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The Fighting Sullivans (1944) starring Anne Baxter, Thomas Mitchell, Selena Royle There are a great many positive things to say about The Fighting Sullivans — it’s set against the backdrop of World War II, but at it’s heart it’s the story of a loving Irish Catholic family, raising...
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May 5, 2016 admin
Drama
Synopsis of How to Commit Marriage (1969) starring Bob Hope, Jackie Gleason, Jane Wyman In How to Commit Marriage, seemingly happily married couple Frank and Elaine Benson (played by Bob Hope and Jane Wyman) are on the verge of divorce. But they plan to wait until after their daughter’s marriage. The...
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May 4, 2016 admin
Comedy, Drama
Plot Synopsis: of Izzy and Moe, starring Jackie Gleason and Art Carney, courtesy of Amazon.com This is the film based on the true adventures of Izzy and Moe. They were two retired vaudeville performers who, being unemployed, decide to become prohibition enforcement agents. They are initially treated with...
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May 4, 2016 admin
Comedy, Drama
Editorial Review of The Hustler, starring Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason, Piper Laurie, George C. Scott courtesy of Amazon.com In The Hustler, Paul Newman shines as cocky poolroom hustler “Fast” Eddie Felson in Robert Rossen’s atmospheric adaptation of the Walter Tevis novel. Newman’s Felson is a swaggering pool shark...
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May 3, 2016 admin
Drama
Gleason: The Jackie Gleason Story (2002) starring Brad Garrett Gleason is a wonderfully done television biography of Jackie Gleason, starring Brad Garrett, best known for his television sitcoms Everybody Loves Raymond and Til Death. I was absolutely flabbergasted by Brad Garrett’s performance. Not only did he do a...
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May 3, 2016 admin
Drama
Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962) starring Anthony Quinn, Jackie Gleason, Mickey Rooney, Julie Harris Requiem for a Heavyweight is a very powerful, very hard-hitting movie about boxing. Rod Serling wrote a teleplay that shows the steamy underbelly of professional boxing — and it’s not a pretty picture....
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May 3, 2016 admin
Drama
Night Flight (1933) starring John Barrymore, Clark Gable, Robert Montgomery, William Gargan, Helen Hayes, Myrna Loy Product Description of Night Flight (DVD) Polio breaks out in Rio de Janeiro, the serum is in Santiago and there’s only one way to get the medicine where it’s desperately needed: flown...
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May 3, 2016 admin
Drama
Counsellor at Law (1933) starring John Barrymore, Doris Kenyon, Melvyn Douglas, Bebe Daniels Product Description of Counsellor at Law In Counsellor at Law, John Barrymore stars as George Simon, a high-powered attorney who frantically juggles scandals, crimes and crises that pass through the chrome-and glass doors of his...
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May 3, 2016 admin
Drama
Stage Door (1937) starring Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, Lucille Ball, Ann Miller, Eve Arden Plot synopsis of Stage Door In Stage Door, Terry Randall (Katherine Hepburn), rich society beauty, has decided to see if she can break into the Broadway theater scene without her family connections. She goes...
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April 25, 2016 admin
Drama
The Adventures of Marco Polo, starring Gary Cooper, Basil Rathbone, George Barbier, Sigrid Gurie, Alan Hale Editorial review of The Adventures of Marco Polo courtesy of Amazon.com Come along on a fantastic journey with the first European to visit China. It is the Thirteenth Century, and Marco Polo...
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April 10, 2016 admin
Drama
