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31 reviews
Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake

Universal Studios, 1992

William 'Billy' Benedict a bad guy? Never, well maybe
They mention "the glass Key" at the beginning of the film as the key to a position. A warning says, "It is a glass key, be sure it does not break off in your hand." This movie was supposed to be the one that made it for both Veronica Lake and Alan Ladd. They are also together in the film "This Gun for Hire." I did not read the book but Dash-it-all Hammett is usually a lot darker and his ...

Beau Geste [VHS]

24 reviews
Gary Cooper, Ray Milland

Universal Studios, 1992

Hollywood's Greatest Year
It is the general consensus that 1939 was "the year" for Tinseltown. It cranked out some of the greatest films, GONE WITH THE WIND, THE WIZARD OF OZ, DARK VICTORY to name just a few. Beau Geste is the first talkie version and the ultimate classic, directed by William Wellman and boasts a wonderful cast including Gary Cooper, Ray Milland, Robert Preston, and in her first major studio role, ...

Quatermass Xperiment [VHS]

19 reviews
Brian Donlevy; Jack Warner

MGM (Video & DVD), 1996

A good movie to see
Only true fans of science fiction will appreciate the creeping unknown a.k.a.The Quatermass Xperiment. I happen to be one of them. I remember watching this fim at the age of eight and it scared me silly. Later on I understood better and it didn't bother me. Basicly I like the film. When you consider that this is mid 50's London when true special effects weren't even around yet,I think ...

Quatermass Xperiment [VHS]

19 reviews
Brian Donlevy, Jack Warner

MGM (Video & DVD), 2000

A good movie to see
Only true fans of science fiction will appreciate the creeping unknown a.k.a.The Quatermass Xperiment. I happen to be one of them. I remember watching this fim at the age of eight and it scared me silly. Later on I understood better and it didn't bother me. Basicly I like the film. When you consider that this is mid 50's London when true special effects weren't even around yet,I think ...

Command Decision [VHS]

24 reviews
Clark Gable, Walter Pidgeon

MGM (Warner), 1998

GABLE fan? Get this one!
Was really pleased with the quality of the print on COMMAND DECISION... It is truly one of the best WW II movies made... The star lineup is perfect, with the match of characters... Though never seeing any ACTION, other then some tense landings, this drama paints a truly remarkable picture of the people back at BASE who have to live daily with their life altering DECISIONS... To any FAN of the WW ...

Barbary Coast [VHS]

8 reviews
Miriam Hopkins, Edward G. Robinson

MGM (Video & DVD), 2000

Joel McCrea; need I say more?
All I have to say is this is one of THE most perfect films ever made! I mean, come on, how can you beat a movie that has all of the best main ingredients, ie. ~ Joel McCrea is all of his perfect glory! ~ Joel McCrea fawning over Percy Bysshe Shelley's writing in all of his perfect glory ~ A lovely period film with wonderful acting and actors! ~ Did I mention Joel McCrea? Oh, specially the ...

Birth of the Blues [VHS]

3 reviews
Bing Crosby, Mary Martin

Universal Studios, 1995

classic Bing Crosby vehicle--even with a problem or two (three and one-half stars)
Birth Of The Blues is a musical vehicle for the great Bing Crosby. Sure, some of this plot may be rather fictionalized; but that's not what really matters. You watch this film for the song and dance numbers. The convincing acting held my attention all the way; and the plot moves along at a good pace. When the action starts, a young Jeff Lambert is getting the spanking of his life from his ...

Brigham Young: Frontiersman [VHS]

16 reviews
Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell

20th Century Fox, 1995

Great movie with some errors in history.
Overall, I thought that this was a well done movie. I thought the story concept of religious persecution and trying to learn to listen to God and follow Him were beautifully woven into this historical event. However, it was a fractured history on many occasions. There is a trial at the beginning (beautiful story telling) that never occurred because Joseph Smith never had a trial in Carthage and ...

Miracle of Morgan's Creek [VHS]

55 reviews
Eddie Bracken, Betty Hutton

Paramount, 1998

One of the craziest and zaniest.
This has got to be one of the funniest, hilarious, zaniest, outrageous movies of its time. Preston Struges, was one of the top writers then directors for Paramount Studios when he made this film. He was the type of man to have a crazy scene in there some kind of way. Another thing about him is that he sprinkled the word sex in his movies pretty liberally. Supposedly, it was made in 1941,1942, ...

Kiss of Death [VHS]

48 reviews
Victor Mature, Brian Donlevy

20th Century Fox, 1995

Victor Mature is the real star in this ace noir that made Richard Widmark's name
Nick Bianco and his gang sweat through the first few minutes of this knockout noir as they pull off a jewelry heist on a high floor in a Manhattan skyscraper. The tension is superbly handled as the trio waits out a long elevator ride down, knowing that one of the tied up or unconscious jewelers could be alerting the police at any time, and the Christmas joy and cheer around them only heightens ...

Southern Yankee [VHS]

4 reviews
Red Skelton, Brian Donlevy

MGM (Warner), 1994

Red Skelton at his best!
This movie is the greatest! Red Skelton is at his funniest in this hilarious film about a northern bellboy who dreams of becoming a spy during the Civil War. He finally gets his chance when he accidentally falls in with a ring of southern spies who think he is the notorious spy, "The Grey Spider". His adventures while masquerading as the grey spider will have you laughing long after the ...

In Old Chicago [VHS]

21 reviews
Tyrone Power, Alice Faye

20th Century Fox, 1994

Now That's Entertainment!
They really do not make movies like this wonderful classic anymore. Fine lead performances from handsome Tyrone Power, beautiful Alice Faye and debonair Don Ameche. Hearing the gorgeous Ms. Faye sing my state song "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny" is well worth the price of this dvd alone. It was an old slave song which because of our politically correct era was revised (lyrics were eliminated ...

Destry Rides Again [VHS]

41 reviews
Marlene Dietrich, James Stewart

Universal Studios, 1992

You've Got the Look
We watched this particular DVD and I have to say, this film needs restoration badly. When Dietrich gets on stage to sing "See What the Boys in the Back Room Will Have,"you can barely distinguish her from the gauze curtain behind her. (Or was she photographed with a piece of gauze hung between her and the camera?) Universal did her no favors in the hair or makeup department either; when wet, ...

Two Years Before the Mast (B&W) [VHS]

6 reviews
Alan Ladd, Brian Donlevy

Universal Studios, 1998

A Great movie, with a Great Star!
One of the best (boys) adventure books ever written was Charles Henry Dana's Two Years Before the Mast. I read this book when I was 12, along with R.L. Stevenson's Treasure Island, and DaFoe's Robinson Caruso. This movie adaptation of Dana's work is as close to the book as Hollywood has ever gotten with transfering a book to the screen. Especially since this film was made in the 1940s. ...

Wake Island [VHS]

27 reviews
Brian Donlevy, Robert Preston

Universal Studios, 1992

Wake Island
One of the great movies of 'defeat' done in the 1940s to celebrate the heroism of the American forces overrun by the Japanese in the Pacific in the early months of WW2. It is very much 'fictionalised' and introduces the stock characters and heroic gestures that fill Hollywood war movies up to the 1980s about. An insight into the mood in which WW2 was perceived at the time. A precious piece of ...

Jesse James [VHS]

21 reviews
Tyrone Power, Henry Fonda

20th Century Fox, 1999

Good value, great pic.
I love the chance to get at a cheap rate this ol' classic. The quality of the VHS was good, though it's also available in DVD. Nice add to my collection.

Union Pacific [VHS]

11 reviews
Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea

Universal Studios, 1995

Union Pacific
Well, it must be a good movie, since I never forgot what I have seen when I was 11. This movie was one of the first we got to watch in Bavaria, after the war. I am a little older now, but would like to see it again, mayby in the original, why not? Johannes.

Impact [VHS]

18 reviews
Brian Donlevy, Ella Raines

United American Video, 1998

A Romantic Triangle and Murder
Impact, 1947 film An impact is the collision between two bodies. A board of directors meets. Walt Williams tells them about the need for buying three new plants. His wife Irene has a toothache. They will meet in the afternoon for a trip to Tahoe. Walt drives a Packard roadster. His wife has a scheme. Jim Torrent meets him. Walt is knowledgeable. They drive at night until a tire goes flat. Jim ...

Hostile Guns [VHS]

1 review
George Montgomery, Yvonne De Carlo

Paramount, 1995

A Tab Hunter Western
A grade "B" western that deserves a "D" grade. It showcased a Tab Hunter as a young cowboy with a cocky attitude, but Tab was 35 by the time this western was made and in some cases he looked it. However there was excellent character interplay between Hunter and George Montgomery and Yvonne DeCarlo. The crooked railroad commissioner was a blowbag and played to the hilt. For a gang of cut-throats ...

Quatermass 2 [VHS]

40 reviews
Brian Donlevy, John Longden

Starz / Anchor Bay, 1999

A classic....
I first saw this movie on public television while sick at home. My mind, high on cough syrup, was hooked by the movie which I watched while in a dark room, sipping orange juice and trying to get some rest. The feeling that something was going wrong, the slow build up, as fact after fact screamed to Quatermass that he had to act and act now! The chilling part of the movie was really how ...

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