The Manchurian Candidate (Special Edition)203 reviews
Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey

MGM (Video & DVD), 2004

The Manchurian Candidate, a political thriller

+ A Classic...
+ Even in a Post USSR World the Original Still Resonates
+ The Manchurian Candidate (special edition)
  
  











  



  
To Kill a Mockingbird (Universal Legacy Series)367 reviews
Gregory Peck, John Megna

Universal Studios, 2005

RACIALLY TORN ALABAMA

+ Most memorable movie, ever.
+ To Kill a Mockingbird
+ To Kill a Mockingbird
  
  











  



  
Stagecoach85 reviews
Claire Trevor, John Wayne

Warner Home Video, 2007

Stagecoach

+ Classic Western
+ Stagecoach
+ Stagecoach
+ A Classic Western
  
  











  



  
A Place in the Sun97 reviews
Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor

Paramount, 2001

the American dream which dissolved into a nightmare

+ Camara as Observer
+ a place in the sun
+ Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift terrific in this film
+ Painfully Touching, Difficult Viewing, Classic Film!
  
  











  



  
King Kong (Single-Disc Edition)194 reviews
Robert Armstrong, Roscoe Ates

Turner Home Ent, 2006

LET'S TALK ABOUT ALL KING KONGS

+ King Kong (1933) - Still Modern Classic
+ Just what I expected, from Amazon!
+ Long Live The King
+ King Kong 1933
  
  











  



  
Johnny Belinda32 reviews
Jane Wyman, Lew Ayres

Warner Home Video, 2006

Remarkable performance from Wyman

+ Poor thing!
+ A surprising film
+ Powerful melondrama
+ Johnny Belinda
  
  











  



  
The Philadelphia Story148 reviews
Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn

Warner Home Video, 2000

Classic movie

+ Timless acting, devastating wit, and, um... the script still neeeds work
+ The Philadelphia Story
+ The course of true love... ...gathers no moss.
  
  











  



  
Dinner at Eight36 reviews
Marie Dressler, John Barrymore

Warner Home Video, 2005

stunning character studies with comedy and tragedy that is as good as it gets

+ One of the best!
+ High society during Great Depression
+ Dinner at Eight
+ One of the great sophisticated pre-code films
  
  











  



  
The Heiress (Universal Cinema Classics)95 reviews
Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift

Universal Studios, 2007

An "unmarriageble" girl

+ An Additional Wrinkle
+ "You have found a tongue at last, Catherine!"
+ empowerment, 1940s style
+ The Heiress
  
  











  



  
Little Women (1933)32 reviews
Katharine Hepburn, Joan Bennett

Turner Home Ent, 2001

Little Women (1933) - still young and beautiful

+ Some Comparisons
+ Marvelous classic!

Little Women (1933), directed by George Cukor story of March family, four beautiful loving sisters and their Marmee, is an early adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's beloved 1860s classic and certainly one of the best. This is the movie that I believe should be universally loved and praised because it ...
  
  











  



  
Blue Bird41 reviews
Shirley Temple, Spring Byington

20th Century Fox, 2007

A Child's Bluebird of Happiness

+ pure and simple story
+ Early Color Classic

I'm prejudiced about this film, because I saw it as a small child, and was absolutely enchanted. From a child's viewpoint, everything looked magical. I especially loved the fairy, Light, and the Land of the Unborn Children. As a grownup, I can appreciate the slightly tacky, not to mention ...
  
  











  



  
Since You Went Away63 reviews
Claudette Colbert, Jennifer Jones

MGM (Video & DVD), 2004

Another great classic

+ It's Not the Best, But It Still Works for Me
+ Wonderful Memory film

I have loved this movie since I was a kid watching the Million Dollar Movie. If you like old movies & appreciate great film making try this one.
  
  











  



  
It's a Wonderful Life (60th Anniversary Edition)486 reviews
James Stewart, Donna Reed

Paramount, 2006

Adding Color To A Classic

+ If This Movie Doesn't Get To You, You Just Don't Get Christmas.
+ It's a Wonderful Life
+ It's a Wonderful Life (60th Anniversary Edition)
+ "It truly is a Wonderful Life"
  
  











  



  
The Postman Always Rings Twice37 reviews
Lana Turner, John Garfield

Warner Home Video, 2004

Love and lust, love and murder. James M. Cain, John Garfield and Lana Turner make a fine, tawdry story

+ Lana at her beautiful best
+ A classic Film Noire

With platinum hair, dark eyelashes and pouty lips, Cora Smith is a slut to dream about. Or maybe she's just an ambitious, dissatisfied wife, married to Nick, the fat older owner of a greasy roadside diner. Or maybe all those banked flames of hers are getting too much fresh oxygen from tough, dumb ...
  
  











  



  
The Last Picture Show (Definitive Director's Cut Special Edition)85 reviews
Sam Bottoms, Timothy Bottoms

Sony Pictures, 1999

An American Classic

+ Cinema in Paradise
+ The Peyton Place of the South
+ One of the Great Films
  
  











  



  
Portrait of Jennie68 reviews
Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten

MGM (Video & DVD), 2004

Movie - Portrait of Jennie

+ Recommended purchase
+ a stunning classic
+ A Portrait of Love!
+ Fans of Ghost and Mrs. Muir and Somewhere in Time will adore Portrait of Jennie
  
  











  



  
Judgment at Nuremberg84 reviews
Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster

MGM (Video & DVD), 2004

A Film for All Seasons

+ Is it any wonder that with a triumphant director, an all-star cast & an out-of-sight screenplay...
+ For once, the hype is richly deserved
+ Fantastic!!
+ How easily we fool ourselves
  
  











  



  
The Last Hurrah17 reviews
Spencer Tracy, Jeffrey Hunter

Sony Pictures, 1999

IF ALL POLITICS IS LOCAL, THIS IS CLASSIC POLITICS

+ Hollywood's Mayoral Politics
+ Great film with one "flaw"

The films begins with Mayor Frank Skeffington (Tracy) coming down the staircase of his large home and stopping to put a fresh flower in the vase under the picture of his deceased wife. He is soon joined in his large home office by his loyal staff who prepare him for the day's activities and getting ...
  
  











  



  
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (Two-Disc Special Edition)174 reviews
Bette Davis, Joan Crawford

Warner Home Video, 2006

Misery

+ Parakeets for lunch, rats for dinner
+ A Classic Thriller!
+ MASOCHISM VS SADISM
+ DVD Arrival
  
  











  



  
The Bad and the Beautiful33 reviews
Lana Turner, Kirk Douglas

Turner Home Ent, 2002

WHERE ARE YOU, JONATHAN?

+ All about Jonathan . . .
+ Hollywoods Facade
+ Great Cast!