This comment has been removed by the author. Wonderful review.Cagney should have won an Oscar. And Margaret Wycherley, a Best Supporting award.Vienna's Classic Hollywood Vienna, I agree that Cagney should have had at least an Oscar nominati…
Here's the direct link to my blogathon post: http://grandoldmovies.wordpress.com/2013/04/09/cagney-blogathon-song-and-dance-man/ Is the entry for COME FILL THE CUP been postponed? I have written a brief review for my own blog (but not poste…
R.D.,So would you qualify Garbo for this list? She's foreign born for sure, but wasn't in as many "foreign" films I suppose. I also like Danielle Darrieux and her work with Max Ophuls. I also like Bibi Andersson. What about Ingrid Bergman?
A great list. But of course, all these actors worked with great directors - often in great collaborations (Mifune and Shimura with Kurowsawa, von Sydow with Bergman) that created great films. One actor missing from the list in my opinion is…
As someone who has never cared much for "To Have and Have Not", I found "The Breaking Point" to be an exceptional surprise when I finally got around to seeing it. It may be my personal favourite of Garfield's movie, but I don't know that I
Excellent post here, RDF. Bogart and Bacall did have electricity--which is on display in that phone call to the police you discussed. I'm a big stickler for plots making sense, so I don't know if I full appreciate this film as much as you,
I saw this movie long ago but it's one of the ones that stay with you. Fine review of one of Bunuel's most popular and accessible works. It may not deal directly with political or social issues, but it clearly pokes fun at the affluent Fren…
I haven't seen this film, though it sounds, from your description, a more upbeat, conventionalized portrayal of men adjusting to the post-war world, without actually challenging the world that the soldiers come home to (as happens in the Be…
The win-win situation of participating in this Blogathon has been being introduced to so many terrific sites and learning so much about a director I'm thoroughly convinced has been given woefully short shrift. I knew nothing of these wartim…
This is my all-time favorite Bergman film (it's also on the overall list of faves too). It is so lyrical and mystical. I absolutely love the closing shot. A masterpiece. Kim, I certainly agree this is a masterpiece. I'm a huge fan of Bergma…
Sometimes it seems the Academy needs to periodically revisit past awards and make a few adjustments. You've just listed five great reasons it should.I'd assumed that "The Man That Got Away" had won the year it was nominated. I imagined it m…
Great and post and entry in the doggy blogathon. The little dog gives more love and understanding than any person in the film, is wiser, and, in the end, more deserving. As a lifelong dog lover, I was a sucker for this film. But that aside,…