Family Friendly Movies

When the Saints Go Marching In

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October 29, 2017

When the Saints Go Marching In lyrics – as performed in The Five Pennies, performed by Louis Armstrong and Danny Kaye, special lyrics by Sylvia Fine

Good Night, Sleep Tight lyrics – performed by Louis Armstrong in The Five Pennies, words and music by Sylvia Fine

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October 28, 2017

Lullaby in Ragtime lyrics – performed in The Five Pennies by Danny Kaye, Barbara Bel Geddes words and music by Sylvia Fine

Follow that Leader lyrics – performed by Danny Kaye, Barbara Bel Geddes and Harry Guardino in The Five Pennies. Words and music by Sylvia Fine

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October 28, 2017July 8, 2021

The Five Pennies lyrics – written by Sylvia Fine, performed in The Five Pennies starring her husband, Danny Kaye

This little penny is to wish on
And make your wishes come true
This little penny is to dream on
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5 Fingers (1952) starring James Mason, Danielle Darrieux, Michael Rennie

Synopsis of 5 Fingers

The valet to the British ambassador in Turkey during WWII decides to improve his lot …. By selling his employer’s top-secret documents to the Nazis. This classic spy film stars James Mason. Based on the true story of Elyesa Bazna, one of the most famous spies of World War II. It was nominated for two Academy Awards®.

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October 18, 2017March 25, 2024

Houdini (1998) starring Johnathon Schaech, Stacy Edwards, Mark Ruffalo

Recently, I watched the 1998 Houdini TV biography; I was interested to see how it stood up to other Houdini biographies I’ve seen, such as 1950’s Houdini biography with Tony Curtis, or the more recent Houdini with Adrien Brody. In my opinion, both were entertaining fiction, but very poor biographies. So how did the 1998 version compare?

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October 17, 2017March 15, 2024

The Master Mystery (1920) starring Harry Houdini

The Master Mystery stars Harry Houdini as Justice Department agent Quentin Locke, who is investigating a powerful cartel that’s protected by a “menacing” robot (referred to in the film as “the Automaton‘); the cartel is using a gas weapon called “the Madagascar Madness” — and, given that this is an old-time silent film serial, there’s a cliffhanger ending at the end of each chapter. And, since this is a Houdini film, there’s plenty of escape artistry to get out of them. The Master Mystery is available on DVD as part of the DVD collection, Houdini: The Movie Star.

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October 16, 2017March 7, 2024

Houdini – History Channel biography of Harry Houdini, starring Adrien Brody

Something that comes to mind about the History Channel’s Houdini biography, is actually a comic strip. Once, many years ago in the Bloom County comic strip, Opus the penguin was writing a movie review, which read in part:

“This bad film just oozed rottenness from every bad scene –simply bad beyond beyond all dimensions of possible badness. Well, maybe not that bad, but Lord, it wasn’t good.”

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October 15, 2017March 15, 2024

movie review of The Grim Game (1919) starring Harry Houdini

The Grim Game was a silent film starring the great magician and escape artist Harry Houdini. He stars as Harvey Hanford, a man wrongly convicted of crimes that he didn’t commit. Using Houdini’s renowned escape abilities, Houdini quickly escapes out of jail. Harvey pursues the true criminal, who kidnapped his love interest.