Columbia Pictures Corporation Starring: Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert Directed by: Frank Capra Synopsis: A spoiled heiress named Ellie Andrews (Claudette Colbert), angry over her father’s insistance that she annull a secret marriage, decides to run away. Eventually she bumps into a newspaper reporter named Peter Warne (Clark Gable) who, sensing a story, threatens to spill the beans on […]
Original Air Date: January 22, 1962Starring: Boris Karloff, Nancy Kelly, David McLean, James GriffithGuest Starring: BabaDirected by: Herschel Daugherty Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains minor spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Janet Willsom (Nancy Kelly) returns to her isolated home on the night of a terrible storm and spends some nerve-wracking moments waiting for her husband (David […]
Directed by: William Dieterle Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Allen Quinton (Joseph Cotten) is a British soldier stationed in Italy in World War II where he pens poetic love letters for a fellow soldier to mail to the guy’s girlfriend, Victoria, back home. But Allen […]
Paramount Pictures Starring: Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Patricia Neal, Buddy Ebsen Also Starring: Orangey Directed by: Blake Edwards Synopsis: A wonderful telling of Truman Capote’s novella (with a vastly different ending from the original story!) Paul Varjack (George Peppard) is a struggling writer who is being “kept” by an older woman (Patricia Neal.) He moves into an apartment building […]
EFTIStarring: Kåre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson, Per Ragnar, Henrik DahlDirected by: Tomas Alfredson Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this movie! Synopsis: Oskar (Kåre Hedebrant) is an outcast at school, tormented by bullies and misunderstood by his classmates. When a mysterious girl named Eli (Lina Leandersson) moves into the apartment next to his, […]
Twentieth Century Fox Starring: Shirley Temple, Johnny Russell, Gale Sondergaard, Eddie Collins Directed by: Walter Lang Synopsis: The fanciful tale of a selfish, ungrateful girl named Mytyl (Shirley Temple) who complains about being poor when in fact that she has her health, a home, food and a loving family, is sent on a quest with her little brother […]
Directed by: Sam Wood Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A gentleman thief who leaves calling cards at the scene of his crimes signed “The Amateur Cracksman” is actually the well-liked cricket star A.J. Raffles (David Niven.) Raffles is ready to retire from thievery until a […]
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Starring: Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, Keenan Wynn, Carroll O’Connor Directed by: John Boorman Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains a few minor spoilers for this movie! Synopsis: A lone hitman who goes only by the name of Walker (Lee Marvin) is double-crossed by his partner (John Vernon) after a heist, taking off with both […]
Directed by: Richard Brooks Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Based on the book by Sinclair Lewis. Elmer Gantry (Burt Lancaster) is a slick-talking, boozing salesman who falls for a evangelical revivalist named Sister Sharon Falconer (Jean Simmons) and joins up with the traveling church, using […]
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Starring: Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr, Frank Morgan Directed by: Victor Fleming Synopsis: The classic adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s story about a young girl from Kansas, Dorothy Gale (Judy Garland), who is whisked away in her farmhouse by a tornado to the magical land of Oz where she must overcome adversity to find […]