Bros. Starring: Spencer Tracy, Felipe Pazos Directed by: John Sturges Cat Out of the Bag Alert: This review contains some spoilers for this movie. Synopsis: Based on the story by Ernest Hemingway, an old fisherman (Spencer Tracy) devotedly plies his trade day in and day out, but he is finding it increasingly harder to compete with the younger […]
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation Starring: Frank Sinatra, Shirley MacLaine, Maurice Chevalier, Louis Jourdan Directed by: Walter Lang Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains minor spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A musical featuring the songs of Cole Porter (although apparently vastly different than the original Broadway production.) Simone Pistache (Shirley MacLaine) runs a nightclub in turn-of-the-century […]
Ann-Margret is seen here holding a kitten in a promotional photo for her 1964 film Kitten With a Whip. Ann-Margret has always been fond of cats, as she explained in a 1972 article written by Joyce Haber for the Sarasota Journal: “Oh, do you like cats?” [Ann-Margret] said excitedly, when I responded to the tiny, […]
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation Starring: Dale Robertson, Richard Widmark, Charles Laughton, Fred Allen Directed by: Henry Hathaway, Howard Hawks, Henry King, Henry Koster, Jean Negulesco Synopsis: An anthology of five different stories from acclaimed writer O. Henry, introduced by fellow author John Steinbeck. An all-star cast brings the following stories to life: The Cop and the Anthem, […]
CBS Films Starring: Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, Justin Timberlake, Ethan Phillips Also Starring: Tigger, Jerry, Daryl Directed by: Ethan & Joel Coen Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains slight spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A slower-paced character study from the Coen Brothers. Llewyn Davis (Oscar Isaac) is a folk singer performing in Greenwich Village, New York in […]
United Artists Starring: Claire Trevor, John Wayne, Andy Devine, John Carradine Directed by: John Ford Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this movie! Synopsis: Considered by many to be the quintessential western film! The Apache, lead by Geronimo, are on the warpath and threaten the route of a stagecoach, which is trying to […]