Showing posts with label Maureen O'Sullivan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Maureen O'Sullivan. Show all posts
Friday, 2 October 2020
Thursday, 30 July 2020
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."
Tuesday, 21 August 2018
Thursday, 26 January 2017
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."
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