Crown International Pictures Starring: Jayne Mansfield, Dorothy Keller, Fabian Dean, Martin Horsey Directed by: Matt Cimber Synopsis: Jayne Mansfield (in her final screen appearance) plays three incarnations of the same woman who deals with being single in a big city in different ways, going from a wide-eyed innocent child looking for love to a prostitute. The film, which […]
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Starring: Jeanette MacDonald, Robert Young, Ethel Waters Directed by: W.S. Van Dyke Synopsis: In this spy thriller comedy, Homer Smith (Robert Young) is an ambitious small-town newspaper reporter from California who gets the opportunity to go abroad to report on the war. He ends up shipwrecked and comes in contact with a British Intelligence Officer, who imparts […]
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Starring: Gene Kelly, Lana Turner, Vincent Price, June Allyson, Van Helfin Directed by: George Sidney Synopsis: A fun, colorful adaptation of Alexander Dumas’ classic story about D’Artagnan, a young nobleman who hopes to join the King’s Musketeers and his adventures in and around the French Court with his fellow swordsmen, Athos (Van Heflin), Porthos (Gig Young) and […]
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Starring: Lew Ayres, Laraine Day, Basil Rathbone, Walter Kingsford Directed by: Charles Lederer Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains minor spoilers for this film. Synopsis: The city of Chicago is gripped with fear after a series of unexplainable axe murders committed by seemingly insane random men on seemingly random unsuspecting women. Edwina Brown (Laraine Day) […]
Original Title: Night of the Demon Directed by: Jacques Tourneur Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Dr. John Holden (Dana Andrews) is an American psychologist who travels to England to attend a conference about the paranormal when the lead speaker is killed mysteriously. The deceased doctor’s […]
Original Air Date: February 22, 1959 Starring: Lassie, Jon Provost, June Lockhart, Hugh Reilly, George Chandler Guest Starring: Mustard Directed by: Franklin Adreon Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this episode. Synopsis: The Martin family find a stray cat on the doorstep, soaked through by a rainstorm and with a lame paw. They take the […]
English Title: Torment Svensk Filmindustri (SF) Starring: Alf Kjellin, Stig Järrel, Mai Zetterling Directed by: Alf Sjöberg Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: An early screenplay by Ingmar Bergman, Torment is the story of Jan-Erik Widgren (Alf Kjellin), a student pushed to the brink by a sadistic and cruel Latin professor […]
Charles Chaplin Productions Starring: Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie, Reginald Gardiner Directed by: Charles Chaplin Synopsis: Charlie Chaplin’s bitingly sarcastic condemnation of fascism and the Hitler regime, presented brilliantly as comedy. Chaplin’s story takes place in the fictional country of Tomainia where a Jewish barber (Charles Chaplin), suffering from twenty years of amnesia after World War I, […]
RKO Radio Pictures Starring: Katharine Hepburn, Franchot Tone, Fay Bainter, Eric Blore Directed by: George Stevens Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Set in the early 1800’s in England, a young woman named Phoebe Throssel (Katharine Hepburn) still has hopes that the man she loves, Dr. Valentine Brown (Franchot […]
Omnia Pictures Ltd. Starring: Robert Ryan, Chuck Connors, Nanette Newman, Christopher Hartstone Directed by: James Hill Synopsis: Based on stories by Jules Verne. A few of the passengers and crew of a sinking ship are rescued by Captain Nemo (Robert Ryan) in the Nautilus and taken to a fabulous underwater city built by the reclusive man. But not […]