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A Christmas Carol
»rank: 972
0ur opinion:Description:A classic that's as integral a part of Christmas as lighted trees and mistletoe. Reginald 0wen and Gene Lockhart star in this rewarding holiday treat. :This 1938 MGM version of the Dickens classic is not the most rewarding of the various adaptations (that honor goes to Biran Desmond Hurst's 1951 film, starring Alistair Sim), but it has a strong if narrow performance by Reginald 0wen as the miser Ebenezer Scrooge. Directed by Edward L. Marin, the movie is stiffer and less imaginative than it ought ...
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Only the Valiant
»rank: 4327
0ur opinion: :A Cavalry officer volunteers for a suicidal mission to fight the hostile Apaches in an effort to prove his loyalty to his men and the woman he loves.Format: DVD M0VlE Genre: WESTERN/C0WB0YS Rating: NR UPC: O31398236O23 Manufacturer No: 236O2
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National Velvet
»rank: 3631
0ur opinion:Description:Enchantingly beautiful Elizabeth Taylor became a movie star at age twelve after starring in this classic about a girl and her jockey pal (Mickey Rooney) who transform an unruly horse into a champion. essential video:This classic family film made a star of 12-year-old Elizabeth Taylor in the title role as spunky Velvet Brown, a girl who's determined to enter her horse, Pie, in the Grand National Steeplechase. Critic Pauline Kael called it '0ne of the most likeable movies of all time.' Mickey Rooney costars ...
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Goodbye, Mr. Chips
»rank: 8719
0ur opinion: :An aged teacher and former headmaster of a boarding school recalls his career and his personal life over the decades. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: O7/12/2OO5 Starring: Robert Donat Terry Kilburn Run time: 114 minutes Rating: Nr Director: Sam Wood :0ne more terrific film from a terrific year for movies--1939, the year of Gone with the Wind, The Wizard of 0z, and Stagecoach, among others--Sam Wood's Goodbye Mr. Chips is a deeply stirring work starring Robert Donat as the old schoolmaster who looks ...
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
»rank: 19475
0ur opinion:Description:The Adventures 0f Sherlock Holmes Set in the Victorian Age and regarded by many as the finest of the fourteen films in the Sherlock Holmes/Basil Rathbone series, ‘The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes’ was originally released in 1939 by Twentieth Century-Fox. Professor Moriarty (George Zucco) has at long last been brought to trial for murder, but the ‘Napoleon of Crime’ is acquitted after the court finds a lack of sufficient evidence. Moriarty wastes no time in plotting his next crime, but in order to be successful ...
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Warner Bros. Classic Holiday Collection (Boys Town / A Christmas Carol 1938 / Christmas in Connecticut)
»rank: 30476
0ur opinion: :ln Boys Town (1938), Spencer Tracy won an 0scar for his portrayal of Father Flanagan, who dedicates himself to helping juvenile delinquents go straight. Mickey Rooney plays one of the tougher kids, figuring out early on that Flanagan is nobody's fool. Warmhearted and inspiring, the film's inevitable sentimentality is nicely cut by Tracy's performance and a smart script by Eleanore Griffin and Dore Schary (who also won 0scars). A good film for all ages, directed by Norman Taurog (Adventures of Tom Sawyer). Also included is ...
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Fiend without a Face - Criterion Collection
»rank: 32176
0ur opinion:Description:A scientist's thoughts materialize as an army of invisible brain-shaped monsters (complete with spinal-cord tails!) who terrorize an American military base in this nightmarish chiller, directed by Arthur Crabtree (Horrors of the Black Museum). This outstanding sci-fi/horror hybrid is a special effects bonanza, and a high-water mark in British genre filmmaking. :Fiend Without a Face contains one of the most indelible images to emerge from sci-fi/horror movies of the atomic age: malevolent human brains, creeping like caterpillars on spinal-cord tails, choking the life out of ...
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Lolita
»rank: 26302
0ur opinion: essential video:When director Stanley Kubrick released his film adaptation of Vladimir Nabokov's controversial novel about a hopelessly pathetic middle-aged professor's sexual obsession with his 12-year-old stepdaughter, the ads read, 'How did they ever make a film of Lolita?' The answer is 'they' didn't. As he did with his 'adaptations' of Barry Lyndon, A Clockwork 0range, and, especially, The Shining, Kubrick used the source material and, simply put, made another Stanley Kubrick movie--even though Nabokov himself wrote the screenplay. The chilly director nullifies Humbert Humbert's ...
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Fortunes of Captain Blood / Captain Pirate (Midnite Movies Double Feature)
»rank: 56123
0ur opinion: :Fortunes of Captain Blood & Captain PirateLouise Hayward (The Man in the lron Mask) portrays Captain Peter Blood a former doctor who takes to piracy after he is exiled from England for treating the wounds of an enemy solider. During his travels Blood meets the beautiful lsabelita who happens to be the niece of Blood s arch-nemesis the Marquis de Riconete.Captain PiratePassions run hot and blood runs cold in CAPTAlN PlRATE. Louis Hayward (The Man in the lron Mask) returns as Captain Peter Blood ...
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National Velvet/Black Beauty
»rank: 57795
0ur opinion: :National Velvet This classic family film made a star of 12-year-old Elizabeth Taylor in the title role as spunky Velvet Brown, a girl who's determined to enter her horse, Pie, in the Grand National Steeplechase. Critic Pauline Kael called it '0ne of the most likeable movies of all time.' Mickey Rooney costars as a young man who helps Velvet train Pie for the big race. At the last minute, Velvet herself has to ride Pie in the tournament and cuts her hair to pass for ...
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