This was a 1950s British comedy about an old woman who stays with a couple for a night and is discovered dead the next morning. The couple seek to solve the mystery. It was ok, nothing life changing. The real reason to watch this is Diana Dors, England's Marilyn Monroe at the time. She's charming and gorgeous. (She could sing too. She made a good album.) It's 68 minutes so if you're a Diana Dors fan it's worth watching.
This is regarded as Joseph Losey's best film, a homoerotic movie about a servant taking over his master. The performances were very good especially from Dick Bogarde but I just liked The Prowler and The Sleeping Tiger more. The only thing that I would really change about this movie is that they only had one Cleo Laine song which kind of got annoying. They should have had more from her.
This Eddie Cantor musical really hasn't aged well. It's racist against Native Americans and African Americans. It's known for having Paulette Goddard and Betty Grable in the chorus when they were just trying to make it. The score is ok with "My Baby just cares for me" and "Making Whoopee." This started Busby Berkeley's career.
I watched this movie because I was curious about Jean Parker. She's ok here. It's about a simple minded girl who is mocked by her community. She falls in love with a lawyer. Things get bad when the family arranges her to be married to someone she doesn't love. He is accidentally killed by the girl's friend who is defended by her lawyer. Allmovie gave this a one. I think that's too harsh. I give it a 2/5. For some reason it reminded me of Green Mansions. It was based on a book and I have a feeling it's better.
I saw the Joan Crawford movie remake first and I like both but the Swedish version was more poetic. The beautiful Ingrid Bergman plays a disfigured criminal who receives plastic surgery. She starts to change her ways. She becomes a governess for a little boy and the father and the boy take a shine to her. But her past comes back to haunt her and the crime involves the boy. I noticed the American and Swedish endings were different. Ingrid Bergman was only twenty-three in this, already an accomplished actress.
This stars two underrated actresses Sally Eilers and the child actor Marcia Mae Jones. Sally Eilers friend gets married to a millionaire while drunk but she is already married. Sally Eilers tries to make everything right and pretends to be her friend in the process only while doing so. Only she falls in love with the guy. Marcia Mae Jones plays the guy's kid. Sally Eilers wasn't given enough roles to truly prove her talent in Hollywood but she is more than adequate here. I found this on youtube. It was ok.
This was based off a book by Cornell Woolrich. It is about a chauffeur who falls for his mobster's girl Michele Morgan. She wants to run away to Havana and he agrees to help her out. Unfortunately he suffers from hallunications and not everything goes according to plan. It's not the best noir I've seen but it was all right. Like always Peter Lorre steals the show.
