This was a childhood favorite of mine.The main draws remain the special effects, set design, and two terrific lead performances by Kirk Douglas and James Mason.Douglas was one of the most versatile actors of his generation, delivering a slew of iconic roles, but watching the cocky swagger he brings to the part of Ned Land […]
An anthology of stories from the Davy Crockett TV show. Covers his participation in the Indian Creek War, his time in Congress, and ends with him fighting during the siege of the Alamo. Easy to see why the character was such a beloved icon for children at the time. Fess Parker gives a charming, straight […]
via Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier (1955) — Mike’s Movies
This movie represents Disney utilizing every lesson they had learned over the past three decades to give us an immediately likeable pair of main characters, a charming romance, and a world that felt alive. I’ll start with the cast. At this point, Disney had an established roster of regular voice actors that would put any […]
Was promised sadness and I got sadness. I also got a well-made tale of a boy learning to shoulder the responsibilities of manhood while his father’s away, and a touching look at how friendships between children and their dogs develop. Tommy Kirk is fine in the lead role, and I was pleasantly surprised to see […]
What a profoundly weird movie. It was Disney’s follow-up to “Sleeping Beauty” and represented a completely new direction for the studio, one that would dominate their output for the next two decades. Until now, all of Disney’s live action movies had been chiefly European productions, period films that stuck to the adventure and fantasy genres. […]
What a lovely, lovely film. I had the vaguest of memories of this one. We had a VHS copy when I was young, but it was never one of the Disney movies I was very interested in, because it looked too girly. This apparently affected it at the box office as well, to the point […]
This movie, which consists of eight episodes of Disney’s “Zorro” TV show edited together, covers the same narrative territory as the far superior “The Mark of Zorro” (1940): Don Diego returns home to California after a year in Spain to discover that his town has been taken over by corruption. He sets out to reclaim […]
This was one of my childhood favorites, and watching it as an adult it’s easy to see why. Few of Disney’s efforts matched this one in terms of creating a feel of epic adventure and grand scale. This is the first film Disney filmed in Panavision, and the wide-screen presentation is the perfect choice to […]
In this series-depending on how long it lasts, for life, writing, and so many other things, are quite fleeting-I hope to look at a few classic films, give my take on them, perhaps even say something new that will have significance for today, and, failing that, try like the devil to be entertainingly provocative. I […]
via Tales From The Silver Screen: Part 2 Black and White 1949 — Carrot Ranch Literary Community
When his son hit his final year at university, he felt a fundamental shift. After working hard for so many years to give his only child a good life, Jamie Bartlett decided the time had come to focus on himself. Having spent the past 13 years playing David Genaro in Rhythm City, he wanted to […]
via Why former Rhythm City actor Jamie Bartlett aka David Genaro decided to quit — News365.co.za
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