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 […]
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, […]
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation Starring: Tula Belle, Robin Macdougall, Lillian Cook, Tom Corless, Charles Ascot Directed by: Maurice Tourneur Synopsis: A striking, silent film version of the stage play which finds sister and brother Mytyl (Tula Belle) and Tyltyl (Robin Macdougall), the children of a poor but happy woodcutter and his wife, sent upon a mission to find the […]
Original Air Date: November 5, 1967 Starring: Peter Graves, Greg Morris, Barbara Bain, Martin Landau Also Starring: Rusty Directed by: Alexander Singer Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: The assigment the team chooses to accept this time is to retrieve a jade seal from a wealthy industrialist named Taggart (Darren McGavin) […]
Warner Bros. Starring: Gary Cooper, Ruth Roman, Steve Cochran, Raymond Massey Directed by: Stuart Heisler Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Blayde Hollister (Gary Cooper) is a man seeking vengeance on the Marlow Brothers who destroyed his home and family, even though this makes Hollister an outlaw himself. He […]
Endgame Entertainment Starring: Adrian Brody, Mark Ruffalo, Rachel Weisz, Rinko Kikuchi Directed by: Rian Johnson Synopsis: The quirky, crazy tale of two Brothers named Bloom (Adrian Brody) and Stephen (Mark Ruffalo) who, from a young age, become adept confidence men. With the help of their multi-faceted companion Bang Bang (Rinko Kikuchi), they set out to bilk a lonely, […]
English Title: Seven Dead in the Cat’s Eye Capitole Films Starring: Jane Birkin, Hiram Keller, Françoise Christophe, Venantino Venantini Directed by: Antonio Margheriti Synopsis: An ancestral Scottish castle is the setting for this Italian horror film. A young woman named Corringa (Jane Birkin) arrives at the family estate to meet her mother (Dana Ghia) and Aunt Mary (Françoise Christophe), […]
Touchstone Pictures Starring: Will Smith, Gene Hackman, Jon Voight Directed by: Tony Scott Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Robert Clayton Dean (Will Smith) is a successful lawyer who accidentally finds himself entangled in a web of covert surveillance by a ruthless political bigwig named Reynolds (Jon Voight) who uses […]
London Film Productions Starring: Charles Laughton, John Mills, Brenda de Banzie Directed by: David Lean Synopsis: Henry Hobson (Charles Laughton) runs a successful footwear shop in England and rules with an iron fist over his family, including his three daughters. His oldest daughter, Maggie (Brenda de Banzie), sets her sights on the shop’s hard-working, talented bootmaker Willie Mossop […]
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Starring: Ben Blue, Billy Gilbert Directed by: Del Lord Synopsis: In this Taxi Boys short, Schmaltz (Billy Gilbert) is fired from the Black and Blue Cab Company and gets a job as a night watchman at a taxidermist’s shop, having mistaken it for something to do with taxi driving. While in the shop a strange customer (Ben […]