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Great Old Movies

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Author and film critic William Schoell posts reviews of movies, books about movies, and biographies of people in the film industry, as well as essays about important cinema figures.

• Added on: Jan 5th, 2008
• Country: United States
• Language: English

• Author: William Schoell
• Listed in: Film Celebrity
• Tags: Cinema movies hollywood old movies classic films film classics

Recent Posts

• OF MICE AND MEN (1939)

  Posted on Thursday November 5th, 2009 at 08:30 in drama, of mice and men, 1939, john steinbeck, burgess meredith, lon chaney jr., charles bickford

  OF MICE AND MEN (1939). Director: Lewis Milestone."It's just havin' someone to talk with. It's just bein' with another guy."George (Burgess Meredith) and his brain-damaged cousin Lennie (Lon Chaney Jr.) arrive at a ranch and hope to save up enough mo...

• THE SHAGGY DOG (1959)

  Posted on Thursday November 5th, 2009 at 08:25 in comedy, walt disney, 1959, fred macmurray, charles barton

  THE SHAGGY DOG (1959). Director: Charles Barton.Fred MacMurray's career was given a new lease on life when he signed to do this silly comedy for Disney Studios and it became a tremendous hit. Wilson Daniels (MacMurray) is a mailman who hates dogs. A ...

• THE PERFECT ASSISTANT

  Posted on Thursday November 5th, 2009 at 08:20 in Mystery, TV, 2008, television, drama, lifetime, telefilm

  THE PERFECT ASSISTANT (2008 telefilm). Director: Douglas Jackson.Rachel Partson (Josie Davis) is an excellent assistant to ad exec David Westcott (Chris Potter) but she's harboring a secret. She is so pathologically in love with the man that she's wi...

• THE LAW AND THE LADY

  Posted on Thursday November 5th, 2009 at 08:15 in comedy, 1951, michael wilding, marjorie main, natalie schafer

  THE LAW AND THE LADY (1951). Director: Edwin H. Knopf."At my age a good cook is more important than a husband." --Marjorie MainAnother version of The Last of Mrs. Cheney -- Norma Shearer and Joan Crawford did the others -- with Greer Garson and Micha...

• THE FORGOTTEN

  Posted on Thursday November 5th, 2009 at 08:10 in Mystery, TV, TV Shows, television, ABC, 2009, crime drama

  THE FORGOTTEN ABC-TV series 2009.The somewhat shaky premise of this show has a group of men and women, headed by an ex-cop whose own daughter disappeared, investigate John and Jane Does, trying to find out who they are, and -- with the help of a fema...

• THE KILLER IS LOOSE

  Posted on Thursday November 5th, 2009 at 08:05 in 1956, joseph cotten, crime drama, rhonda fleming, crime thriller, alan hale, virginia christine, wendell corey, lucien ballard

  THE KILLER IS LOOSE (1956). Director: Budd Boetticher.When Detective Sam Wagner (Joseph Cotten) goes after Leon Poole (Wendell Corey), who held up a bank, he accidentally shoots the man's wife. When Poole breaks out of jail, he murders everyone in hi...

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This blog is currently rated a 5.00 out of a possible 5 based on 1 comment.

Badthing

Hi William :)

Excellent blog subject and very well written movie reviews. What do you think of my favorite movie, "Auntie Mame" with Rosalind Russell? ;)

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