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The Story of Ruth (1960) starring Elena Eden, Peggy Wood, Viveca Lindfors, Tom Tryon, Stuart Whitman Synopsis of The Story of Ruth Inspired by the Biblical story. Moabitess priestess Ruth is drawn both to a Judean man and to his talk of a forgiving God. After tragedy strikes, she begins a new life in...
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August 18, 2017 admin
Drama
The Penalty, starring Lon Chaney, Ethel Grey Terry Synopsis of The Penaty In The Penalty, Lon Chaney stars as Blizzard a criminal mastermind crippled in his childhood by a young doctor’s mistake. He takes his revenge on the world through his crimes. But is the person he has become his fault...
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August 3, 2017 admin
Drama
Marooned (1969) starring Gregory Peck, David Janssen, Richard Crenna, James Franciscus, Gene Hackman Synopsis of Marooned Gripping, yet starkly realistic, portrayal of three astronauts on an extended special mission who find themselves unable to re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere. As the oxygen supply diminishes, the stranded astronauts must face the inevitability of...
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July 9, 2017 admin
Drama, Science Fiction
Hangmen Also Die! (1943), by Fritz Lang, starring Brian Donlevy, Walter Brennan, Gene Lockhart, Anna Lee Synopsis of Hangmen Also Die Hangmen Also Die is set in occupied Czechoslovakia. It revolves around the successful plot by the Czech resistance to assassinate Deputy Reich-Protector of Bohemia and Moravia Hangman Reinhard Heydrich. And the...
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July 5, 2017 admin
Drama, War movie
Isle of the Dead (1949) starring Boris Karloff, Ellen Drew Synopsis of Isle of the Dead In Isle of the Dead, a group of disparate characters are quarantined on a Greek island during the Balkan Wars of 1912. Septicemic plague causes the quarantine, and the group’s only hope is for the hot,...
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June 28, 2017 admin
Drama, Horror movies
The Vanishing Virginian (1942), starring Frank Morgan, Kathryn Grayson Frank Morgan stars in a rare leading role in The Vanishing Virginian and does it well. It’s a sweet, tender story – with moments of bitter-sweetness. The funeral scene for Josh is truly touching, as well as giving Kathryn Grayson...
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June 2, 2017 admin
Drama
The Cabinet of Caligari (1962), starring Glynis Johns First off, it needs to be noted that this is not a remake of the classic horror film. It is, instead, more of a psychological thriller. The Cabinet of Dr. Calibari begins with young Jane (played by the lovely Glynis...
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May 22, 2017 admin
Drama
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945) starring George Sanders, Hurd Hatfield, Angela Lansbury, Donna Reed, Peter Lawford The Picture of Dorian Gray is one of the great movies — about a young man who, after an off-hand wish, finds himself unaging, with age — and corruption — affecting...
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May 22, 2017 admin
Drama
Synopsis of The Black Room (1935) Boris Karloff is superb in a dual role as twin brothers (one evil, one good), born to the ruling family in the early 1800’s in Czechoslovakia. The bad twin inherits the castle and becomes infamous for his sadistic behavior and murders the...
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May 20, 2017 admin
Drama
M (1931) directed by Fritz Lang, starring Peter Lorre I’ve known for a long time that Fritz Lang was a ground-breaking movie director (Metropolis for example)–but I’ve never truly appreciated that for myself, until I recently saw his black and white movie about a search for a child...
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May 12, 2017 admin
Drama
