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Vincent Price was an actor who was known for his villain roles. He shows that he could play a good guy, in The House of the Seven Gables. In it he plays Clifford Pyncheon, a member of a cursed family. The family stole land, from Mathew Maule, generations ago. He was framed for witchcraft, and

Michael Curtiz has, with Life With Father, accomplished an incredible feat. He has taken the very successful play, by Russel Crouse and Harold Lindsey and successfully adapted it to the screen. The play is based on Clarence Day’s memoir, of the same name. Curtiz has gotten terrific performances from the leads, William Powell and Myrna

Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade, is the last of the trilogy featuring everyone’s favorite archeologist/adventurer. It brings together two iconic action stars, Harrison Ford and Sean Connery. Their presence alone makes this an enjoyable film. They play respectively, Doctor’s Henry Jones Sr. and Jr. Connery and Ford show their acting chops and their ability

How Green Was My Valley is John Ford’s last entry in his drama trilogy. It is based on the Richard Llewelyn novel, about a coal mining family in Wales, named Morgan. It chronicles their lives through the eyes of the youngest son, Hew, (Roddy McDowell); who is exceptional in this role. It is narrated by

Is there anything The Marx Brothers wont skewer? The answer is no. Horse Feathers is the comedy team lampooning higher education. Groucho is Professor Quincy Adams Wagstaff, the new president of Huxley college. It’s insane with Groucho in a role of authority. This is shown in the beginning, when he sings, I’m Against It. He

Hellfighters is a John Wayne movie, for people who don’t like John Wayne movies. Wayne was larger than life in many of his films. In this one, he plays a very human, likeable and successful business man, named Chance Buckman. His business is firefighting. It is the very dangerous business of putting out oil fires,

Clint Eastwood was a star in the television western, Rawhide. He wanted more of a challenge and wanted to star in a movie. He got his first starring role, in the very low budget film, A Fistful of Dollars. It is a western that isn’t going to compete with any that John Ford directed. Its

Jaws, aside from being a film, that keeps you watching, created the summer blockbuster. It set the record at the time, for the most money, made by a film. It surpassed The Godfather, The Sound of Music and Gone With the Wind. This was an incredible feat, for the time, particularly for a movie, whose

Alfred Hitchcock films deal mainly with murder and other crimes. Rope, a stage play adapted to the screen, by Hume Cronyn, is different. It is loosely based on the murder committed by Leopold and Loeb. It is a disturbing tale of two college students, Brandon, (John Dall) and Philip, (Farley Granger), who murder a former

Carole Lombard had it all. She was a successful screen comedienne, who commanded her own salary, and could pick her own films. This was a rarity in Hollywood, reserved for movie stars. She was married to the biggest star of the era, the king of Hollywood, Clark Gable. This wonderful life was tragically snuffed out