Day of Wrath

I watched this Dreyer movie seven years ago.  It was better the second time around.  It's a pretty good movie.  A woman falls for her husband's son.  She wishes her husband dead and when that happens she is accused of witchcraft.  The acting was pretty good.  You get foreshadowing in the beginning when an old woman is accused of witchcraft.  I need to watch more Dreyer movies.  I watched The Passion of Joan of Arc over ten years ago.  It's due for a rewatch and his other movies need a viewing.

Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel

This is more or less Doctor Quinn Medicine Woman.  It was a tv movie made in the 70's starring The Bionic Woman star Lindsay Wagner.  She begins practice in a small forest town where the locals treat her medical expertise as evil.  They trust the simple ways of their other doctor Jane Wyman.  Eventually Jane and her become friends and help sick people in the town together.  Tracey Gold is a kid actor here and she does a good job.

Fanny

Fanny discovers that she's pregnant.  She marries an older man out of convenience and to avoid scandal.  Later a few years later her lover Marius returns.  This was written and directed by Marcel Pagnol, more known as the author of Jean de Florette and Manon of the Springs.  This was a pretty good movie.  I look forward to seeing the others in the set.

Blue Denim

This is based on a play.  It's about two teenagers, one of whom is played by Carol Lynley.  They fall in love but then they have to worry about an unwanted pregnancy.  She almost has an abortion.  The guy's friend is more or less the boy's conscience.  I thought Carol Lynley was good in this movie.  You can tell that she's a star.  She would go on to better movies like Bunny Lake is Missing.  For a 50's movie this is pretty scandalous, bringing up topics like abortions. 

King of Kings

I'm a religious person.  I try to make it to church on Sundays.  I go to church activities throughout the week.  I try to read my scriptures every day.  I love biblical movies.  I think The Ten Commandments is the best one.  I was not impressed with the recent Son of God.  But King of Kings was ok.  I felt like it made Jesus out to be a spiritual person. It goes through his birth and then his crucifixion.  It's around three hours.  I was disappointed though that Mary Magdalene was barely in it. 

The Merry Widow

Mae Murray plays a showgirl who falls for John Gilbert.  Only he turns her down and she marries someone scary for money.  Luckily the man dies soon leaving her rich.  This was based on an operetta.  Yet it's a silent.  It's almost two hours and a half but I enjoyed myself.  I thought it was a classy piece and it had good direction by Erich von Stroheim.  I need to watch the Jeanette Macdonald version now.

Peg O'my Heart

This is not one of Marion Davies' best.  It's a musical and she's not the best singer.  She inherits 2 millionaire dollars but she has to live with some British stuffy people.  They get money if she lives there.  Of course she doesn't know this.  Eventually the truth comes out.  She also falls in love.  See The Patsy or Show People instead. 

Hindle Wakes

A factory mill girl has some fun with a wealthy gentleman.  His father is embarrassed and insists that he propose to the girl.  Only the girl is more independent than they took her for.  This movie is kind of shocking for a 20's movie.  There's definitely a feminism vibe.  It's a British silent film with no star I've heard of yet it's pretty good.

Not so dumb

Marion Davies plays a ditzy girl trying to advance her fiancé's career.  King Vidor directed this.  He directed Show People with her earlier.  Marion is cute in it but there's something missing.  It didn't seem to flow right to me. I'm glad though that Marion Davies' movies are being released on DVD though.

Made in Paris

Ann-Margret plays an innocent girl who teases two men one of which is Louis Jordan.  She's on vacation in France and can't choose between the two of them.  This is Ann Margret's vehicle.  It's not the best picture but she sings and dances.  The screen belongs to her.  I recommend this for Ann Margret fans.  If you're not one she was in better movies like Tommy and Bye Bye Birdie.