Rage in Heaven

In this psychological thriller Montgomery is a psychopath.  Ingrid marries him but finds she should have married George Sanders who she still has feelings for.  This was co written by Christopher Isherwood who wrote The Berlin Stories which Cabaret is based on.  This movie is just ok.  Ingrid Bergman looks gorgeous as usual.  For a better film with Montgomery as a psychopath watch Night must Fall. 

The Victim

Elizabeth Montgomery stars in this 70's tv movie about a murder.  Elizabeth goes to her sister's house but she's not there.  Elizabeth starts to think something happened to her sister.  She suspects Eileen Heckart, the maid and the husband her sister was about to divorce.  The ending is kind of unclear.  Montgomery gives a good performance. 

Sissi: The Fateful Years of the Empress

In this last installment of the Sissi movies, Sissi finds herself sick but she miraculously recovers.  There's not much plot in this one.  It's ok but the first movie was by far the best.  Romy Schneider is by far the best thing in this movie.  She's lovely and charming.  I'm going to look into her non-Sissy movies soon.

The Big Parade

I am so glad this got on DVD.  This is a beautiful love story around World War I.  John Gilbert has a girl back home but he falls in love with a girl from France Renee Adoree.  They have a fun scene with bubble gum.  There's more than thirty minutes of him in battle.  It was a pretty good movie. 

Hollywood Story

A producer decides to make a film about how a silent film director was killed.  He begins to research into the case and it becomes apparent that someone doesn't want him to.  Julie Adams from The Creature from the Black Lagoon stars.  She's definitely one of my favorite actresses from the 50's.  It's a neat movie. 

Phantom Lady

This is an awesome noir movie.  I was so glad to see that it got on dvd.  Ella Raines was an excellent actress of the 40's.  She was good in noir and in Tall in the Saddle she almost stole the show from John Wayne.  Ella's boss gets accused of murder.  He keeps mentioning that he was with a woman the whole night as his alibi.  People think he's lying but Ella goes undercover herself to prove her boss innocent.  This is a nice moody atmosphere.  I really need to read the book. 

The Girl he left Behind

Tab Hunter flunks college and enrolls into the army.  He doesn't have the stuff the army needs until the end. Natalie Wood plays the girl he left behind to go the army.  James Garner has a bit part and I was hoping for more.  This movie was boring.  There were better army movies in the 50's like The D.I. and The Strange One (which hasn't been put on dvd yet).  Natalie Wood was cute in it.  That was the main reason why I got it.