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Romeo and Juliet (1936) (3)
Movie Classics Posted by Judy on Sep 18, 2010
The last Shakespeare production I wrote about was Orson Welles’ moody take on Macbeth. George Cukor’s movie of Romeo and Juliet was made only 12 years earlier, but seems to belong to another world. Where Welles’ Poverty Row film looks rough around the edges, Cukor’s gives th read more
Orson Welles’ Macbeth (1948)
Movie Classics Posted by Judy on Sep 12, 2010
Orson Welles I’ve been meaning to write some more postings about Shakespeare films I’ve seen, but haven’t got round to it and my memories of some of them are starting to fade, so I’m going to do some brief capsule reviews instead of my usual epics – I’m looking to read more
College Coach (1933)
Movie Classics Posted by Judy on Sep 1, 2010
Pat O'Brien and Ann Dvorak As a Brit who isn’t a great sport fan, I’ll admit I’m in difficulties when watching any movie about American football – since, as soon as the players head for the pitch, I can’t really work out what on earth is going on. Nevertheless, I read more
The Conquerors (1932) now out on DVD!
Movie Classics Posted by Judy on Aug 24, 2010
No sooner have I put up a review of William Wellman’s pre-Code Western epic The Conquerors (1932), starring Richard Dix and Ann Harding, than Warner announces that it is one of their latest batch of Warner Archive DVD releases, in fact issued on almost the day that I put up my posting! HowR read more
The Conquerors (1932)
Movie Classics Posted by Judy on Aug 21, 2010
I’m still hot on the trail of William A Wellman’s pre-Code movies, and have been lucky enough to get hold of another couple - starting off with this Western epic. This wasn’t on DVD when I wrote this posting but I’m just editing to say that it is now out on Warner Archive. read more
The Mackintosh Man (1973)
Movie Classics Posted by Judy on Aug 11, 2010
This is a second contribution to the John Huston blogathon currently running at Adam Zanzie’s Icebox Movies site. From the title of this John Huston movie, The Mackintosh Man, I was half-expecting to see star Paul Newman – oddly cast as a British secret agent – dressed in a Bogart-style read more
We Were Strangers (1949)
Movie Classics Posted by Judy on Aug 7, 2010
This is a contribution to the John Huston blogathon currently running at Adam Zanzie’s Icebox Movies site. John Garfield and Jennifer Jones John Huston’s 1949 film We Were Strangers, set in the revolutionary Cuba of 1933 and starring Jennifer Jones and John Garfield, has grown on read more
Stratford upon Avon
Movie Classics Posted by Judy on Aug 1, 2010
This is just to say that I’ve just written a posting at my other blog, Costume Drama Reviews, about my family’s visit to Stratford upon Avon and the Shakespeare productions we saw, for anybody who is interested. read more
Rare Wellman silent film being screened at festival
Movie Classics Posted by Judy on Jul 29, 2010
Although I’ve been posting on a few different topics recently, I’m still very interested in William A Wellman’s silents and pre-Codes. So I was excited to read that one of his rare silent films is being screened at a festival, even though it is on the wrong side of the Atlantic for read more
Quick note
Movie Classics Posted by Judy on Jul 16, 2010
Just to let anyone visiting my blog know that I won’t be online much for a few days as I’m going on holiday, so if you leave me a comment it might take a little while to appear. Your visits are much appreciated nonetheless! read more
Love Affair (1932)
Movie Classics Posted by Judy on Jul 15, 2010
I’ve been meaning to post briefly about an early Humphrey Bogart movie I saw recently. The pre-Code romantic drama Love Affair is in fact his first lead role, although he gets second billing to Dorothy Mackaill. Bogart is one of my all-time favourites, and I’d also count myself as a read more
Hamlet (1948)
Movie Classics Posted by Judy on Jul 10, 2010
Laurence Olivier as Hamlet I’m not going to say a lot about this film, but, as part of my mini-Shakespeare season, just wanted briefly to record that I’ve re-watched the Olivier Hamlet and enjoyed it very much – it is much better than his first Shakespearean film role in As You read more
As You Like It (1936)
Movie Classics Posted by Judy on Jun 22, 2010
I’m having a short Shakespeare season on both my blogs, as I’ll soon be visiting Stratford upon Avon. And what better place to start than with Laurence Olivier? This production of As You Like It was the first time he had played a Shakespearean role on film – and it was also the fir read more
Stingaree (1934)
Movie Classics Posted by Judy on Jun 19, 2010
I’ve seen quite a lot of pre-Codes directed by William A Wellman, though there are many more I’d still like to track down. But this semi-musical starring Irene Dunne and Richard Dix has to be the oddest of his 1930s movies I’ve managed to see yet. It’s a strange cross read more
John Huston blogathon
Movie Classics Posted by Judy on Jun 16, 2010
Just wanted to mention that there is a John Huston blogathon coming up based at the Icebox Movies site run by Adam Zanzie, from August 5 to 12 – I’m hoping to take part in this, and will probably write something about Huston’s little-known film ‘We Were Strangers’, star read more
Shakespeare productions
Movie Classics Posted by Judy on Jun 12, 2010
I just posted this to my other blog on costume dramas, but thought I’d copy it here too as the two blogs mainly have different readerships… so apologies to the couple of people seeing it twice. Shakespeare is on my mind at the moment as next month I’ll be going on holiday to the Cotswo read more
Man’s Castle (1933)
Movie Classics Posted by Judy on Jun 6, 2010
I’ve now watched the Frank Borzage pre-Code Man’s Castle, starring Spencer Tracy and Loretta Young, three times, after being intrigued by several postings about it on the Obscure Classics site. Sadly it is yet another classic from the early 1930s which hasn’t as yet been released read more
Scarlet Street (1945) and artist John Decker
Movie Classics Posted by Judy on Jun 2, 2010
I’ve just finally got round to seeing the film noir classic Scarlet Street, directed by Fritz Lang – one of the many greats I had somehow managed to miss up to now. I’m not going to write a full review, but will be going off at a tangent about the artist whose work is featured read more
The Bad Sister (1931)
Movie Classics Posted by Judy on May 28, 2010
As my movie-watching is increasingly outstripping my limited blogging time, I’m going to do a few shorter reviews of films I’ve seen recently, before they completely fade in my memory! This is also an excuse to post the pictures I’ve gathered together. This melodramatic pre-Code d read more
William A Wellman, revisited
Movie Classics Posted by Judy on May 17, 2010
Just a brief round-up as I take a break from obsessing over William A Wellman’s early work to catch up with writing about some other movies. I thought I’d recap on the films I’ve written about so far, and share news of a forthcoming Wellman biography. Many thanks to all those who read more