Family Friendly Movies

S’Wonderful song lyrics

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February 25, 2016June 12, 2022

S’Wonderful song lyrics by George Gershwin

Song lyrics to S’Wonderful by George Gershwin, one of the classic tunes from An American in Paris, performed by Gene Kelly and Georges Guetary

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February 25, 2016March 22, 2024

House of Strangers (1949) starring Edward G. Robinson, Richard Comte, Susan Hayward

House of Strangers is supposedly a film noir, but it doesn’t feel like one. Instead, it’s the story of an immigrant family, with a controlling, hard father who runs the family with an iron fist, and his anger and control extends beyond the grave. It’s also the story of the favored son, who goes to prison for his father’s crime — and after his father’s death, manages to break free of the anger and bitterness that his father used to control him.

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February 24, 2016June 12, 2022

Armageddon – The Cosmic Battle of the Ages (Left Behind No. 11) by Tim LaHaye, Jerry B. JenkinsSynopsis of Armageddon – Left Behind No. 11:

Left Behind: Armageddon is the beginning of the end for this popular Left Behind book series, as the living gets more dangerous — and one of the main characters is captured, with no escape possible.

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February 23, 2016April 9, 2021

The Remnant: On the Brink of Armageddon (Left Behind No. 10) by Tim LaHaye, Jerry B. Jenkins

Synopsis of The Remnant – Left Behind No. 10:

Back on track, Left Behind:The Remnant covers the continuing story of the members of the Tribulation Force. The Antichrist tightens his grip on the world. And one member of the Force rescued as another is martyred.Read More »The Remnant: On the Brink of Armageddon

Assassins – Left Behind No. 6

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February 22, 2016April 9, 2021

Assassins: Assignment: Jerusalem, Target: Antichrist (Left Behind No. 6) by Tim LaHaye, Jerry B. Jenkins

Synopsis of Assassins – Left Behind No. 6:

Assassins – Left Behind no. 6 is a very interesting book. There’s much character development, and much activity by the totalitarian Global Community. This leads up to a very surprise ending with the assassination of world leader Nicolae Carpathia.Read More »Assassins – Left Behind No. 6

Black Widow (1954)

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February 20, 2016March 26, 2023

Black Widow (1954) starring Van Helfin, Ginger Rogers

Synopsis

In Black Widow, an aspiring young writer is found dead …. In a Broadway producer’s apartment. Is the Broadway producer helping her guilty?

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February 20, 2016June 12, 2022

Song lyrics to One for my Baby

One for My Baby (and One More for the Road) is a hit song written by Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer for the musical The Sky’s the Limit and first performed in the film by Fred Astaire. It’s been recorded by dozens of performers, notable Frank Sinatra, and performed on film many times, including by Ida Lupino in Road House

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February 20, 2016April 9, 2021

Editorial review of Road House (1948) courtesy of Amazon.com

Road House has acquired a cult as a prime film noir. Certainly the title location is archetypal, a lounge and bowling alley up toward the Canadian border, and Ida Lupino and Richard Widmark make the most of flavorful roles that would qualify them as exemplary noir denizens even if they hadn’t established that elsewhere. Read More »Road House

Moontide

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February 20, 2016February 10, 2024

Moontide (1942) starring Jean Gabin, Ida Lupino, Thomas Mitchell, directed by Fritz Lang and Archie Mayo

Moontide is a variety of things — a forgotten movie with excellent acting, a character study, a film noir. It’s the story of a French wanderer named Bobo (Jean Gabin). Bobo is a handsome, hard-drinking man who considers himself a wandering gypsy. He wanders from place to place and job to job. His best friend Tiny (Thomas Mitchell) tails him. But this friend is more of a leech. He blackmails Bobo into paying his bills so that Tiny doesn’t have to work for a living.

Until they come to a small fishing town, and Bobo falls for a beautiful waitress (Ida Lupino). And after Bobo rescues her from an attempted suicide by drowning, the two begin falling in love. Then, Bobo begins to think about settling down for the first time … But that doesn’t fit in with Tiny’s plans. And an old man has been murdered. But Bobo remembers nothing about it since he was drinking at the time …

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February 19, 2016March 4, 2023

Thirty Seconds over Tokyo (1944) starring Van Johnson, Phyllis Thaxter, Spencer Tracy, Robert Walker, Robert Mitchum

The old adage says that you shouldn’t judge a book by its’ cover — and that goes for DVD cases as well. Judging from the DVD case, you would think that Thirty Seconds over Tokyo is starring Spencer Tracy — and you would be wrong. Spencer Tracy does appear, and he does a fine job portraying James Doolittle, the man behind the World War II raid on Tokyo. But the central character in this movie is pilot Ted Lawson. Van Johnson portrays him excellently. The movie breaks into three parts: