BR: Man Called Peter, A (1955)
While the film’s titular subject of former U.S. Senate chaplain Peter Marshall was (and may remain) the film’s main draw, the production is also known among classic film fans Foxologists as Jean Peters’ final film…
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Wynne Wins, and Two Shades of Jimmy Stewart
Blu-ray reviews of two starkly different Jimmy Stewart films from Twilight Time – Two Rode Together (1962) and Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962) – and thoughts on Kathleen Wynne’s majority victory over Mr. Permasmile and Ms. Bland.
BR: Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962)
Author Edward Streeter may not have realized t when he wrote the novel Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation in 1954, but he actually created the template for the classic 80s family vacation comedy in which a befuddled father and marginally frustrated wife have to deal with the antics of their kids on foreign terrain…
BR: Robe, The (1953)
Film: Very Good BR Transfer: Very Good BR Extras: Excellent Label: 20th Century-Fox Region: All Released: March 17, 2009 Genre: Biblical Epic / Drama Synopsis: The Roman who supervised the crucifixion of Jesus Christ is haunted by guilt, and fears the power of the dead king’s robe. Special Features: Introduction by Martin Scorsese (1:19) / […]
Hollywood Gothic, Part I: My Cousin Rachel (1952)
DVD review of the little-known (well, certainly for me) 1952 gothic suspense-drama My Cousin Rachel (Twilight Time), starring Olivia de Havilland, and a young fresh-faced snot named Richard Burton.
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