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Sherlock Holmes: The Woman In Green (in Color)

user — Tue, 19 Jul 2022 01:45:00 +0000

Sherlock Holmes: The Woman In Green (1945) starring Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Hillary Brooke, Henry Daniell The Woman in Green is a very enjoyable Sherlock Holmes murder mystery. There are serial murderrs, with the corpse having been mutiliated. Who’s behind it? Why? I smell the faint, sweet odor of blackmail. Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) At…

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Captain Kidd [Charles Laughton]

user — Fri, 25 Feb 2022 16:30:00 +0000

Captain Kidd (1945) starring Charles Laughton, John Carradine, Randolph Scott, Gilbert Roland, Barbara Britton, Henry Daniell In this unhistorical account, Captain Kidd is already a clever, ruthless pirate when, in 1699, he tricks the king into commissioning him as escort for a treasure ship from India. Review Frankly, Captain Kidd is a very enjoyable movie.…

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Witness for the Prosecution

user — Fri, 24 Sep 2021 07:26:00 +0000

Witness for the Prosecution (1957) starring Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester, Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich In Witness for the Prosecution, a wealthy widow is found murdered. Her married suitor, Leonard Vole, is accused of the crime. Vole’s only hope for acquittal is the testimony of his wife … But his airtight alibi shatters when she reveals…

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My Fair Lady

user — Sun, 19 Jul 2020 12:33:00 +0000

In My Fair Lady, pompous phonetics professor Henry Higgins transforms Eliza Doolittle, a Cockney working-class girl into a cultured member of high society. But what then? My Fair Lady (1964) starring Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison Synopsis of My Fair Lady My Fair Lady is the tale of a Cockney flower girl becoming the belle of British society. She’s…

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The Body Snatcher [Boris Karloff]

user — Mon, 15 May 2017 01:48:34 +0000

The Body Snatcher (1945) starring Boris Karloff, Henry Daniell, Bela Lugosi The Body Snatcher is considered by many to be Boris Karloff’s finest role–and they may well be right. Unlike what the trailer for the movie says, this is not a team-up between Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi. Both appear in The Body Snatcher,…

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Lust for Life

user — Sat, 26 Mar 2016 11:09:06 +0000

Lust for Life (1956) starring Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, directed by Vincente Minelli In short, Kirk Douglas shines in his performance as Vincent van Gogh. Kirk Douglas gave many great performances in his career, but none better than in Lust for Life. He portrays the Dutch painter, a brilliant artist that was tragically tormented by…

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The Great Dictator

user — Fri, 12 Feb 2016 21:17:24 +0000

The Great Dictator, starring Charlie Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie, Reginald Gardiner, Henry Daniell, Billy Gilbert The Great Dictator, possibly the most well-known of Charlie Chaplin’s films, was a timely satire on Nazisim and fascism in general, and Adolph Hitler in particular. In it, Charlie Chaplin plays a double role — Adenoid Hynkel, autocratic dictator…

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