Note: I am reviewing this film in full even though it’s a modern film, because I have a goal to watch more animated films. Reviewing them will give me incentive to watch more of them, haha! As a bonus (and on a somewhat unrelated sidenote), this is a French film, contributing to my goal of… Read More Le tableau (2011)
Kenneth Bixby (Warren William) is a sensation of the American literary world, having written a number of best-selling, well-received novels. By his side through it all is Anne Rogers (Joan Blondell), his faithful secretary. While on a lecture tour, Kenneth reconnects with Julie Wilson (Genevieve Tobin), a girlfriend from his past. Julie believes she inspired… Read More Goodbye Again (1933)
Lee Warren (Eric Portman) is married to a woman named Vivien (Greta Gynt). Lee recently had to take an extended business trip to America and was unable to take Vivien with him. He was sure their marriage would survive the separation. For three weeks, things were peachy. They wrote to each other every day.. and… Read More Dear Murderer (1947)
Elizabeth (Jessie Matthews) is a talented dancer, but she hasn’t yet made her mark on the entertainment world. Instead, she works as a dressmaker while hoping to someday find success on the stage. Outside of a theater one day, she meets Victor (Sonnie Hale), a female impersonator. They become friends, and Victor just may give… Read More First a Girl (1935)
Mary (Ann Todd) is taking her first holiday in nine years. She and her husband Howard (Claude Rains) will be staying in Switzerland. She arrives ahead of Howard, leaving him to tie up a few loose ends in his banking business before joining her. By pure coincidence, the hotel room Mary has booked is right… Read More The Passionate Friends (1949)
Ben Quick (Paul Newman) is new to the town of Frenchman’s Bend, Mississippi. He arrives there after being banished from another town, having been accused of burning down a barn. He hitches a ride into town with two young ladies named Clara (Joanne Woodward) and Eula (Lee Remick). Ben is soon hired for farm work… Read More The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
William Reardon (Melvyn Douglas) has been forced to shut the doors of his private eye business and take a job at the district attorney’s office, because he wasn’t making enough money to stay afloat. This is not the end for the Reardons in the detective business, though: Bill’s wife, Sally (Joan Blondell), decides to keep… Read More There’s Always a Woman (1938)
Pete Morgan (Edward G. Robinson) and his sister, Ellen (Judith Anderson), live on a farm in a small community. Together they’ve been raising a young girl named Meg (Allene Roberts), who was orphaned when her parents left town when she was only a baby. Meg is now a teenager, and she’s got a lot of… Read More Mill Creek Musings: The Red House (1947)
Dance teacher Delphine (Catherine Deneuve) and her musician sister Solange (Françoise Dorléac, Deneuve’s real-life sister) live in Rochefort, a somewhat sleepy seaside town. Their mother Yvonne (Danielle Darrieux) owns a local café. Both sisters dream of leaving Rochefort to find excitement and true love, while their mother daydreams about a lost love. When a fair… Read More Les demoiselles de Rochefort (1967)
Lydia MacMillan (Merle Oberon) is an elderly woman who has never married, and whose life’s focus is philanthropy. After attending a dedication ceremony for a children’s home she’s given an endowment to, Lydia is visited by Dr. Michael Fitzpatrick (Joseph Cotten), a man she has not seen in nearly four decades. Michael had once hoped… Read More Lydia (1941)
