Category Archives: Drama
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Bureau of Missing Persons (1933)
Leave a commentMarch 26, 2017 by smumcounty
Every Sunday I go through the Turner Classic Movies listings for the next week (that’s about as far ahead as …
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Shanghai Express (1932)
Leave a commentOctober 17, 2015 by smumcounty
“Grand Hotel on a train.” That’s how they referred to “Shanghai Express” when it was released in 1932 the same …
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The Long Goodbye (1973)
Leave a commentJuly 22, 2015 by smumcounty
Elliott Gould, at first glance, would seem like an odd choice to portray legendary private eye Philip Marlowe. Certainly when …
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Gabriel Over the White House (1933)
Leave a commentMay 24, 2015 by smumcounty
The 30’s are my go to decade for classic films. I watch more films from that decade than any other. …
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Counsellor at Law (1933)
Leave a commentMarch 22, 2015 by smumcounty
I really like John Barrymore, that resonant vibrato, that great profile (the great profile), that thick shock of hair. But …
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Wild Boys of the Road (1933)
2September 21, 2014 by smumcounty
Between 1929 and 1939 more than 250,000 men left their homes and took to the road to ride the rails …
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Wife vs. Secretary (1936)
Leave a commentJune 8, 2014 by smumcounty
Van Stanhope (Clark Gable) and his wife Linda (Myrna Loy) are, by all accounts, a deliriously happy couple. He’s the …
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Battleground (1949)
1April 14, 2014 by smumcounty
“This story is about, and dedicated to, those Americans who met General Heinrich von Luttwitz and his 47 Panzer Corps …
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The Manificent Ambersons (1942)
Leave a commentMarch 8, 2014 by smumcounty
“The Magnificent Ambersons” (1942), based on the novel by Booth Tarkington, is the story of a great American family in …
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Caged (1950)
1August 2, 2013 by smumcounty
“Pile out, you tramps. End of the line.” Marie Allen (Eleanor Parker) has had a tough break. At only, seventeen, …
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