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Feature: My Momentary Celebrity Obsession–Marlene Dietrich
MacGuffin Movies Posted by RBuccicone on Sep 6, 2012
I cannot get enough of Marlene Dietrich. She stands out in cinematic history not only because of her talent but because of her unique look, her wise collaborations and a bewildering sexiness. The German actress got her start in short silent flicks in that country and worked on the stage as well, wi read more
The Painted Veil
MacGuffin Movies Posted by RBuccicone on Sep 5, 2012
The Painted Veil (1934) Ah, Greta Garbo. This Swedish actor played foreign women of many origins during her celebrated career and no one in America seemed to mind if her accent wasn’t quite right. She also played parts that took her characters all over the world. In The Painted Veil, Garbo is read more
Burnt Offerings
MacGuffin Movies Posted by RBuccicone on Aug 2, 2012
Burnt Offerings (1976) I was not terribly surprised when Ryan accepted my offer to watch with me a movie Bette Davis made in the ’70s, which guaranteed “freaky, old Bette” fun. Both of us were expecting a campy, comically bad horror flick, not unlike those that became Joan Cra read more
The Best Years of Our Lives (2)
MacGuffin Movies Posted by RBuccicone on Jul 31, 2012
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) The Best Years of Our Lives is one of the best movies I have ever seen. I thought it might be prudent to get that out front because this post will be nothing but praise for the masterpiece. But I’m not alone in my assertion as the flick won eight of the nine read more
Alice Adams (1)
MacGuffin Movies Posted by RBuccicone on Jul 26, 2012
Alice Adams (1935) History paints Katharine Hepburn as anything but a delicate, girlish sort, and the woman is often discussed as an ideal feminist. In Alice Adams, a young Hepburn does indeed embody a sort of feminist part, but it is hidden beneath so thick a mask of social properness and read more
Feature: Name that Movie Poster 12
MacGuffin Movies Posted by RBuccicone on Jul 18, 2012
Welcome to the next installment of Name that Movie Poster. Can you guess what movie the poster advertised despite my having concealed its title and key players’ names? If you cannot guess off the bat, tell me the quiz is too hard and I’ll give you a hint. To see if your skills of deduct read more
Tribute to a Bad Man
MacGuffin Movies Posted by RBuccicone on Jun 25, 2012
Tribute to a Bad Man (1956) James Cagney would never be my first pick to act in a western. The star who made his name playing gangsters and later returned to his native song-and-dance genre did not exude “cowboy”, at least not at this point in his career. In Tribute to a Bad Man, read more
We Who Are Young
MacGuffin Movies Posted by RBuccicone on Jun 19, 2012
We Who Are Young (1940) There is nothing more depressing than watching a young married –and pregnant– couple fall slowly into poverty. Unfortunately, that is essentially all you get with We Who Are Young. Besides being a downer, the story fails to grasp the audience as a true trage read more
Breakfast for Two
MacGuffin Movies Posted by RBuccicone on Jun 18, 2012
Breakfast for Two (1937) The romantic concept underlying Breakfast for Two is a novel one, and although not executed to the best extent, the idea of a woman who professionally attacks a man with the intent to win over his heart is a great one. This brief romantic comedy of little more than read more
Feature: Name that Movie Poster 11
MacGuffin Movies Posted by RBuccicone on Jun 15, 2012
Welcome to the next installment of Name that Movie Poster. Can you guess what movie the poster advertised despite my having concealed its title and key players’ names? If you cannot guess off the bat, tell me the quiz is too hard and I’ll give you a hint. To see if your skills of deduct read more
Little Women (1949) (2)
MacGuffin Movies Posted by RBuccicone on Jun 12, 2012
Little Women (1949) Louisa May Alcott’s novel “Little Women” has found its way onto the big screen at least five times since the creation of motion pictures and we have probably not seen the last of it. Although I have seen three of these, I cannot quite decide which is read more
Riffraff
MacGuffin Movies Posted by RBuccicone on Jun 8, 2012
Riffraff (1936) I would not necessarily think of Jean Harlow and Spencer Tracy as a logical couple. Although he played notable lower-class parts, I generally think of Tracy as a gentleman, something Harlow’s characters do not often find themselves with. In Riffraff, however, Tracy create read more
Twentieth Century (1)
MacGuffin Movies Posted by RBuccicone on Jun 5, 2012
Twentieth Century (1934) I have heard Twentieth Century sometimes referred to as the first screwball comedy. Whether it technically was or not, this flick and its leading lady certainly embody what we have come to associate with the genre. Carole Lombard would reign in such nonsensical films, read more
Wings (1)
MacGuffin Movies Posted by RBuccicone on Jun 1, 2012
Wings (1927) What makes a movie worthy of the first ever Academy Award for Best Picture? What constituted greatness in 1929? Apparently a couple million dollars and more effort than perhaps has ever been put into the production of a film. Wings would not have been possible had so many read more
The Star
MacGuffin Movies Posted by RBuccicone on May 30, 2012
The Star (1952) It is no Sunset Blvd., but Bette Davis did a fine job playing an actress gone “box office poison” who desperately seeks another part. The Star was released two years after the powerful William Holden-Gloria Swanson flick and treads along the same lines but holds read more
Camille (1937)
MacGuffin Movies Posted by RBuccicone on May 23, 2012
Camille (1937) The 1937 release of Camille did not give audiences a new story. The romance originated as an Alexandre Dumas novel that became a Paris play in 1848, the Verdi opera La Traviata, a 1907 Danish short film La Dame aux Camlias, a 1915 Shubert production, a 1917 Fox film, and read more
The Twelve Chairs
MacGuffin Movies Posted by RBuccicone on May 22, 2012
The Twelve Chairs (1970) By now, movie fans have come to associate a certain comedic style with Mel Brooks‘ movies, but in 1970 in creating a his second film and using a story from a Russian novel, the director/writer/actor produces a product distant from his later works. The read more
Gay Purr-ee
MacGuffin Movies Posted by RBuccicone on May 21, 2012
Gay Purr-ee (1962) At some point when I was a kid, my parents recorded off the TV some animated movie about cats in Paris. The VCR recording cut off the beginning of the movie and since we did not know the title, it was merely labeled “Cat Robespierre” on the cassette. I am not sure at read more
Splendor in the Grass
MacGuffin Movies Posted by RBuccicone on May 16, 2012
Splendor in the Grass (1961) I watched Elia Kazan‘s Splendor in the Grass last weekend and have not been able to stop thinking about it since. I find with any era of movies, the ones you keep talking about or mulling over hours and days later are the ones that will find their place read more
The Happy Thieves
MacGuffin Movies Posted by RBuccicone on May 14, 2012
The Happy Thieves (1961) When an actress can establish herself as a sex icon, this status combined with decent acting skill makes for an easily successful career, for a time. The trouble is, however, how that star maintains her box-office draw and studio prowess when her good looks start to read more