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The Jolson Story (1946)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jan 23, 2015
The Jolson Story
Directed by Alfred E. Green
Written by Harry Chandlee, Stephen Longstreet, and Andrew Solt
1946/USA
Columbia Pictures Corporation
First viewing/Netflix rental I don’t much care for Al Jolson so it comes as no surprise that I was not crazy about this musical biopic. L read more
The Captive Heart (1946)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jan 22, 2015
The Captive Heart Directed by Basil Dearden Written by Angus McPhail and Guy Morgan from an original story by Patrick Kirwan 1946/UK Ealing Studios First viewing/Netflix rental This enjoyable British POW story lost me in the last few minutes. It is reportedly the first POW film to be made read more
The Razor’s Edge (1946)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jan 21, 2015
The Razor’s Edge
Directed by Edmund Goulding
Written by Lamar Trotti from the novel by W. Somerset Maugham
USA/1946
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
First Viewing/Netflix rental This is a good movie but too earnest for my taste. Larry Darrell (Tyrone Power) has returned from WW read more
Murderers Among Us (1946)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jan 20, 2015
Murderers Among Us (“Die Mörder sind unter uns” Directed by Wolfgang Staudte Written by Wolfgang Staudte 1946/Germany Deutsche Film First viewing/Netflix rental This is a good, but not great, exploration of how various Berliners cope with their wartime experiences in the rubble of the read more
Stairway to Heaven (1946)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jan 19, 2015
Stairway to Heaven (AKA A Matter of Life and Death)
Directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
Written by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
1946/UK
The Archers
First viewing/The Collector’s Choice DVD
#202 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Parts of this fantasy were jus read more
Green for Danger (1946)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jan 17, 2015
Green for Danger
Directed by Sidney Gilliat
Written by Sidney Gilliat and Claude Guerney from the novel by Christianna Brand
1946/UK
Individual Pictures
Repeat viewing/Netflix rental Even if it weren’t such an effective mystery, I’d be forever grateful to this movie. It made Al read more
It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jan 16, 2015
It’s a Wonderful Life Directed by Frank Capra Written by Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, and Frank Capra from a story by Philip van Doren 1946/USA Liberty Films Repeat viewing/Netflix rental What to say about a beloved classic that one has seen umpteen times? Frank Capra and James Stewar read more
Beauty and the Beast (1946)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jan 15, 2015
Beauty and the Beast (La belle et la bête) Directed by Jean Cocteau Written by Jean Cocteau from a story by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont 1946/France DisCina Repeat viewing/Criterion Collection DVD #197 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die This is one of the few “art” read more
My Darling Clementine (1946)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jan 12, 2015
My Darling Clementine
Directed by John Ford
Written by Samuel G. Engel and Winston Miller from a story by Sam Hellman based on a book by Stuart N. Lake
1945/USA
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Repeat viewing/Netflix rental
#204 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die If you are not look read more
Great Expectations (1946)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jan 11, 2015
Great Expectations
Directed by David Lean
Written by David Lean, Ronald Neame, Anthony Havelock-Allen, etc. from the novel by Charles Dickens
1946/UK
Cineguild
Repeat viewing/Netflix rental
#203 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die The first half of this film is one of the great Dickens ada read more
A New Dawn – 1946
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jan 10, 2015
Post-war movie production began to click into full gear. In movie news, the Cannes Film Festival debuted in France on the French Riviera. Billy Wilder’s The Lost Weekend (1945) was the first Best Picture Oscar-winning film to also win Cannes’ top prize (known now as the Golden Palm or read more
Cornered (1945)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jan 10, 2015
Cornered
Directed by Edward Dmytryk
Written by John Paxton from a story by John Wesley
1945/USA
RKO Radio Pictures
First viewing/Warner Film Noir Classic Collection Laurence Gerard: Just want to be sure I’m chairman. Dick Powell is at his grimmest in this post-war noir which takes hi read more
Sanshiro Sugata Part Two (1945)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jan 9, 2015
Sanshiro Sugata Part Two (“Zoku Sugata Sanshirô”) Directed by Akira Kurosawa Written by Akira Kurosawa from a novel by Tsuneo Tomita 1945/Japan Toho Company First viewing/Hulu Plus Kurosawa reportedly did not want to make this sequel. It shows. This picks up where Sanshiro Suga read more
The House on 92nd Street (1945)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jan 8, 2015
The House on 92nd Street Directed by Henry Hathaway Written by Barré Lyndon, Charles G. Booth, and John Monks Jr. 1945/USA Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation First viewing/YouTube Although billed as a film noir in The Film Noir Guide, this is a pretty straight forward police-procedural read more
Pride of the Marines (1945)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jan 7, 2015
Pride of the Marines
Directed by Delmer Daves
Written by Albert Malz and Marvin Borowsky from a novel by Roger Butterfield
1945/USA
Warner Bros.
First viewing/YouTube Lee Diamond: Why is it that everything good is always gonna happen tomorrow? This didn’t quite measure up to my expectations read more
Back to Bataan (1945)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jan 6, 2015
Back to Bataan
Directed by Edward Dmytryk
Written by Ben Barzman and Richard H. Landau; Original Story by Aeneas MacKenzie and William Gordon
1945/USA
RKO Radio Pictures
First viewing/Netflix rental Bertha Barnes: [tearfully] No one ever learned it so well. For propaganda-combat, this takes the cake read more
Vacation from Marriage (1945)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jan 6, 2015
Vacation from Marriage (AKA “Perfect Strangers”)
Directed by Alexander Korda
Written by Clemence Dane and Anthony Pelissier
1945/UK
London Film Productions/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios
First viewing/Amazon Instant Video Just when I think that a year has no more tr read more
Anchors Aweigh (1945)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jan 5, 2015
Anchors Aweigh Directed by George Sidney Written by Isobel Lennart suggested by a story by Natalie Marchin 1945/USA Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer First viewing/Netflix rental Take out Gene Kelly’s dancing, and there’s not a whole lot left. But what dancing! Joe (Gene Kelly) and Clarence (Frank read more
San Pietro (1945)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jan 3, 2015
San Pietro (AKA “The Battle of San Pietro”) Directed by John Huston (uncredited) Written by John Huston (uncredited) 1945/USA U.S. Army Pictorial Services Repeat viewing/Treasures from American Film Archives DVD #190 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die The army got a whole lot read more
The Southerner (1945)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jan 2, 2015
The Southerner
Directed by Jean Renoir
Written by Hugo Butler and Jean Renoir from the novel “Hold Autumn in Your Hand” by George Sessions Perry
1945/USA
Jean Renoir Productions/Loew-Hakim
Repeat viewing/Netflix rental I’m a huge Renoir fan but for some reason this one ha read more