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The Power and The Glory, Happy Anniversary! April 4, 1941; With a Filmography of Director, Noel Monkman

Classic Film Aficionados Posted by C. S. Williams on Apr 4, 2014

  The Sydney Morning Herald, Thursday, April 3, 1941   At the Mayfair Theatre in Sydney, Australia, on Friday, April 4, 1941, The Power and the Glory opened with all the pomp and circumstance due a favorite son, from the Land Down Under. Power and Glory was made with a financial guarantee read more

The Power and The Glory, Happy Anniversary! April 4, 1941; With a Filmography of Director, Noel Monkman

Classic Film Aficionados Posted by C. S. Williams on Apr 4, 2014

  The Sydney Morning Herald, Thursday, April 3, 1941   At the Mayfair Theatre in Sydney, Australia, on Friday, April 4, 1941, The Power and the Glory opened with all the pomp and circumstance due a favorite son, from the Land Down Under. Power and Glory was made with a financial guarantee read more

Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring (1941)

Noirish Posted by John Grant on Mar 23, 2014

US / 69 minutes / bw / Darmour, Columbia Dir: James Hogan Pr: Larry Darmour Scr: Eric Taylor, Gertrude Purcell Story: Ellery Queen Cine: James S. Brown Jr. Cast: Ralph Bellamy, Margaret Lindsay, Charley Grapewin, Mona Barrie, Paul Hurst, James Burke, Leon Ames, George Zucco, Blanche Yurka, Charlotte read more

Tortoise Beats Hare, Happy Anniversary! and Many Happy Returns! Premiered on March 15, 1941

Classic Film Aficionados Posted by C. S. Williams on Mar 15, 2014

Director, Tex “Fred” Avery (Tex seems and sounds so much better for this merrie-looney guy) and crew appropriated the Aesop (Dave Monahan wrote the story and screenplay, leaving Aesop, un-attributed… poor Aesop) fable, “The Tortoise and the Hare,” and along the way made one read more

Tortoise Beats Hare, Happy Anniversary! and Many Happy Returns! Premiered on March 15, 1941

Classic Film Aficionados Posted by C. S. Williams on Mar 15, 2014

Director, Tex “Fred” Avery (Tex seems and sounds so much better for this merrie-looney guy) and crew appropriated the Aesop (Dave Monahan wrote the story and screenplay, leaving Aesop, un-attributed… poor Aesop) fable, “The Tortoise and the Hare,” and along the way made one read more

How Green Was My Valley (1941)

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Feb 18, 2014

Starring a cast including Roddy McDowell, Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O’Hara, and Donald Crisp, with director John Ford, the film is told from the eyes of a young boy (McDowell) from a Welsh mining family. Huw has five older brothers, an older sister, and two strong but goodhearted parents. read more

The Lady Eve (1941)

The Blonde At The Film Posted by Cameron on Feb 18, 2014

via: http://filmow.com/as-tres-noites-de-eva-t2262/  Unless otherwise noted, all images are my own The poster proclaims: “Barbara Stanwyck has Henry Fonda bewitched and bewildered” in “another Preston Sturges hit!” And it’s true! The Lady Eve is a fantastic, funny, roma read more

The Lady Eve (1941)

The Blonde At The Film Posted by Cameron on Feb 18, 2014

via: http://filmow.com/as-tres-noites-de-eva-t2262/  Unless otherwise noted, all images are my own The poster proclaims: “Barbara Stanwyck has Henry Fonda bewitched and bewildered” in “another Preston Sturges hit!” And it’s true! The Lady Eve is a fantastic, funny, roma read more

How Green Was My Valley (1941)

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Feb 18, 2014

Starring a cast including Roddy McDowell, Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O’Hara, and Donald Crisp, with director John Ford, the film is told from the eyes of a young boy (McDowell) from a Welsh mining family. Huw has five older brothers, an older sister, and two strong but goodhearted parents. read more

High Sierra (1941) and 101 Dalmatians (1961), Happy Anniversary! Premiered Nationally on January 25th. Both a Celebration of the Villain

Classic Film Aficionados Posted by C. S. Williams on Jan 26, 2014

Classic Film Aficionados High Sierra, 1941 directed by Raoul Walsh, written by John Huston and W.R. Burnett. Starring Ida Lupino and Humphrey Bogart, with Arthur Kennedy, Joan Leslie, Henry Travers and Cornel Wilde. This would be the last film where Bogart did not receive top billing.   101 Dalmatia read more

High Sierra (1941) and 101 Dalmatians (1961), Happy Anniversary! Premiered Nationally on January 25th. Both a Celebration of the Villain

Classic Film Aficionados Posted by C. S. Williams on Jan 26, 2014

Classic Film Aficionados High Sierra, 1941 directed by Raoul Walsh, written by John Huston and W.R. Burnett. Starring Ida Lupino and Humphrey Bogart, with Arthur Kennedy, Joan Leslie, Henry Travers and Cornel Wilde. This would be the last film where Bogart did not receive top billing.   101 Dalmatia read more

High Sierra (1941) and 101 Dalmatians (1961), Happy Anniversary! Premiered Nationally on January 25th. Both a Celebration of the Villain

Classic Film Aficionados Posted by C. S. Williams on Jan 25, 2014

High Sierra, 1941 directed by Raoul Walsh, written by John Huston and W.R. Burnett. Starring Ida Lupino and Humphrey Bogart, with Arthur Kennedy, Joan Leslie, Henry Travers and Cornel Wilde. This would be the last film where Bogart did not receive top billing.   Bogart never look more demented! read more

High Sierra (1941) and 101 Dalmatians (1961), Happy Anniversary! Premiered Nationally on January 25th. Both a Celebration of the Villain

Classic Film Aficionados Posted by C. S. Williams on Jan 25, 2014

High Sierra, 1941 directed by Raoul Walsh, written by John Huston and W.R. Burnett. Starring Ida Lupino and Humphrey Bogart, with Arthur Kennedy, Joan Leslie, Henry Travers and Cornel Wilde. This would be the last film where Bogart did not receive top billing.   Bogart never look more demented! read more

Citizen Kane, January 8th, 1941: Hearst vs. Welles-Kane in Heavyweight Tilt, a shameful, ignominious defeat for W-K.

Classic Film Aficionados Posted by C. S. Williams on Jan 8, 2014

Classic Film Aficionados Orson Welles was at his best when his art created controversy, we see that in practical application with his 1938 radio production of “The War of the Worlds”, gendering panic at the most and at the least confusion. Then with his first film project (his best and maybe the read more

Citizen Kane, January 8th, 1941: Hearst vs. Welles-Kane in Heavyweight Tilt, a shameful, ignominious defeat for W-K.

Classic Film Aficionados Posted by C. S. Williams on Jan 8, 2014

Orson Welles William Randolph Hearst Orson Welles was at his best when his art created controversy, we see that in practical application with his 1938 radio production of “The War of the Worlds”, gendering panic at the most and at the least confusion. Then with his first film project (h read more

Citizen Kane, January 8th, 1941: Hearst vs. Welles-Kane in Heavyweight Tilt, a shameful, ignominious defeat for W-K.

Classic Film Aficionados Posted by C. S. Williams on Jan 8, 2014

Classic Film Aficionados Orson Welles was at his best when his art created controversy, we see that in practical application with his 1938 radio production of “The War of the Worlds”, gendering panic at the most and at the least confusion. Then with his first film project (his best and maybe the read more

Citizen Kane, January 8th, 1941: Hearst vs. Welles-Kane in Heavyweight Tilt, a shameful, ignominious defeat for W-K.

Classic Film Aficionados Posted by C. S. Williams on Jan 8, 2014

Orson Welles William Randolph Hearst Orson Welles was at his best when his art created controversy, we see that in practical application with his 1938 radio production of “The War of the Worlds”, gendering panic at the most and at the least confusion. Then with his first film project (h read more

Johnny Eager (1941)

Random Pictures Posted by Amy on Jan 7, 2014

Dir. Mervyn LeRoy David Thomson’s The New Biographical Dictionary of Film refers to Johnny Eager (1941) as “fatuous,” which I think unfair. (The IMDb hordes gave it a 7.1, for whatever that’s worth.) Casting the famously good-looking Robert Taylor was something of a gamble; Thomson’s other read more

Johnny Eager (1941)

Random Pictures Posted by Amy on Jan 7, 2014

Dir. Mervyn LeRoy David Thomson’s The New Biographical Dictionary of Film refers to Johnny Eager (1941) as “fatuous,” which I think unfair. (The IMDb hordes gave it a 7.1, for whatever that’s worth.) Casting the famously good-looking Robert Taylor was something of a gamble; Thomson’s other read more

The Maltese Falcon (1941) – Film-Noir

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Dec 2, 2013

This archetypal film-noir directed by John Huston, stars Humphrey Bogart as the detective Sam Spade. After an initial conversation with a mysterious woman, that same night two men end up dead. As Spade tries to understand what is going on, it puts him in contact with a paranoid little man and anothe read more
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