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The Green Pastures (1936) (2)

Classic Film Review Posted by Crystal J. Anderson on Dec 4, 2013

Director: William Keighley & Marc Connelly Writer: Roark Bradford (novel: Ol’ Man Adam and His Chillun’); Mark Connelly (play and screenplay) Genre: Drama Music: Hall Johnson; Erich Wolfgang Korngold Main Cast: Rex Ingram (De Lawd/Adam/Hezdrel) Oscar Polk (Gabriel) Eddie ‘Roch read more

The Trouble with Angels (1966)

Classic Film Review Posted by Crystal J. Anderson on Aug 1, 2013

Director: Ida Lupino Writers: Jane Trahey (novel); Blanche Hanalis (screenplay) Genre: Comedy Main Cast: Hayley Mills (Mary Clancy) June Harding (Rachel Devery) Rosalind Russell (Mother Superior) Marge Redmond (Sister Liguori) Mary Wickes (Sister Clarissa) Margalo Gillmore (Sister Rose Marie) Judit read more

Alice in Wonderland (1903)

Classic Film Review Posted by Crystal J. Anderson on Jun 23, 2013

Directors: Percy Stow & Cecil Hepworth Writers: Lewis Carroll (book); Cecil Hepworth Music/Theme Piece: “Jill in the Box” composed & performed by Wendy Hiscocks Main Cast: May Clark (Alice) Cecil M. Hepworth (Frog Footman) Mrs. Cecil Hepworth (White Rabbit/Queen of Hearts) Norma read more

Pollyanna (1960)

Classic Film Review Posted by Crystal J. Anderson on May 29, 2013

Director: David Swift Writers: Eleanor H. Porter (novel), David Swift (screenplay) Genre: Drama, Comedy Main Cast: Hayley Mills (Pollyanna) Jane Wyman (Polly Harrington/Aunt Polly) Richard Egan (Dr. Edmond Chilton) Nancy Olson (Aunt Polly’s maid, Nancy) Kevin Corcoran (Jimmy Bean) Karl Malden read more

Of Mice and Men (1939) (1)

Classic Film Review Posted by Crystal J. Anderson on May 1, 2013

Director: Lewis Milestone Writers: John Steinbeck (story), Eugene Solow (screenplay) Genre: Drama Main Cast: Burgess Meredith (George Milton) Lon Chaney, Jr. (Lennie Small) Betty Field (Mae) Bob Steele (Curley) Roman Bohnen (Candy) Leigh Whipper (Crooks) Crooks: “You got no right to come in read more

Tiger Bay (1959)

Classic Film Review Posted by Crystal J. Anderson on Apr 18, 2013

Director: J. Lee Thompson Writers: John Hawkesworth (also Producer), Shelley Smith  Genre: Crime Drama, Thriller Main Cast: John Mills (Superintendent Graham) Horst Buchholz (Bronislav Korchinsky) Hayley Mills (Gillie Evans) “Bronislav, I want to give you a word of advice, and believe me, read more

Sky West and Crooked (Gypsy Girl, alternate title; 1966)

Classic Film Review Posted by Crystal J. Anderson on Mar 22, 2013

Director: John Mills Writers: Mary Hayley Bell, John Prebble Genre: Drama, Romance Main Cast: Hayley Mills (Brydie White) Ian McShane (Roibin Krisenki) Annette Crosbie (Mrs. White) Laurence Naismith (Edwin Dacres) Geoffrey Bayldon (Reverend Phillip Moss) You’re safe in them graves, you are. read more

Son of Ingagi (1940) *first black sci-fi / horror film*

Classic Film Review Posted by Crystal J. Anderson on Mar 2, 2013

Director: Richard C. Kahn Writer: Spencer Williams Genre: Sci-Fi, Horror; Black/Race Film Main Cast: Zack Williams (N’Gina) Laura Bowman (Dr. Jackson) Alfred Grant (Robert Lindsay) Daisy Bufford (Eleanor Lindsay) Arthur Ray (Zeno Jackson) Spencer Williams (Nelson) Earl J. Morris (Bradshaw) Je read more

Update! (1)

Classic Film Review Posted by Crystal J. Anderson on Mar 2, 2013

Great news for Classic Film Review!  It has been accepted into Classic Movie Hub’s BlogHub! An official CMH badge link will soon grace the blog in the “About” section. On another note, regretfully I can’t follow anyone back from this blog since it is one of my second-blogs. read more

The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)

Classic Film Review Posted by Crystal J. Anderson on Feb 12, 2013

Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer Writers: Joseph Delteil, Carl Theodor Dreyer Genre: Biography, Historical Drama, Silent Film, Foreign Main Cast: Renée Jeanne Falconetti (Jeanne d’Arc) Eugène Silvain (Bishop Pierre Cauchon, Supreme Judge) André Berley (Jean d’Estivet, Counsel for the Prose read more

Body and Soul (1925)

Classic Film Review Posted by Crystal J. Anderson on Feb 12, 2013

Writer & Director: Oscar Micheaux Genre: Black/Race Film, Drama, Silent Film Main Cast: Paul Robeson (Reverend Isaiah T. Jenkins / His brother Sylvester) Julia Theresa Russell (Isabelle - the Girl) Mercedes Gilbert (Martha Jane - Her Mother) Lawrence Chenault (Yello-Curley’ Hinds - the P read more

Rufus Jones For President (1933)

Classic Film Review Posted by Crystal J. Anderson on Feb 5, 2013

Director: Roy Mack Writers: A. Dorian Otvos and Cyrus Wood Genre: Musical Comedy Short Main Cast: Ethel Waters - Mother of Rufus Sammy Davis, Jr. - Rufus Jones “Stay on your side of the fence and no harm will come to you.” I have never heard the pork chop joke.  I read more

The Blood of Jesus (1941)

Classic Film Review Posted by Crystal J. Anderson on Feb 5, 2013

Director & Writer: Spencer Williams Theme Song: “Good News!” Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Black/Race Film Main Cast: Cathryn Caviness - Sister Martha Ann Jackson Spencer Williams - Ras Jackson Juanita Riley - Sister Jenkins Reather Hardeman - Sister Ellerby Rogenia Goldthwaite - The Angel read more

Lilies of the Field (1963)

Classic Film Review Posted by Crystal J. Anderson on Oct 5, 2012

Director: Ralph Nelson Writers: William Edmund Garrett (novel) and James Poe (screenplay) Music: Jerry Goldsmith Theme Song: “Amen” composed by Jester Harrison Genre: Drama/Comedy Main Cast: Sidney Poitier - Homer Smith (“Schmidt”) Lilia Skala - Mother Maria Lisa Mann – Sist read more