4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on August 13, 2013

This is the second installment in the Road Series and it follows two con men who must go on the run which leads them to Africa. Crosby is pulled into saving Dorothy Lamour from a life of slaver. Little do the hapless con men know what her true motives are....   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on July 16, 2013

Starring Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck with direction by Frank Capra, the film begins with a news woman (Stanwyck) creating a made up story about John Doe, a man willing to commit suicide to protest big government. In order to keep the story going, they take a man off the...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on July 16, 2013

Starring Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck with direction by Frank Capra, the film begins with a news woman (Stanwyck) creating a made up story about John Doe, a man willing to commit suicide to protest big government. In order to keep the story going, they take a man off the...   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on May 15, 2013

One does not generally think of Bette Davis as a comedienne, but The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941) provides a rare glimpse of the actress as a screwball heroine of the type more frequently played by Katharine Hepburn or Claudette Colbert. Directed by William Keighley and co-starring James Cagney, The Bri   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on May 15, 2013

One does not generally think of Bette Davis as a comedienne, but The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941) provides a rare glimpse of the actress as a screwball heroine of the type more frequently played by Katharine Hepburn or Claudette Colbert. Directed by William Keighley and co-starring James Cagney, The Bri   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on April 6, 2013

Starring a cast including Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, and Teresa Wright, the film opens in the South circa 1900 and it revolves around a greed woman and her two conniving brothers who hope to make millions off mills. Regina sends her innocent daughter Alexandra to bring her ill father home...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on April 6, 2013

Starring a cast including Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, and Teresa Wright, the film opens in the South circa 1900 and it revolves around a greed woman and her two conniving brothers who hope to make millions off mills. Regina sends her innocent daughter Alexandra to bring her ill father home...   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on February 13, 2013

Betty Grable is not an actress one normally associates with film noir, but she makes an unusual foray into Dark City in H. Bruce Humberstone's 1941 picture for Fox, I Wake Up Screaming. Nobody ever actually does wake up screaming in the movie, and the ill-chosen title is not the...   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on February 13, 2013

Betty Grable is not an actress one normally associates with film noir, but she makes an unusual foray into Dark City in H. Bruce Humberstone's 1941 picture for Fox, I Wake Up Screaming. Nobody ever actually does wake up screaming in the movie, and the ill-chosen title is not the...   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on December 30, 2012

Alfred Hitchcock had broken into the American movie-making scene with Rebecca in 1940 and then quickly turned out a number of additional films, including the 1941 romantic thriller, Suspicion, which reunited the director with Rebecca star Joan Fontaine. This second outing with Hitchcock would win Fo   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on December 30, 2012

Alfred Hitchcock had broken into the American movie-making scene with Rebecca in 1940 and then quickly turned out a number of additional films, including the 1941 romantic thriller, Suspicion, which reunited the director with Rebecca star Joan Fontaine. This second outing with Hitchcock would win Fo   read more

Critica Retro Posted by Lê on December 19, 2012

As três noites de Eva / The Lady Eve (1941) Em 1941, aos 36 anos, Henry Fonda exibia sua melhor forma. De fato, ele nunca esteve tão bonito quanto neste filme. Não é de se espantar que várias mulheres estejam atrás dele, como Barbara Stanwyck narra, vendo a cena através...   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on November 28, 2012

Few classic films are more iconic than The Maltese Falcon (1941). It occupies the same rarefied space reserved for The Wizard of Oz (1939), Gone with the Wind (1939), and Casablanca (1942), yet its mood and style set it apart from the lavish spectacles created by the first two films,...   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on November 28, 2012

Few classic films are more iconic than The Maltese Falcon (1941). It occupies the same rarefied space reserved for The Wizard of Oz (1939), Gone with the Wind (1939), and Casablanca (1942), yet its mood and style set it apart from the lavish spectacles created by the first two films,...   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on October 29, 2012

Like Dracula and Frankenstein, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde serves as a touchstone for literary and cinematic horror. Directed by Victor Fleming, the 1941 film is one of many screen adaptations of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic tale of the id unleashed, and like most movies it takes certain liber   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on October 29, 2012

Like Dracula and Frankenstein, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde serves as a touchstone for literary and cinematic horror. Directed by Victor Fleming, the 1941 film is one of many screen adaptations of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic tale of the id unleashed, and like most movies it takes certain liber   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on September 20, 2012

As far as all the hype is concerned, Citizen Kane was a major disappointment. It is a film which has been lauded as one of the greatest cinematic masterpieces of all time. However, in my mind, overall it is nothing that amazing. This movie has an important context that has to...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on September 20, 2012

Disclaimer: I have since changed my opinions on this film but this capsule review stands as a reminder of how greatly things can change.  As far as all the hype is concerned, Citizen Kane was a major disappointment. It is a film which has been lauded as one of the greatest...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on September 19, 2012

The first time I ever saw the film, I actually wrote Citizen Kane off because my hopes were so high thanks to its major critical acclaim. Those hopes were soon dashed after viewing it once, but over time I realized I needed a second viewing. This second chance allowed me...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on September 19, 2012

The first time I ever saw the film, I actually wrote Citizen Kane off because my hopes were so high thanks to its major critical acclaim. Those hopes were soon dashed after viewing it once, but over time I realized I needed a second viewing. This second chance allowed me...   read more