Cruise into Terror

I watched this made for tv movie more than ten years ago.  I watched 30 minutes with my sister and she quit it.  The first thirty minutes of this movie are boring.  It's the Love Boat.  However then they find an Egyptian sarcophagus that has Satan in it.   The preacher of course goes on about it.  I told my sister it got hammy after thirty minutes.  I found this on modcinema and was happy about purchasing it and watching it again. 

The People

I love Zenna Henderson's short stories of the people.  This short made for tv movie is an adaptation of those stories.  It's about an alien race of children who can do things like float in the air.   Their teacher Kim Darby supports their decision to remember their home.  William Shatner plays a minor role.  The short stories are better.  I watched this movie years ago and it made me seek the short stories.  I got this off modcinema since there's various complaints about the copy on Amazon.

Susan Slept Here

Debbie plays a 17 year old juvenile delinquent who marries screenwriter Dick Powell to keep her out of trouble.  Only she wants to stay married.  Anne Francis plays his girlfriend who is mad at the situation.  I thought Dick Powell was too old to play the 35 year old screenwriter.  Debbie and Anne are a lot of fun to watch. 

An American Tragedy

This movie was adapted from the classic by Theodore Dreiser.  A Place in the Sun which was also adapted from it was a much better movie.  This movie is about a man who falls for Sylvia Sidney who works for his company.  Only he falls for rich Frances Dee and he arranges for a boating accident with Sylvia Sidney.  The problem I had with this movie is that Sylvia Sidney was supposed to play a dowdy girl and she was one attractive actress.  I just couldn't buy it.  It was ok.  There's better precodes.