Showing posts with label Barbara Hale. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Barbara Hale. Show all posts
Sunday, 2 February 2020
Friday, 23 August 2019
The Boy With Green Hair (1948)
This parable looks at public reaction when the hair of an American war orphan mysteriously turns green.
From Memory: Although a bit stilted and pretentious, this still is a powerful anti-war parable with a clear side blow against McCarthyism.
Halliwell (no star): "Muddled, pretentious and unpersuasive fantasy, typical of this producer's do-goodery. One of those oddities which made Hollywood endearing, but not very entertaining apart from Pat O'Brien's garrulous grandpa."
Maltin***: "Thought-provoking allegory...Controversial on its release because of its pacifistic point of view."
Wednesday, 11 January 2017
Airport (1970)
A bomber on board an airplane, an airport almost closed by snow, and various personal problems of the people involved.
The movie that started the 70s series of all-star disaster movies and one of the best; sturdily produced, old-fashioned, with multiple plotlines, suspense, melodrama and some comic relief.
Halliwell***: "Glossy, undeniably entertaining, all-star version of a popular novel, with cradboard characters skilfully deployed in Hollywood's very vest style."
Maltin***1/2: "GRAND HOTEL plot formula reaches latter-day zenith in ultraslick, old-fashioned movie that entertains in spite of itself...Plastic performances dominate, with down-to-earth Kennedy, touching Stapleton, and nervous Heflin standing out."
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