Category Archives: Older Films

The King of Kings (1927)

Posted on June 11, 2019 by Mark DuPré

First of all, apologies for how long it’s been. I’ve seen lots of movies, some old and a few new, but have been too busy with other activities. I hope this gets me back in the groove! So I stepped … Continue reading →

Posted in Film Reviews, Older Films | Tagged Bible, Cecil B. DeMille, Dorothy Cummings, H.B. Warner, I Was a Teenage Werewolf, It's a Wonderful Life, J. Peverell Marley, Jeffrey Hunter, Jesus, John Wayne, Judas, King James English, Mary Magdalene, Mel Gibson, Peter, Sunset Boulevard, The Greatest Story Ever Told, The King of Kings, The Passion of the Christ, The Ten Commandments, two-strip Technicolor, William Holden | Leave a comment

A Trip to the ‘30s: Peg O’ My Heart, Lady for a Day, Morning Glory, and King of Jazz

Posted on March 17, 2019 by Mark DuPré

Saw a trio of films that turned to be central to the 1933 Best Actress race. Katherine Hepburn won her first Oscar for a somewhat strange performance in Morning Glory, playing an actress who goes from young, innocent, naïve, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Film Reviews, Older Films | Tagged A Star is Born, Adolph Menjou, Bing Crosby, Busby Berkeley, C. Aubrey Smith, Cavalcade, Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Frank Capra, Frank Lloyd, Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, Harvey Weinstein, It Happened One Night, John Boles, Katherine Hepburn, King of Jazz, Lady for a Day, Laurette Taylor, Lowell Sherman, Marion Davies, May Robson, Morning Glory, Onslow Stevens, Paul Whiteman, Peg O' My Heart, Robert Riskin, The Great Ziegfeld, The Rhythm Boys, three-strip Technicolor, two-strip Technicolor, Universal, What Price Hollywood?, Will Rogers, William Randolph Heart | Leave a comment

The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958)

Posted on December 15, 2018 by Mark DuPré

The Inn of the Sixth Happiness is one of those older, well-regarded films I’d put on my list to see “sometime.” Sometime turned out to be last night, and since I didn’t really know much about the film, many of … Continue reading →

Posted in Film Reviews, Older Films | Tagged Ben Hur, Bright Victory, Champion, China, Christian, Christianity, CinemaScope, Curt Jurgens, Garbo, Gaslight, Gladys Aylward, Goodbye Mr. Chips, Ingrid Bergman, Japan, Mark Robson, missionary, Notorious, Peyton Place, Robert Donat, Sino-Japanese War, The 39 Steps, The Harder They Fall, The Inn of the Sixth Happiness, The Mandarin, The Robe, The Small Woman, The Ten Commandments | Leave a comment

Two Prototypes: What Price Hollywood? (1932) and Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)

Posted on September 25, 2018 by Mark DuPré

Prototype: a first, typical or preliminary model of something. I’ve seen a boatload of old and foreign films recently but haven’t had the time to write about them. Yet when I notice a similarity between two films that don’t seem … Continue reading →

Posted in Film Reviews, Older Films | Tagged A Star is Born, Bill Murray, Cat People, Citizen Kane, Clint Morgan, Constance Bennett, Dali, David O. Selznick, Double Indemnity, film noir, George Cukor, German Expressionist, Hitchcock, IMDB, Lowell Sherman, M, Neil Hamilton, Nicholas Musuraca, Out of the Past, Peter Lorre, prototype, Spellbound, Stranger on the Third Floor, The Maltese Falcon, Val Lewton, What Price Hollywood? | Leave a comment

Two French Classics: Lola Montès (1955) and Pépé le Moko (1937)

Posted on August 6, 2018 by Mark DuPré

My new FilmStruck subscription (thank you, children) is giving me access to many older films that help fill in my cinematic gaps. Recently, I saw two French classics that couldn’t be more different from one another—Lola Montès (1955) and Pépé … Continue reading →

Posted in Film Reviews, Older Films | Tagged Algiers, Andrew Sarris, Anton Walbrook, Barry Lyndon, Charles Boyer, Clark Gable, Forrest Gump, Franz Liszt, Graham Greene, Hedy Lamarr, Jean Gabin, King Ludwig I of Bavaria, La Regle du Jeu, Lola Montes, Marine Carol, Max Ophuls, Oscar Werner, Pépé le Moko, Pepé le Pew, Peter Ustinov, Renoir, Rules of the Game, Ryan O'Neal, Technicolor, The Earrings of Madame de... | Leave a comment

Two Audrey Hepburn Films: Roman Holiday and The Nun’s Story

Posted on June 5, 2018 by Mark DuPré

Enough time has passed that many filmgoers today have only barely heard of one of the biggest starts of the middle of the last century, and one of the most sparkling and engaging presences in all film history. There was … Continue reading →

Posted in Film Reviews, Older Films | Tagged A Man for All Seasons, Audrey Hepburn, Beatrice Straight, Charade, Dalton Trumbo, Dean Jagger, Eddie Albert, Edith Evans, Fred Zinnemann, From Here to Eternity, Gregory Peck, High Noon, Julia Roberts, Marilyn Monroe, Mildred Dunnock, My Fair Lady, New York Film Critics Circle, Patricia Collinge, Peggy Ashcroft, Peter Finch, Pretty Woman, Production Code, Richard Gere, Roman Holiday, Sabrina, Sister Luke, stardom, The Nun's Story, Two for the Road, Wait Until Dark, War and Peace, William Wyler | Leave a comment

All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) and A Night to Remember (1958)

Posted on April 3, 2018 by Mark DuPré

All Quiet on the Western Front All Quiet on the Western Front was a Best Picture Oscar winner (and Best Director winner for Lewis Milestone as well) way back in 1930. The version I saw was a restoration with sound … Continue reading →

Posted in Film Reviews, Older Films | Tagged A Night to Remember, All Quiet on the Western Front, Atlantic, Cabaret, Californian, Geoffrey Unsworth, Johnny Belinda, Kenneth More, Lawrence of Arabia, Lew Ayres, Lewis Milestone, Lord of the Rings, Tess, The Front Page, The Third Man, Titanic | Leave a comment

Category Archives: Older Films

The King of Kings (1927)

A Trip to the ‘30s: Peg O’ My Heart, Lady for a Day, Morning Glory, and King of Jazz

The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958)

Two Prototypes: What Price Hollywood? (1932) and Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)

Two French Classics: Lola Montès (1955) and Pépé le Moko (1937)

Two Audrey Hepburn Films: Roman Holiday and The Nun’s Story

All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) and A Night to Remember (1958)

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