Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936, Frank Capra)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town is astoundingly (and rightfully) confident. Director Capra and screenwriter Robert Riskin don’t shy away from anything in the film–Capra’s more than willing to go with...
View ArticleSupernatural (1933, Victor Halperin)
Supernatural is a strange little film. I say little just because it's just over an hour; it has a great pace, however, and always feels full. Maybe because it introduces two subplots before getting to...
View ArticleMr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936, Frank Capra)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town is astoundingly (and rightfully) confident. Director Capra and screenwriter Robert Riskin don’t shy away from anything in the film–Capra’s more than willing to go with...
View ArticleSupernatural (1933, Victor Halperin)
Supernatural is a strange little film. I say little just because it's just over an hour; it has a great pace, however, and always feels full. Maybe because it introduces two subplots before getting to...
View ArticleMr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936, Frank Capra)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town is astoundingly (and rightfully) confident. Director Capra and screenwriter Robert Riskin don’t shy away from anything in the film–Capra’s more than willing to go with...
View ArticleSupernatural (1933, Victor Halperin)
Supernatural is a strange little film. I say little just because it's just over an hour; it has a great pace, however, and always feels full. Maybe because it introduces two subplots before getting to...
View ArticleMr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936, Frank Capra)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town is astoundingly (and rightfully) confident. Director Capra and screenwriter Robert Riskin don’t shy away from anything in the film–Capra’s more than willing to go with...
View ArticleThe Phantom of Crestwood (1932, J. Walter Ruben)
When the politics of a murder mystery are more interesting than the mystery, there’s a bit of a problem. The Phantom of Crestwood involves a woman of the world (Karen Morley) blackmailing her former...
View ArticleMr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936, Frank Capra)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town is astoundingly (and rightfully) confident. Director Capra and screenwriter Robert Riskin don’t shy away from anything in the film–Capra’s more than willing to go with...
View ArticleSupernatural (1933, Victor Halperin)
Supernatural is a strange little film. I say little just because it's just over an hour; it has a great pace, however, and always feels full. Maybe because it introduces two subplots before getting to...
View ArticleThe Phantom of Crestwood (1932, J. Walter Ruben)
When the politics of a murder mystery are more interesting than the mystery, there’s a bit of a problem. The Phantom of Crestwood involves a woman of the world (Karen Morley) blackmailing her former...
View ArticleThe Rains Came (1939, Clarence Brown)
I was expecting The Rains Came to be a standard soap–with some ethnic flair, of course (Tyrone Power’s an Indian doctor, Myrna Loy’s a British lady). Instead, it’s a little like… Maugham-lite. Neither...
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