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Ronald Colman, Celeste Holm and Vincent Price star in a thoroughly delightful comedy from 1950 called “Champagne for Caesar.” Colman plays Beauregard Bottomley, a voracious reader who cannot find a job. He rails against the threats to the country’s intellectual … Continue reading →

As one of the most talented Hollywood refugee’s of the blacklist era, Jules Dassin went to Europe and never looked back. He’s responsible for some remarkable films, including “The Naked City (1948)” and “Thieves Highway (1949)” during his Hollywood years, … Continue reading →

It’s hard to imagine a more moving cinematic experience than the three films Satyajit Ray made in the 1950’s about the youth and young adulthood of Apu. The “Apu Trilogy,” which starts out with 1955’s “Pather Panchali,” also includes “Aparajito … Continue reading →

The turbulent history of “Lost Horizon,” the 1937 Columbia Pictures movie directed by Frank Capra and starring Ronald Coleman, shows the passion of film restorers who searched the world for images for a movie that came close to being mostly … Continue reading →

Maureen O’Hara and Errol Flynn perform some wonderful swashbuckling action in “Against All Flags,” a glorious 1952 pirate movie that also stars Anthony Quinn. Flynn plays Brian Hawke, a Royal Navy officer working undercover to defeat a rowdy bunch of … Continue reading →

I expect Fritz Lang to deliver a well-crafted and interesting drama no matter what the subject, but 1937’s “You Only Live Once,” starring Henry Fonda and Sylvia Sidney holds together beautifully on Fonda’s impressive performance. Fonda plays Eddie Taylor, an … Continue reading →

Universal International Pictures must have thought it couldn’t miss with “Buccaneer’s Girl,” which came out in 1950 and stars Yvonne De Carlo and Philip Friend in a pirate adventure in New Orleans and the high seas. Friend possessed the talent … Continue reading →

The delightful “We’re Not Married!” — released in 1952 — follows the consequences involving 5 long-time married couples who suddenly learn their marriages are not legal. This complication occurs because the Justice of the Peace (Victor Moore) started performing wedding … Continue reading →

An Austrian film, “Sissi,” from 1955, tells the adventure of a Bavarian duchess (Elizabeth) who becomes the Empress of Austria when she marries Franz Josef 1. The film starts with the teenage Elizabeth enjoying life with her large family in … Continue reading →

The spectacular Technicolor epic “Reap the Wild Wind,” released by Paramount Pictures in 1942, seems like a cross between a pirate movie and “Gone With the Wind.” It also adds an extended courtroom scene and an underwater special effects battle … Continue reading →