4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on September 14, 2021

Major Lloyd “Ace” Gruver (Marlon Brando) lands on the airbase in Korea and almost immediately gets assigned leave in Kobe. However, this leave has ulterior motives, signed by General Webster (Kent Smith), a friend of his father’s and the father of the pilot’s sometime girlfr   read more

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on July 28, 2016

Sayonara Directed by Joshua Logan Written by Paul Osborn based on a novel by James A. Michener 1957/USA Pennebaker Productions/William Goetz Productions Repeat viewing/YouTube I last saw this film on a black-and-white TV.  It was even better than I remembered. Major Lloyd Gruver (Marlon Brando) i   read more

Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on April 29, 2013

Ciao! Tschüss! Adios! Buh-bye! Estelle Taylor has delivered a nice verbal dagger through John Barrymore’s ribs in Don Juan and she departs victorious. If you see the movie, read his lips in the aftermath. Very enlightening.   read more

The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on November 2, 2010

Army pilot Major Lloyd ‘Ace’ Gruver (Marlon Brando) has just been transferred from the action in Korea to a desk job in Japan.  There he will be closer to his girlfriend Eileen (Patricia Owens) and her military based family.  It seems his military life has always been perfectly on track....   read more