Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on February 13, 2024

Walter Huston is the Devil and Edward Arnold is Daniel Webster in "The Devil and Daniel Webster" The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941) is a film fantasy based on the short story by Stephen Vincent Benet by the same name. The film was directed by William Dieterle and starred an...   read more

Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on January 31, 2024

Walter Huston and Ruth Chatterton star in William Wyler’s production of “Dodsworth” Dodsworth (1936) is an American drama film directed by William Wyler, and starring Walter Huston, Ruth Chatterton, Paul Lukas, Mary Astor, and David Niven. The screenplay by Sidney Howard is ba   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on March 26, 2022

Oscar Season: Walter Huston in The Treasure of Sierra Madre (1948) On March 26, 2022 By CarolIn Uncategorized Image in doctomacro It’s Oscar season! Woohoo! I was going through the Garden’s previous Oscar posts, and I realized I have never talked about o   read more

Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on December 3, 2021

Barry Fitzgerald, Walter Huston, and Louis Hayward in "And Then There Were None" And Then There Were None (1945) is a mystery movie directed by Rene Clair and starring Barry Fitzgerald, Walter Huston, and Louis Hayward. The film is an adaptation of Agatha Christie's 1939 novel of the same name   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on July 17, 2021

Rain finds its origins in a short story by W. Somerset Maugham, and it was also preceded by a picture starring Gloria Swanson titled Sadie Thompson. She is indeed the central character of this adaptation as well, although the title of this version focuses in on the dreary poeticism. It’s...   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on May 6, 2020

I have revisited director William Wyler’s Dodsworth (1936), a film based on a Sinclair Lewis novel, many times over the years and the older I get, the richer it becomes. While any movie can change meaning with repeat viewings, this is a production that particularly reveals new facets with time   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on April 2, 2019

As Warner Archive celebrates its tenth year, I have been looking back on the hundreds of films I’ve reviewed from the label over the years. I treasure so many of these releases, from the pre-codes to big budget Technicolor musicals. However, my favorites have been the underseen gems that have   read more

Classic Film Freak Posted by Orson De Welles on March 17, 2016

Share This!1941’s Swamp Water is a great example of the product not coming as advertised.  From the title and the promotional materials, including the theatrical poster, you’d think this is a typically substandard B-grade horror picture.  Granted, those sometimes schlocky horror pictures can be a gr   read more

Pretty Clever Films Posted by Wade Sheeler on April 12, 2013

TCM will air Dodsworth & The Treasure of the Sierra Madre this Sunday, April 14, 2013 I was a weird kid. I could make a list a mile long “why.” But for now, the example I’ll give is the first two movie stars that I loved – Gary Cooper and...   read more