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Monthly Archives: November 2021
Train to Alcatraz (1948) Philip Ford, Don ‘Red’ Barry, Janet Martin, William Phipps
The last car of a transcontinental train streaking through desolate desert country Read More »
The Well (1997) Samantha Lang, Pamela Rabe, Miranda Otto, Paul Chubb
Young Katherine and her older friend Hester live at the isolated farm run by Hester Read More »
Outrage! (1986) Walter Grauman, Robert Preston, Beau Bridges, Burgess Meredith
After a technicality results in the release of a man being tried for the rape Read More »
Waterloo Bridge (1931) James Whale, Mae Clarke, Douglass Montgomery, Doris Lloyd
In World War I London, Myra is an American out of work chorus girl making ends Read More »
The Feminine Touch (1956) Pat Jackson, George Baker, Belinda Lee, Delphi Lawrence
The public and private lives of 5 girls, who start out as student nurses Read More »
The Cowboy Quarterback (1939) Noel M. Smith, Bert Wheeler, Marie Wilson, Gloria Dickson
Football scout for the Chicago Packers Rusty Walker signs Harry Lynn, a legendary broken-field runner. Read More »
The Chair (1963) Robert Drew
THE CHAIR follows in the footsteps of lawyers Donald Moore and Louis Nizer Read More »
Before Hollywood, There Was Fort Lee, N.J. (1964) Thomas Hanlon
When Hollywood was mostly orange groves, Fort Lee, New Jersey Read More »
Silver City (2004) John Sayles, Chris Cooper, Thora Birch, Maria Bello
Set against the backdrop of a mythic “New West,” a satire that follows grammatically-challenged Read More »