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Tag: Classic Hollywood

Doctor X (1932) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast

. The two-strip technicolor stylishness of Doctor X, coupled with a patently ludicrous plot, might qualify it as some...

House of Bamboo (1955) Movie Review, Cast & Crew, Film Summary

Sam Fuller only contributed additional dialogue to the script for this, a film noir set in a deceptively technicolor,...

China Seas (1935) Movie Review, Cast & Crew, Film Summary

A shiny nugget of Old Hollywood entertainment, China Seas takes a standard exotic adventure tale and setting and marries...

Ice Palace (1960) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast

Memories of would-be blockbusters and failed Oscar-bait past. Based on a late novel by the titan of pulpy epics,...

Blood Alley (1955) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast

There are several things initially off-putting about Blood Alley. Produced by and starring John Wayne at the height of...

The Man from Planet X (1951) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast

I have extolled here plenty of times the beauties of the “theatre of the mind” aspect of cheap old...

Bunco Squad (1950) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast

Pity the poor old B-movie without even a major cult director or star attached. Pity even more the B-movie...

The Devil-Doll (1936) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast

Tod Browning should have been on top of the world after the enormous financial success of his Dracula (1931)...

When Worlds Collide (1951) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast

Bringing about the end of the world on a ‘50s B-movie budget was always going to be a difficult...

This Island Earth (1955) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast

Yes, it’s the film that inspired this blog’s title, so it’s about time I got around to reviewing This...

The Tall Target (1951) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast

One of Anthony Mann’s best films and a prototypical modern thriller, The Tall Target is a near-perfect exemplar of...

The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast

Fu Manchu is a pop cultural figure as guilt-provoking as he is indelible and irresistible. His mixture of haughty,...