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The Hustler, starring Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason, Piper Laurie, George C. Scott

The Hustler

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The Hustler, starring Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason, Piper Laurie, George C. Scott

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Minnesota Fats (Jackie Gleason) shooting pool in "The Hustler"

Buy from Amazon The Hustler – Blu-ray – Paul Newman heads a superb cast featuring Jackie Gleason, George C. Scott and Piper Laurie in the riveting film that received an Academy Award nomination as Best Picture of 1961 and brought all four of it’s Oscar nomination. Newman (Best Actor nominee) is electrifying as Fast Eddie Felson, an arrogant, amoral hustler who haunts backstreet pool rooms fleecing anyone who’ll pick up a cue. Determined to be acclaimed as the best, Eddie seeks out the legendary Minnesota Fats (Gleason, Supporting Actor nominee), who’s backed by Bert Gordon (Scott, Supporting Actor nominee), a predatory gambler.

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Gleason: The Jackie Gleason Story (2002) starring Brad Garrett

Gleason, starring Brad Garrett

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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 wonderful acting job, but he truly made the character of Jackie Gleason come to life.   Given his size, I would never have believed that he could carry off the role of the pudgy comedian Jackie Gleason.  I was totally wrong.

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Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962) starring Anthony Quinn, Jackie Gleason, Mickey Rooney, Julie Harris

Requiem for a Heavyweight

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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.   In short,  Rocky it isn’t.   The movie begins with Anthony Quinn, the ‘Heavyweight’ of the title, losing his final boxing match to (a very young) Cassius Clay.    Anthony Quinn’s character, Louis ‘Mountain’ Rivera, has become punch-drunk and is on the verge of losing his eyesight in the boxing ring.   His corrupt manager (played extremely well by  Jackie Gleason, in a very serious role) needs to find a way to pay back the mob  … and if that means ruining Rivera’s chance at happiness, then so be it.  

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Night Flight (1933) starring John Barrymore, Clark Gable, Robert Montgomery, William Gargan, Helen Hayes, Myrna Loy

Night Flight

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Night Flight (1933) starring  John Barrymore,  Clark Gable,  Robert Montgomery,  William Gargan,  Helen Hayes,  Myrna Loy

Product Description of  Night Flight (DVD)

buy Night Flight from Amazon.com  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 in by daring pilots who risk the treacherous weather and forbidding peaks of the Andes.

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Counsellor at Law starring John Barrymore, Doris Kenyon, Melvyn Douglas, Bebe Daniels

Counsellor at Law

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Counsellor at Law  (1933) starring John Barrymore, Doris Kenyon, Melvyn Douglas, Bebe Daniels

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Counsellor at Law starring John Barrymore, Doris Kenyon, Melvyn Douglas, Bebe Daniels

buy Counsellor at Law from Amazon.com 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 art deco office high in the Empire State Building. Balanced on an ethical tightrope, Simon engages in insider trading and bleeds funds from wealthy clients, while tending to the needs of the less fortunate New Yorkers who come from his own working-class (Jewish) background. A political enemy uncovers a past legal indiscretion and begins disbarment proceedings, causing Simon’s socialite wife (Doris Kenyon) to seek comfort in the arms of another man (Melvyn Douglas). With the unflagging support of his faithful secretary (Bebe Daniels), Simon attempts to exercise his legalistic wizardry to defend his reputation and protect those who rely upon him for justice.

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Stage Door (1937) starring Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, Lucille Ball, Ann Miller, Eve Arden

Stage Door

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Stage Door (1937) starring  Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, Lucille Ball, Ann Miller, Eve Arden

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A Tale of Two Cities, starring Ronald Coleman, Elizabeth Allan, Donald Woods, Edna May Oliver, Reginald Owen, Blanche Yurka, Basil Rathbone

A Tale of Two Cities

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A Tale of Two Cities (1935). Starring Ronald Colman,  Elizabeth Allan,  Donald Woods,  Edna May Oliver,  Reginald Owen,  Blanche Yurka,  Basil Rathbone

Synopsis of  A Tale of Two Cities

buy A Tale of Two Cities from Amazon.com  A Tale of Two Cities (1935)  “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times….” Charles Dickens‘ tale of love and tumult during the French Revolution comes to the screen in a sumptuous film version by the producer famed for nurturing sprawling literary works: David O. Selznick (David Copperfield, Anna Karenina, Gone with the Wind). Ronald Colman (The Prisoner of Zenda) stars as Sydney Carton. He’s sardonic, dissolute, a wastrel… And destined to redeem himself in an act of courageous sacrifice. “It’s a far, far better thing I do than I’ve ever done,” Carton muses at that defining moment.

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David Copperfield (1935) starring Freddie Bartholomew, Frank Lawton, W.C. Fields

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David Copperfield (1935) starring  Freddie Bartholomew,  Frank Lawton,  W.C. Fields, Basil Rathbone  There’s a lot of good things to be said about  David Copperfield —… Read More »David Copperfield

Leave Her to Heaven starring Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, Jean Crain, Vincent Price

Leave Her to Heaven

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Leave Her to Heaven (1945) starring Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, Jean Crain, Vincent Price

reviewed by The Masked Reviewer

buy Leave Her to Heaven from Amazon.com  Richard Harland (Cornel Wilde) elopes with a charming young socialite Ellen Berent (Gene Tierney). Only to find her family surprised by his appearance more than the sudden marriage. All seems to be going well for the happy couple until Richard decides to invite his little brother Danny (Darryl Hickman) to Ellen’s special summer home. Danny’s visit changes into Danny moving in permanently. All Ellen wants is to live a quiet happy life with Richard. Richard doesn’t understand that so he also invites her mother, and cousin to live with them for the summer. Ellen can’t stand this invasion of privacy anymore. You must watch Leave Her to Heaven for yourself. Because it has one of the finest portrayals of madness in film. This is an excellent film.

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