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
Does anyone associate film noir with Christmas? The answer is probably no one, unless they think like Raymond Chandler. Mr. Soft Touch is a movie that deviates from the traditional noir formula. It does take place during Christmas Glenn Ford is Joe Miracle. He is a man in need of one. He has stolen money
This movie has Lon Chaney making the most out of standard fare. He is working with Irish actor Victor McGlagen, who plays a circus strongman named Hercules. There is also Harry Earles, who plays Tweedledee, a dwarf. The three, work a con game. They distract patrons, by causing a disturbance. Rosie O’Grady,(Mae Busch), then picks
Many people would think a movie with two academy award winning actors would work. Those two thespians are Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn. They made nine movies together. Pat and Mike is their seventh. Their teaming was a coup for the studio. it also started an affair that lasted until Tracy’s death. Unfortunately, the story
John Wayne had been a star for decades, when this film was released. A person would think it wasn’t possible, for Wayne to be upstaged. That nearly happens with Bruce Dern. He plays a vile man, Asa Watts, (Longhair). He starts out by lying to Will Andersen. (John Wayne). He then follows him throughout the