Sabrina

This is one of my favorite Audrey Hepburn movies.  She was one of a kind, a lovely woman with charm, not to mention a good actress.  In this movie, she plays a chauffeur's daughter that had a huge crush on William Holden growing up.  When she comes back from France (where she was learning how to be a cook) she's all grown up.  Holden takes notice.  Bogart wants to get her out of the family way but finds himself falling for her too.  My favorite Audrey Hepburn movie is Roman Holiday but this is a close second.  

The Adorable Cheat

This is my first introduction to the silent actress Lila Lee.  In this, she plays a woman who belongs to a wealthy family.  She takes a job but doesn't want her boss to find out that she's rich.  She wants to see if he is interested in her for herself and not just her riches.  Of course, the truth eventually comes out.  There are pretty good performances from the leads Cornelius Keefe and Lila Lee.  I'll be investigating these actors.  The movie's also pretty short.  

Rubber Tires

This is a pretty cute silent film.  It predates It happened one night as a road movie.  It also stars the silent actor Harrison Ford, not to be confused with the Star Wars actor.  Harrison Ford was actually a pretty good silent actor always playing a likable guy.  This movie also stars Bessie Love.  The family makes a trip to California with the car they just purchased.  Their father makes a trade with the car only the family finds out it's worth a heck of a lot more.  This movie is only around 70 minutes and it went by pretty quickly.

Janie/Janie gets married

These movies are pretty crappy.  I don't know why Warner Archive bothered to put them on DVD.  It's about a squeaky clean teenager who is in love with Robert Hutton, a soldier.  Then in the sequel, she marries him and has problems like jealousy. The first actress Joyce Reynolds does an ok job.  She has pep which Joan Leslie (the one who stars in the sequel as Janie) lacks.  I've never been a fan of Joan Leslie.  I've always found her bland.  Dorothy Malone is in the sequel too as a brunette and she definitely steals the show.   

King of Kings

I've been reading the New Testament lately and I liked this movie.  It puts many of the Bible stories on screen, for example, the story of Jesus and the adulteress. It doesn't bring anything new to the table but it is a nice tale going over Jesus and his miracles, plus his crucifixion.    It was silent but it had a nice pace to it.  It was a good movie to watch on Sunday.  

Woman in Hiding

This movie came from the same TCM set as Female on the Beach.  Ida Lupino is almost killed by her recent husband.  She runs away only her husband tracks her down thanks to a guy who cares about her but doesn't know any better.  That guy is played by Howard Duff and he plays a good confidante and love interest.  He eventually finds out the truth and there's a showdown.  A supporting actress Peggy Dow is particularly pretty here.  I love Ida Lupino.  She wasn't like the other 50's actresses of her time like Donna Reed.  She was neat and I believe one of the first female directors.  She didn't direct this one though.  

Arizona

This was John Wayne in the early 30's.  He didn't have much charisma yet and he later got better looking.  He also just became a better actor with time. I prefer him in his westerns.  This is a pre-code and isn't a western.  Laura La Plante (an actress I love) plays his ex-girlfriend.  Laura marries a man she doesn't care about.  She sets out to get revenge only her baby sister June Clyde has a thing with John Wayne now. June Clyde was pretty spunky in this.  I'll have to watch more movies with her.  Overall this was a nice pre-code but not one of the best.