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Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 27, 2013
Grave of the Fireflies (“Hotaru no haka”)
Directed by Isao Takahata
1988/Japan
Shinchosha Company/Studio Ghibli
Repeat viewing
#787 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die
IMDb users say 8.4/10; I say 9/10 Memorial Day is a fitting time to reflect on all the lives lost to war, read more
Body Heat (1981)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 26, 2013
Body Heat
Directed by Lawrence Kasdan
1981/USA
The Ladd Company through Warner Bros
Repeat viewing
#673 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die It’s 1001 Movie Sunday and the Random Number Generator has come through again, this time with a neo-noir gem from the ’80′s. Ned read more
The Wedding Night (1935)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 25, 2013
The Wedding Night Directed by King Vidor 1935/USA Howard Productions First viewing I’m about ten films away from finishing up 1935. Running into a film like this one that I had never heard of makes me glad that I stick with it until the end. This romantic drama really impressed me. read more
Curly Top (1935)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 25, 2013
Curly Top Directed by Irving Cummings 1935/USA Fox Film Corporation Repeat viewing This is the kind of movie that gives Shirley Temple a bad name in some circles. Elizabeth Blair (Shirley Temple) and her grown-up sister Mary (Rochelle Hudson) are orphans living in an asylum. One day read more
The Black Room (1935)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 24, 2013
The Black Room Directed by Roy William Niell 1935/USA Columbia Pictures Corporation First viewing Anton de Bergmann: [Dying words] Even from the dead! A chance to see Boris Karloff in not one but two roles in this gothic horror tale. The story is set in an unidentified Eastern European count read more
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1935)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 24, 2013
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Directed by William Dieterle and Max Reinhardt
1935/USA
Warner Bros.
First viewing This big-screen adaptation of the popular Shakespearean comedy has its plusses and minuses. The story takes place on the eve of the marriage of the Duke of Athens to the read more
The Little Colonel (1935)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 23, 2013
The Little Colonel
Directed by David Butler
1935/USA
Fox Film Corporation
Repeat viewing This Shirley Temple film is memorable for a couple of fantastic tap dance sequences with Bill “Bojangles” Robinson and a choral number at an African-American baptism. It is 1870′s Kentuc read more
China Seas (1935) (2)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 23, 2013
China Seas Directed by Tay Garnett 1935/USA Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer First viewing Gable and Harlow reunite in another love-triangle story following their success in Red Dust (1932). Clark Gable plays the skipper of a cruise liner/freighter on the China Sea. The vessle is carrying a hidden gold read more
Alice Adams (1935) (2)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 22, 2013
Alice Adams Directed by George Stevens 1935/USA RKO Radio Pictures First viewing This romantic drama made me get pretty darn misty. Katharine Hepburn plays Alice Adams, daughter of a working class family, who hides her origins under a facade of “quality” and a nervous laugh. Her read more
Roberta (1935) (2)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 21, 2013
Roberta
Directed by William A. Seiter
1935/USA
RKO Radio Pictures
Repeat viewing Astaire and Rogers are fine in supporting roles in this screen adaptation of a Broadway musical penned by Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II, and Otto Harbach. Roberta is the chicest of Parisian fashion houses. read more
Intolerance: Love’s Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 21, 2013
Intolerance: Love’s Struggle Throughout the Ages
Directed by D. W. Griffith
1916/USA
Triangle Film Corporation/Wark Producing
Repeat viewing
#5 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die
IMDb users say 7.9; I say 5.0 My definition of a movie I’m glad I don’t have to see agai read more
Charlie Chan in Paris (1935)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 21, 2013
Charlie Chan in Paris Directed by Lewis Seiler 1935/USA Fox Film Corporation First viewing Charlie Chan (Warner Oland) visits Paris to investigate a bond forging scheme and meets up with a couple of murders in the process. This is a pretty good entry in the mystery series. I was inte read more
If You Could Only Cook (1935)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 20, 2013
If You Could Only Cook Directed by William A. Sieter 1935/USA Columia Pictures Corporation First viewing In this pleasant romantic comedy, Jim Buchanan (Herbert Marshall), a young automobile magnate, is soon to wed a gold-digging socialite. His innovative designs are being rejected by the Bo read more
Peter Ibbetson (1935)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 18, 2013
Peter Ibbetson Directed by Henry Hathaway 1935/USA Paramount Pictures First viewing This unusual romantic fantasy features some beautiful expressionistic cinematography by Charles Lang and music by Ernest Toch. Whether the fantasy quite works is a matter of opinion I suppose. The story begin read more
The Good Fairy (1935)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 17, 2013
The Good Fairy Directed by William Wyler 1935/USA Universal Pictures Repeat viewing Schlapkohl: That depends entirely on the girls, the pants are all the same size. This charming film has some of my favorite actors and a witty screenplay by Preston Sturges. It is a romantic comedy verging on read more
The Ghost Goes West (1935)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 17, 2013
The Ghost Goes West Directed by René Clair 1935/UK London Film Productions First viewing This enjoyable and atmospheric romantic comedy/fantasy film is a bit reminiscent in tone to The Ghost and Mrs. Muir. It was the highest grossing film of 1936 in Great Britain. The Glouries and the McGlag read more
‘G’ Men (1935)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 16, 2013
‘G’ Men (1935) Directed by William Keighley 1935/USA Warner Bros. First viewing There is something so comforting about putting a James Cagney movie into the player. I can count on him being good and usually the movie is good as well. In this case, the movie is quite good. With read more
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 16, 2013
Once Upon a Time in the West (“C’era una volta il West”)
Directed by Sergio Leone
1968/Italy
Finanzia San Marco/Rafran Cinematografica/Paramount Pictures
Repeat viewing
#479 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Cheyenne: He’s whittlin’ on a piece of wood. I read more
Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935) (1)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 16, 2013
Gold Diggers of 1935 Directed by Busby Berkeley 1935/USA Warner Bros First viewing? I could have sworn I had seen this before but now I think it’s just that the “Lullaby of Broadway” sequence has been anthologized so often. It is fairly entertaining but does not hold a cand read more
Charlie Chan in Shanghai (1935)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 15, 2013
Charlie Chan in Shanghai Directed by James Tinling 1935/USA Fox Film Corporation First viewing Master-detective Charlie Chan (Warner Oland) travels to Shanghai ostensibly to visit the land of his ancestors but really to assist in a secret investigation. But the British agent he was to assist read more