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I’ll Cry Tomorrow (1956), starring Susan Hayward, Eddie Albert, Richard Comte Editorial review of I’ll Cry Tomorrow courtesy of Amazon.com Susan Hayward has a signature role in I’ll Cry Tomorrow, a pedal-to-the-metal look at the troubled times of singer Lillian Roth. Hayward snagged her fourth Oscar nomination for the...
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November 24, 2016 admin
Drama
Badlands (1973) starring Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek Badlands is a very different movie, following the murder spree of a very different villainous couple in the 1950’s. Kit (Martin Sheen) plays a 25-year-old garbage man, who tries to start a relationship with 15-year-old Holly (Sissy Spacek). Kit is a...
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November 6, 2016 admin
Drama
Movie review of Harry and Tonto, starring Art Carney, in his Academy Award (best actor) winning role as Harry, a retired teacher in his seventies living in an area of New York City where he and his deceased wife raised his children – where he’s lived all his...
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October 9, 2016 admin
Drama
DVD review of The King of Comedy (1982), starring Jerry Lewis, Robert Deniro Jerry Lewis‘ The King of Comedy is not the typical Jerry Lewis movie. It’s not a comedy, it’s not for the children. It’s a very dark comedy (although rated PG). The King of Comedy looks at the...
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August 3, 2016 admin
Drama
Editorial Review of Orchestra Wives, courtesy of Amazon.com “It’s Hep! It’s Hot! It’s Hilarious!” reads the tagline for Orchestra Wives, a frothy slice of celluloid made in 1942 and featuring the great Glenn Miller Band. And that tagline is, well, sort of true. As is often the...
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May 11, 2016 admin
Drama
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
