Tag Archives: Now Voyager

Dark Victory (1939)

Posted on March 27, 2026 by Mark DuPré

Melodramas have a bad reputation, as if this were a lesser genre than say, the musical, action/adventure, the biopic, the suspenseful thriller, and horror. But Gone with the Wind was a melodrama, as was Titanic. More recently, Manchester by the … Continue reading →

Posted in Film Reviews, Older Films | Tagged Academy Awards, All This and Heaven Too, awards, Bette Davis, Beyond the Forest, Casablanca, Dangerous, Dark Victory, Edmund Goulding, Emilia Perez, film, George Brent, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Gone with the Wind, Grand Hotel, High Sierra, Humphrey Bogart, In This Our Life, Jezebel, Johnny Belinda, King's Row, Knute Rockne All American, Life with Father, Manchester by the Sea, Max Steiner, MGM, Mildred Pierce, movies, Now Voyager, Of Human Bondage, Oscars, Petrified Forest, Ronald Reagan, Scarlett O'Hara, Since You Went Away, The Caine Mutiny, The Garden of Allah, The Great Lie, The Informer, The Iron Claw, The Maltese Falcon, The Old Maid, The Rich are Always With Us, The Roaring Twenties, The Whale, Vivien Leigh, Warner Brothers, Wuthering Heights | Leave a comment

Tough Films, Great Performances: The Informer (1935) and The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)

Posted on August 20, 2020 by Mark DuPré

I’m not sure exactly what I imagined The Informer to be, but it wasn’t what I expected. This is the film that gave John Ford his first of four Best Director Oscars (still unmatched) and gave an Oscar to lead … Continue reading →

Posted in Film Reviews, Older Films | Tagged Battle Cry, Birdman or the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance, Caged, Casablanca, Charles Laughton, Clark Cable, Dark Victory, Detective Story, Eleanor Powell, Elmer Bernstein, Ernest Borgnine, Franchot Tone, Frank Sinatra, From Here to Eternity, Gone with the Wind, Interrupted Melody, Jezebel, John Ford, Johnny Belinda, Kim Novak, Life with Father, Marlon Brando, Marty, Max Steiner, Mutiny on the County, Now Voyager, Otto Preminger, Sergeant York, Since You Went Away, The Caine Mutiny, The Garden of Allah, The Gay Divorcee, The Informer, The Letter, The Man with the Golden Arm, The Moon is Blue, The Sound of Music, Victor McLaughlin | Leave a comment

Jojo Rabbit

Posted on February 17, 2020 by Mark DuPré

At the end of 1942’s Now, Voyager, Bette Davis turns to Paul Henreid, and utters the now classic line, “Oh, Jerry, don’t let’s ask for the moon. We have the stars.” I was reminded of that line when I caught … Continue reading →

Posted in Film Reviews, Newer films | Tagged Archie Yates, Bette Davis, Jojo Rabbit, Marriage Story, Mel Brooks, Now Voyager, Paul Henreid, Roman Griffin Davis, Sam Rockwell, Scarlett Johansson, Springtime for Hitler, Taiki Waititi, The Producers, Thor: Ragnarok | Leave a comment

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Dark Victory (1939)

Tough Films, Great Performances: The Informer (1935) and The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)

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