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Category: Through the Library

One film for each letter of the alphabet, from my local library’s extensive DVD collection

Through the Library – Wrapping up the alphabet!

Now that the final review of TMP’s Through the Library, Alphabetically series has been published, here’s a master list of all of the reviews in the series as well as a wrap-up of my favorite discoveries and the like: Anna Christie (1930) Blues in the Night (1941) Caged! (1950) Daisy Kenyon (1947) Executive Suite (1954)… Read More Through the Library – Wrapping up the alphabet!

June 15, 2012 LindseyLeave a comment

Zero Hour! (1957)

Dana Andrews is Ted Stryker, a World War II pilot who is scarred by guilt and grief after the death of six of his men. Though the war has been over for more than ten years, Ted still struggles and hasn’t been able to step on a plane since. Ted’s wife Ellen (Linda Darnell) decides… Read More Zero Hour! (1957)

June 15, 2012February 7, 2016 Lindsey2 Comments

You Only Live Once (1937)

Joan Graham (Sylvia Sidney) works as a secretary to a big city public defender, Stephen Whitney (Barton MacLane). Joan is in love with a criminal named Eddie (Henry Fonda) who, luckily, is allowed to leave prison on probation with Stephen’s help. Fresh out of the slammer, Eddie is ready for a new life. He wants… Read More You Only Live Once (1937)

June 12, 2012October 31, 2012 Lindsey3 Comments

Watch on the Rhine (1943)

American Sara Muller (Bette Davis), her European husband Kurt (Paul Lukas) and their three children have decided to return to America, where they plan to say with Sara’s mother (Fanny, portrayed by Lucile Watson) in Washington DC. Sara has been away from home for nearly twenty years and is excited to return. The film begins… Read More Watch on the Rhine (1943)

June 10, 2012October 31, 2012 Lindsey6 Comments

Von Ryan’s Express (1965)

Colonel Joseph Ryan (Frank Sinatra) is a US Army Air Force pilot. When his plane gets shot down in Italy in 1943, he’s taken to a prison camp that is populated by mostly British soldiers and run by a harsh man known as Battaglia (Adolfo Celi). Ryan is made senior officer of the prisoners, leading… Read More Von Ryan’s Express (1965)

June 8, 2012February 7, 2016 Lindsey4 Comments

Unfaithfully Yours (1948)

Famed Englishman Sir Alfred De Carter (Rex Harrison) is an orchestra conductor in peril. His trouble is that he suspects his American wife Daphne (Linda Darnell) of being unfaithful to him while he is out of the country, on tour. Even worse, he suspects that her lover is his own secretary, Tony. These suspicions are… Read More Unfaithfully Yours (1948)

June 6, 2012October 31, 2012 Lindsey3 Comments

Through the Library: The Final Five!

Today is a bittersweet day. I took a little trip to the library and picked up five films I’m very excited to watch, but I’m also a bit sad, because TMP’s Through the Library series will be finished once these are watched! You may have noticed that in order to complete the alphabet, there should… Read More Through the Library: The Final Five!

May 30, 2012June 5, 2012 Lindsey2 Comments

Too Late for Tears (1949)

Jane (Lizabeth Scott) and Alan Palmer (Arthur Kennedy) are traveling on a dark and nearly deserted highway when a stranger in a speeding car suddenly throws a bag containing $60,000 cash, obviously meant for someone else, into the back seat of their car. Alan wants to turn the bag in to the police, but Jane… Read More Too Late for Tears (1949)

May 27, 2012October 31, 2012 Lindsey1 Comment

The Set-Up (1949)

Stoker Thompson (Robert Ryan) is a veteran of the boxing world, with twenty years of experience under his belt. His wife Julie (Audrey Totter) has begged him to give up boxing for good, fearing that he’ll end up taking one punch too many and either become seriously injured or die from it. But he’s a… Read More The Set-Up (1949)

May 26, 2012February 7, 2016 Lindsey4 Comments

The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961)

Karen Stone (Vivien Leigh) is a star of the stage. She’s taken a new role on Broadway but is receiving criticism from the papers and the public, who think that she’s much too old for the role. Her husband, a man 20 years her senior, somehow finds a way to get her out of the… Read More The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961)

May 25, 2012February 7, 2016 Lindsey9 Comments

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