There are many people who laugh, when John Wayne is called an actor. Those people have never seen The Shootist. Wayne, in the last film he made, gives one of the finest performances of his career. He plays John Books, a gunfighter. John Wayne over his career, played in many westerns. The majority tell the […]

Humphrey Bogart was still a star when he made this film. He was famous for playing gangsters, much like his contemporary,James Cagney. Like Cagney, he decided to do a comedy.This movie is the result. His style, doesn’t translate as well to the screen. It is like taking his character of Roy Earle into a comedy.

This movie is the first sound version of the novel,The Three Godfathers. It was remade twice,once in 1936 and in 1948. The 1948 version starred John Wayne, and was in color. This version is grittier and does give realism to the old west. William Wyler insisted on filming in the desert,in August, which must have

This is the Sixth Christmas movie list. This year, the list is movies that aren’t talked about on an annual basis. A person isn’t drinking cocoa with family and friends, discussing these films. The second container of eggnog has probably been opened. The seasonal beer is probably being consumed. A person in their haste to

What do you get when you conduct nuclear experiments at the north pole? The answer should be more experiments. The answer in this fifties science fiction movie is, a very angry dinosaur. This prehistoric creature is awakened by the blast. His rage causes the death of the research team, except one person, Professor Tom Nesbitt,(Paul

Boris Karloff made horror film respectable. He probably terrified countless children and many adults, playing the Frankenstein monster. There were even members of the cast, who found him scary in makeup. He is, in Bedlam, a different kind of scary. Karloff plays Master George Sims. He is a very creepy man on the fringes of

They Were Expendable is about American military ingenuity and efficiency. It also chronicles one of the lowest points in the history of the military. The story concerns the early use of Patrol Torpedo boats, known as PT boats. They are used to deliver swift attacks against Japanese ships. John Ford, does well showing the battle

Alfred Hitchcock was a young director when he made this film. It is not the type of movie that gave him his famous title, The Master of Suspense. The movie has more to say about how quickly something can be taken away. The interesting thing is how Hitchcock shows the seamy side of life. The

William Holden was one of the premiere actors of the twentieth century. He starred in some groundbreaking films, Sunset Blvd., The Bridge on the River Kwai and The Wild Bunch among them. Holden stars in this movie as Max Schumacher, the cynical and jaundiced head of the fictional network,UBS. The network is in last place

John Ford was beyond successful in 1948. He had won four academy awards. He had also recently completed service in the navy, as an officer. It would seem that the director couldn’t top his accomplishments. He was about to prove everyone wrong, by starting his cavalry trilogy. The first among them was Fort Apache. This