Showing posts with label Maureen O'Sullivan. Show all posts
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Friday, 2 October 2020

Where Danger Lives (1950)


A young doctor falls in love with a disturbed young woman, becomes involved in the death of her husband, and has to flee with her to the Mexican border.

Thursday, 30 July 2020

A Day at the Races (1937)


A veterinarian posing as a doctor, a race-horse owner and his friends struggle to help keep a sanitarium open with the help of a misfit race-horse.

Saturday, 29 June 2019

A Day at the Races (1937)



A veterinarian posing as a doctor and a race-horse owner and his friends struggle to help keep a sanitarium open with the help of a misfit race-horse.

From memory: A perfect Marx Brothers vessel: embedded in a silly romance and interspersed with mediocre musical asides, the trio finds enough room to wreak havoc with their anarchic humor.

Halliwell****: "Fashions in Marxism change, but this top quality production, though lacking their zaniest inspirations, does contain several of their funniest routines and a spectacularly well integrated racehorse climax. The musical and romantic asides are a matter of taste but delightfully typical of their time."

Maltin***1/2: "...often uproarious comedy features some of the trio's funniest set pieces...A perfunctory storyline and unmemorable songs keep it from tooping its immediate predecessor, A NIGHT AT THE OPERA...but the comedy is sensational."

Sunday, 2 August 2015

The Big Clock (1948)



A career oriented magazine editor finds himself on the run when he discovers his boss is framing him for murder.

Superior Noir thriller with a wonderful cast, some great settings and excellent b/w photography.

Halliwell*: "Slick but rather empty thriller with judicious use of adequate talent."

Maltin***: "Vibrant melodrama...Elsa Lanchester has hilariousvignette as eccentric artist."