Anne Jeffreys

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ABSOLUTELY HEAVENLY...
So awful it's good
I Married An Angel - MacDonald and Eddy's Last Hurrah
Censors triumph over angels

I Married an Angel
Starring: Jeanette MacDonald , Nelson Eddy , Edward Everett Horton , Binnie Barnes , and Reginald Owen
Director: W.S. Van Dyke , and Roy Del Ruth
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
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Bitter Sweet
Girl of the Golden West
New Moon
Sweethearts (1938)
Rose Marie (1936)

ASIN: 6301969235
Release Date: 1992-12-11

Customer Reviews:

ABSOLUTELY HEAVENLY..........2002-12-09

This is an absolutely charming fantasy film. I love it! Of course, since I was a child, I have always been partial to Nelson Eddy/Jeanette MacDonald films. Together, they made beautiful music. This film is particularly bittersweet, as it was their final film together, forever ending a wonderful musical chapter in Hollywood history.

Based upon the Rogers and Hart broadway hit, the film's plot is simple. Taking place in Budapest, a handsome and rich banker, thirty something playboy, Count William Palaffi (Nelson Eddy), falls asleep at his birthday party, dreaming of being married to a heaven sent angel named Brigitta (Jeanette MacDonald). The dream tracks the early days of their marriage and her transition from angel to devil in an effort to please her husband. When he awakens, he realizes that his angel has been there all along, as Ms. Szabo (Jeanette MacDonald), a secretary from his bank who had attended his costume birthday fete dressed up as an angel is a doppelganger for Brigitta. The path to true love is a strange one, indeed!

The costumes are lovely in this film, and the music is glorious. Though filmed in 1942, the film still has some of the sumptuousness of filming associated with the nineteen thirties. Highly stylized, it is a musical that those who love vintage films will surely enjoy. Bravo!

So awful it's good.......2002-12-09

I MARRIED AN ANGEL shows up on a lot of lists of the worst movies ever made, and the first thing that has to be acknowledged is that it truly is dreadful. As my daughter and I watched this, she kept screaming over and over, "This is so stupid!" And it is. I couldn't tell her that she was wrong. But . . . if you can get past the fact that the plot is absurd and the premise ridiculous, it can provide a lot of fun. The songs are good, even if the context is sometimes dreadful, the singing spirited, and the acting as good as could be expected under the circumstances. And there is a certain bravery everyone displays in carrying the spirit of the thing all the way to the end.

Although the movie is never not embarrassing, the hardest to watch part consists of bank owner Nelson Eddy falling asleep on a couch and having a vivid dream in which an angel, played by Jeanette MacDonald, who bears a striking resemblence to an employee in his bank who has come to his birthday party in an angel costume, descends from heaven with the intent to marry him. The complications that arise in his dream of this marriage of heaven and earth provide the action for most of the film. Once one gets past the silliness of all this, it is actually a lot of fun. As a long time animal rights supporter, I got a kick out of the scene where angel MacDonald refuses to wear a hat with bird feathers on it, or a dress with an animal's tail, or carry a wolfskin hand warmer. There is also a risque scene where MacDonald wakes up in the morning after her wedding, to discover that she no longer has wings. And the long scene wedding reception where she speaks the truth to everyone she meets has its charms. The fact is, while the material is pretty bad, the spirit and gusto with which everyone carries out their parts makes it a lot of fun.

This was the end of Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy's string of enjoyable musicals, and pretty much the end of each's career as a film performer. MacDonald was hurt by the fact that she would turn 40 the year after this movie was released (the unfair and unfortunate bane of many Hollywood actresses), and Eddy by the fact that his singing style had gone somewhat out of style and had little appeal apart from teaming with MacDonald. I enjoy their films, though I acknowledge that they are an acquired taste, and lack the universal appeal of someone like Astaire and Rogers.

I wish the singing duo had gone out with a better film. But I proimise this film isn't as bad as many claim. And if you cut it a lot of slack, it can be a lot of fun.

I Married An Angel - MacDonald and Eddy's Last Hurrah.......2002-03-01

This movie is a cult classic for musical lovers. This was the last movie that Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy made together and you can see that the actors have matured and are comfortable with one another. The actors' facial expressions, body language and overall acting all combine to completely charm the watcher of this movie. Watch closely as Nelson and Jeanette look at each other at the birthday party -- it's enough to give you that little tingle that goes all the way down to your tummy! What a beautiful couple! What gorgeous costuming! What wonderful songs! There are no others that have voices that blend so beautifully as Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy and there has not been a couple like these two since. Every song in this movie leaves a lasting impression and you find you will hum these songs after the movie ends. The story line is enchanting. I have loved this movie since the first time I saw it as a child and I love it still today. I highly recommend this movie.

Censors triumph over angels.......2001-03-28

Rodger's and Hart's spritely Broadway musical had originally been written for the screen in 1933 with Jeanette MacDonald as the intended Angel. When the code came in, a story about an angel who loses her wings on her wedding night became too risky, so R&H bought the property back from Paramount and did it on Broadway with Dennis King and Vivienne Segal. It was a huge hit, and many of its songs became classics. MGM bought the film rights for the MacDonald/Eddy team. But 1942 censors were no more sympathetic to the story, and the film plot got chopped to bits, making some of the final result incomprehensible. Nevertheless, the music is glorious, and Jeanette has a good time going from Angel to Devil, all for love of playboy Willy (Nelson Eddy). It would be their final film together, though both made more films and continued their hectic concert and radio schedules. Binnie Barnes has an especially delightful supporting role and does a jitterbug with Jeanette.

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Holy Guacamole!!
Fast-Moving, With A Real Thug Playing A Famous Thug!
Fast paced action, but the DVD quality was sub par
Lawrence Tierney Rules!!!
A Little Picture That Could

Dillinger
Starring: Edmund Lowe , Anne Jeffreys , Eduardo Ciannelli , Marc Lawrence , and Elisha Cook Jr.
Director: Max Nosseck
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
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Born to Kill
Dillinger
The Narrow Margin
The Crooked Way
Kiss of Death (Fox Film Noir)

ASIN: B00097DY0W
Release Date: 2005-07-05

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Jean-Luc Godard dedicated his first film, Breathless, to Monogram Pictures, and Dillinger (1945) was probably the main reason why. Short and brutal, like the Depression outlaw's brashly improvisatory career, Max Nosseck's picture was a bit of an outlaw enterprise itself. In the '40s the major Hollywood studios had all taken a vow of chastity when it came to glorifying the headline-grabbing gangsters of the previous decade; Monogram ignored the embargo and barreled ahead, grabbing some headlines of its own and more box office than usual for a Poverty Row operation. Philip Yordan's script was Oscar-nominated (on the DVD's commentary track he co-credits his friend William Castle, director of Monogram's excellent When Strangers Marry), though the film has a patchwork feel to it, as if assembled and reassembled on the run. Directed by Max Nosseck, it's a hypnotic mix of bargain-basement filmmaking (lotsa stock footage and stark, minimalist sets), astute ripoff (the rain-and-gas-bomb robbery sequence from Fritz Lang's You Only Live Once), and Brechtian bravura. The storyline actually scants the ultraviolence (no Bohemia Lodge shootout) and all-star supporting cast (no Pretty Boy Floyd, no Baby Face Nelson) of Dillinger's real life--likely a matter of cost-cutting rather than abstemiousness. Newcomer Lawrence Tierney nails the guy's coldblooded freakiness and animal magnetism, and the supporting cast includes such éminences noirs as Marc Lawrence, Eduardo Ciannelli, and Elisha Cook Jr. Producers Maurice and Frank King would make the great Gun Crazy four years later. --Richard T. Jameson

Description

Willie Sutton robbed banks during the Depression because, he explained, "That's where the money is." Former Indiana farmboy John Dillinger also knew where the money was. And his string of early-1930s heists, murders and daring jailbreaks were so bold and notorious he became Public Enemy #1. Dillinger, Oscar-nominated* for its screenplay, is the bullet-paced story of the man whose crimes captivated and terrified the nation. Lawrence Tierney plays the title role, breaking free of screen anonymity and moving into a 50-year tough-guy career that would include 1947's Born to Kill and 1992's Reservoir Dogs. Perhaps it was a brutal early prison stretch that turned Dillinger from kid to killer. Perhaps he was a murderous thug to his core. Either way, Dillinger presents his story with film-noir style and lets you decide.

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Holy Guacamole!!.......2007-06-10

Lawrence Tierney is one bad dude. This is an excellent crime-noir, introducing Lawrence Tierney and unleashing him on the unsuspecting public. Mr Tierney stars as John Dillinger in this film of his rise and fall. Dillinger starts on his life of crime at the hands of a b-girl. He gets sent up the river where he falls in with a group of professional bank thieves. The leader, "Specs", disrespects our Man, and you know where that leads. Be afraid! There is a lot of implied violence which is very chillingly portrayed. The movie is beautiful to look at and Mr Tierney is all cold nasty, sexy rage. Recommended.

Fast-Moving, With A Real Thug Playing A Famous Thug!.......2006-04-24

This movie has several big things going for it: its short, fast-moving and just plain entertaining. How much more do you want? Also, Lawrence Tierney was made for gangster/film noir movies. He looks the part, acts the part, and was a thug in real life, too. Who better than to portray famous criminal John Dillinger as a cold-blooded killer?

This was Tierney's starring debut and it was a good vehicle for him. I also enjoyed Edmund Lowe as the gang boss prior to Tierney taking over. I enjoyed the supporting cast, too: Anne Jeffreys, Elisha Cook Jr., Eduardo Cianelli and Marc Lawrence. All of them add to this film.

I was glad they concentrated on the crime part of the film and didn't go crazy with a sappy romance. However, I am sorry Jeffreys wasn't on screen more often. She had the '40s look, if I ever saw it.

Fast paced action, but the DVD quality was sub par .......2005-07-28

This review is for the 2005 Warner Brothers DVD.

This film is about the real life bank robber John Dillinger who is arguably the most notorious robber in the history of American and earned the nickname "Public Enemy #1". From my brief research on the internet, the movie appears to be relatively true to form. From the early `30s until his death in 1934, Dillinger wreaked havoc across America with his brutal bank robberies and daring prison escapes.

The film itself moves fast, but is only 70 minutes long. There is little character development and the action is continuous and rarely dull. Lawrence Tierney stars as John Dillinger. This was his screen acting debut and he does little to set the acting world on fire. Even in scenes of major confrontation, Tierney seems expressionless and lacks emotional body language. Perhaps this was by design by the director. But if you are fan of vintage gangster films, I'm confident that you will be entertained and pleased with action and drama.

The DVD was remastered but not restored and unfortunately there was a significant amount of film damage. There were five or six scenes with at least 3 or 4 seconds of severely damaged footage. The remastering helped make the picture look sharp but tiny specs of deterioration were still prevalent throughout the film, but that wasn't a major deal compared to the noticeably larger scratches. Warner has historically been one of the better studios for film restoration and they obviously decided to not fix up this film. Due to the limited market of a DVD like this, I'm sure the payoff wasn't there to restore an entire movie, but if they would have at least fixed the severely damaged frames, that would have been sufficient for me.

PLEASE NOTE: Before buying this DVD, consider buying the Film Noir Classic Collection, Vol. 2 which contains this movie plus four other highly recommended movies at a very reasonable price.

Movie: B-

DVD Quality: C

Lawrence Tierney Rules!!!.......2005-07-11

Yes, this film feels like a diatribe. It's probably less factual than the film version of John Dillinger's exploits that director John Milius made in the seventies. So why do I recommend this film over Milius' more polished account? Well, this film in a campy, over-the-top way is just so entertaining. Secondly, Lawrence Tierney in the title role is such a magnetic screen presence. His tough ferocity keeps the film's campier elements in check and grounds it in some semblance of reality. There's also a good supporting cast here with gangster veterans Marc Lawrence and Elisha Cook Jr. (seems like he's in all these noir-gangster flicks) on hand. The story is told here crisply and in an economical 70 minutes so if you have an hour plus to kill there's worse ways to do it. Oh, John, if only you had the two bucks to pay for the drinks!

A Little Picture That Could.......2005-07-08

Movie: **** DVD Transfer: **** Extras: ***

This ultra low-budget film released by Poverty Row's Monogram Pictures is much better than the studio's standard fare, thanks to the artistry of a fine cast and a few capable technicians. The script by Philip Yordan is a typical biographical whitewash job that bears only a passing resemblance to the true story of 1930's gangster John Dillinger; and yet it works just fine as a piece of noir crime drama, with sturdy dialogue and interesting characters. In his first starring role, Lawrence Tierney acquits himself well as Dillinger; and lovely Anne Jeffreys (although anachronistic in her 1940's fashions and hairstyle) turns in a fine performance as his treacherous moll. But the real acting honors are shared by the four actors who comprise Tierney's original gang: former silent star Edmund Lowe; veteran character player Eduardo Ciannelli; the craggy-faced Marc Lawrence; and the always reliable Elisha Cook, Jr. Each of these men is given a brief but ample opportunity to shine, and each one makes the most of his turn in the spotlight. Also of note are the musical score by Dimitri Tiomkin, and the moody black and white cinematography of Jackson Rose.

The Warner Brothers DVD release of this film offers unexpectedly fine picture and audio quality. It must be kept in mind that to keep production costs down, "Dillinger" includes many snippets of stock footage from other films, and this generic footage was filmed at different times with varying film grains, and with a hodge-podge of technical styles. As presented here, it all blends fairly seemlessly, with only a few really rough spots standing out. The DVD includes a serviceable audio commentary by John Milius, director of the 1973 "Dillinger"; his sometimes meandering remarks are intercut with old excerpts of an interview with screenwriter Yordan. The Original Theatrical Trailer is also included ... see if you don't agree that the "Time" magazine quote at the trailer's end ("DILLINGER reached unmatched heights of daredevil ruthlessness!") refers to the actual man rather than the magazine's review of this little diamond in the rough.

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Surprisingly Entertaining
An Enjoyable Comedy Starring James Garner & Kim Novak
It beats the 11:35

Boys Night Out
Starring: Kim Novak , James Garner , Tony Randall , Howard Duff , and Janet Blair
Director: Michael Gordon
Manufacturer: MGM (Warner)
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Kiss Me, Stupid
The Notorious Landlady
Buona Sera Mrs Campbell
All In A Night's Work
Walk Don't Run [Region 99]

ASIN: 6302985293
Release Date: 1994-03-02

Customer Reviews:

Surprisingly Entertaining.......2006-11-13

There were a lot of humorous surprises in this movie. For starters, James Garner lives with his mother and is a nerdy weather buff! Then there's Kim Novak, who takes to the role of a seductress with aplomb, only a minute after she arrives for what she thought was an apartment inspection. The 1950s-style paternalism all the men dish out to Novak in spite of their lurid extramarital fantasies is downright charming. I give this movie two thumbs up, and am sure you will too.

An Enjoyable Comedy Starring James Garner & Kim Novak.......2005-09-26

"Boys' Night Out" is a good but not great comedy starring James Garner & Kim Novak (along with a strong supporting cast). The premise of the movie is a bit disturbing (if you don't find adultery funny, anyway), but the plot plays out like an episode of "Three's Company" with things not being as they seem.

It beats the 11:35.......2000-05-11

Fred, Doug, George, and Howie (James Garner, Howard Duff, Tony Randall, and Howard Morris) Share the commuter train daily to and from work. On Wednesdays they spend the night at Slattery's bar, away from home and family, until the 11:35 commuter train. Fred's boss spends Wednesday nights out in his "home away from home."

One day Howie confiscates a copy of Playmate magazine from his son's lunch box. This gives the commuters an idea.

Kim Novak (Cathy) is a sociologist who finds a perfect setup for applied research. Now before you cover your kid's eyes, it is not that type of movie. In fact, every time a juicy story starts, some train comes by and all we get is the punch line. It must be an educational movie as the husbands tell their wives that they signed up for classes at "The new School for Social Research." I looked it up and the school is real. One class is "creative accounting"

Be sure to look at the cast list. It is fun to try to remember other movies that they were in.

Dick Tracy Collection: (Dick Tracy, Detective / Dick Tracy vs. Cueball / Dick Tracy's Dilemma / Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome)

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For the Budget Conscious May I Suggest...
Dick Tracy: The Ultimate Collection

Dick Tracy Collection: (Dick Tracy, Detective / Dick Tracy vs. Cueball / Dick Tracy's Dilemma / Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome)
Starring: Morgan Conway , Anne Jeffreys , Lyle Latell , Rita Corday , and Ian Keith
Director: Gordon Douglas , and John Rawlins
Manufacturer: ROAN
ProductGroup: DVD
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Dick Tracy - 15-Episode Serial
The Phantom - Serial
Adventures of Captain Marvel
Michael Shayne Mysteries Vol. 1 (Michael Shayne: Private Detective / The Man Who Wouldn't Die / Sleepers West / Blue, White, and Perfect)
The Green Archer

ASIN: 6305493723
Release Date: 1999-10-26

Description

"Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome" starring Boris Karloff. Interview with creator Chester Gould. "Dick Tracy in B Flat" starring Bing Crosby (Tracy), Bob Hope, Frank Sinatra, Dinah Shore & Jimmy Durante. 4 Radio Broadcasts.

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For the Budget Conscious May I Suggest..........2006-11-12

I just watched two of these Tracy flicks, Dick Tracy Detective and Dick Tracy meets Gruesome and both were pretty good. They are Universal productions so unlike a Monogram or similar studio, these have a decent production quality.
I wont review the movies here but if your a Tracy fan you'll enjoy them. I got three of these flicks on the 50 Movie Pack Mystery ASIN: B0001HAGTW here at Amazon, and it was half the price of this package, its only 3 of the 4 films but you get another 47 movies to make up for it and the prints were decent.

Dick Tracy: The Ultimate Collection.......2001-02-20

If you liked the Dick Tracy comics, you'll love these 4 films. The first 2 on disc 1 star Morgan Conway, a little known actor, who does look the part. The other 2 on disc 2 bring back Ralph Byrd who played the role in 4 cliff hanger serials in the 30s. Plus there are some nice little extras after each movie on each side of each disc. So put on your yellow trenchcoats it's time for some grade B mysteries of grade A caliber.

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See Bob Mitchum's first starring role!
Mitchum's first starring role.

Nevada
Starring: Robert Mitchum , Anne Jeffreys , Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams , Nancy Gates , and Richard Martin (II)
Director: Edward Killy
Manufacturer: Lions Gate
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West of the Pecos
Wagon Wheels
Yellow Sky
Seven Men From Now (Special Collector's Edition)
The Stranger Wore a Gun [Region 99]

ASIN: B000A6T244
Release Date: 2005-09-06

Description

Robert Mitchum gives a remarkable performance as a hard bitten loner who must confront a gang of vicious outlaws who are terrorizing the countryside. The victim of a cross and double cross, Nevada is found with $7,000 yellowbacks just as his the same amount is robbed from the innocent Ide! Will the vigilantes go free and the townspeople convince a mob to lynch the innocent Nevada or will the cowboy and his bankroll get out of town alive?

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See Bob Mitchum's first starring role!.......2006-07-20

This review refers to the DVD "Nevada" from the Zane Grey series. "Nevada" is the first starring role of Robert Mitchum after he was promoted from playing the heavy in Hopalong Cassidy Westerns. He would make another B-western, "West of the Pecos" before he was promoted to "A" features.

Although Nevada looks like a B-Western (it even has Richard Martin in the role of Chito Gonzales Bustamante Rafferty, the role he would play alongside Tim Holt in the popular Tim Holt series, the plot line of "Nevada" has some elements that are not normally found in B-Westerns like those of Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, or Hopalong Cassidy.

Robert Mitchum plays 'Nevada', a cowboy who isn't proud of being a "twenty-dollar-a-month cowboy". He goes to a mining town and resorts to gambling to improve his lot, and that's how he comes by his troubles. He gets framed for a murder he did not commit and while he clears his name he also helps develop the Comstock Lode. Excellent supporting role from Guinn "Big Boy" Williams and Anne Jeffreys.

Three stars.

Mitchum's first starring role........2005-08-27

This Robert Mitchum's first feature film. RKO hired Mitch, the original king of cool, for its Cowboy freatures when Tim Holt went into the service. Interesting to Tim Holt fans will be the appearence of Richard Martin in the role that made him almost famous. Richard Martin first played Chito Jose Bustamante Gonzales Rafferty in the World War 2 movie Bombardier. He would go on to play that same character 32 times, mostly in Tim Holt Westerns. This film is his first western, however, under that character's name. He would play it one other film along side Mitchum in the West of the Pecos. The Chito Rafferty character also appeared alongside James Warren in Wanderer of the Wasteland. One wonders how a character that first appeared in a modern war flick ended up being a longtime sidekick in Westerns. It would not be until 1947 that the Rafferty character appeared alongside cowboy star Tim Holt in Wild Horse Mesa. This is not a great film but it is a fun film. It is interesting to see Mitchum in his first feature.

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BORING, AND VERY POOR QUALITY DVD!

Panic in the City
Starring: Howard Duff , Linda Cristal , Stephen McNally , Nehemiah Persoff , and Anne Jeffreys
Director: Eddie Davis (II)
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Without Warning
By Dawn's Early Light
Testament
Miracle Mile
The Day After

ASIN: 1896306942
Release Date: 2000-01-10

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BORING, AND VERY POOR QUALITY DVD!.......2007-02-05

SAVE YOUR MONEY ON THIS ONE. NOT NEAR AS EXCITING AS IT SOUNDS. VERY POOR QUALITY PICTURE ON DVD. I COULDN'T GIVE THIS ONE AWAY!!

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X Marks the Spot
Starring: Damian O'Flynn , Helen Parrish , Dick Purcell , Jack La Rue , and Neil Hamilton
Director: George Sherman
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The Black Coin: Chapters 1-15
The Adventures of Smilin' Jack, Vol. 1 (Chapters 1-6)
The Phantom - Serial
Secret Agent X-9
Sky Raiders

ASIN: B0007TKGRG
Release Date: 2005-04-26

Suspense Classics 4-Movie Pack - Dick Tracy Detective, Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome, Dick Tracy vs. Cueball, Shadow Strikes

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Suspense Classics 4-Movie Pack - Dick Tracy Detective, Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome, Dick Tracy vs. Cueball, Shadow Strikes
Starring: Morgan Conway , Anne Jeffreys , Mike Mazurki , Jane Greer , and Lyle Latell
Director: William A. Berke , John Rawlins , and Gordon Douglas
Manufacturer: Mill Creek Entertainment
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Dick Tracy - 15-Episode Serial

ASIN: B000EMSOAW
Release Date: 2006-02-07

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My Favorite Movie... When I Was 7
Brown and Carney's best (but...)
Do Do That Voodoo That You Do So Well
Zombies on Broadway Not one of Lugosi's Best

Zombies on Broadway
Starring: Wally Brown , Alan Carney , Bela Lugosi , Anne Jeffreys , and Sheldon Leonard
Director: Gordon Douglas
Manufacturer: Turner Home Entertainment
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Binding: VHS Tape

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My Favorite Movie... When I Was 7.......2005-09-19

This scared the pants off me (figuratively) when I was a little kid. And it did the same for my daughter when she saw it some years ago, when she herself was 7 (child abuse? no: she's a sane 21-year-old now). As reviewers below note, it's a pretty sappy comedy, but amusing for all that. And if you're a kid, the zombies are SCARY! And the hypos full of zombie juice are REALLY SCARY! So: watch this for mindless fun if you're an adult, or show it to an impressionable kid for a creepy thrill. This gets 5 stars for nostalgia value (for me)-- your mileage may vary....

Brown and Carney's best (but...).......2005-07-20

Much in the same way "The Monkees" were manufactured by Hollywood to take advantage of Beatlemania, the comedy team of Brown and Carney was created by RKO to try and clip off some of Abbott and Costello's huge success in the 1940s. While the Brown and Carney films are not objectionable, Bud and Lou did not have to stay awake at nights worrying. The chief distinction of this team is that in each film they made they played the same characters: "Jerry Miles" and "Mike Steager." Why they didn't just use their own names, in the fashion of Laurel and Hardy, The Three Stooges, and occasionally Abbott and Costello, is a mystery. The single biggest problem with Brown and Carney, though, is that they aren't funny. In particular, Alan Carney seems completely incapable of generating a laugh -- and he's supposed to be the comic partner, though Wally Brown is actually better at timing and double takes. Chubby and rubber faced as he is, Carney nonetheless misses every opportunity to finess a gag through a reaction. His "comic" expression of fright looks more like David Hedison's as he's about to be eaten by the spider in "The Fly," and his constant, high-pitched, babyish scream "Miiiiike!" (Carney's version of "Heyyyy, Abbott!") is just annoying. That said, "Zombies on Broadway" is probably their overall best effort. The plot is suitable insane, the acting suitably broad, the music suitably brassy, and there are even a couple of suitably creepy moments involving Darby Jones as a shuffling zombie. What really makes this film worth a look, though, is the performance of Bela Lugosi, which belies the frequent comment that he never really understood comedy. His rendition of the old Three Stooge "dresser-with-a-life-of-it's-own" routine is funnier than anything Carney does in the film! "Zombies on Broadway" is pleasant, but your sides won't ache.

Do Do That Voodoo That You Do So Well.......2002-09-13

Paramont had Bing Crosby and Bob Hope; Universal had Abbott and Costello. RKO responded with Alan Carney and Wally Brown--and although they never challenged Crosby and Hope or Abbott and Costello, they were popular enough to justify a dozen or so "B" pictures during the mid-1940s. The best of these is ZOMBIES ON BROADWAY, a weird little parody similar to Crosby and Hope's ghost-busting flicks and Abbott and Costello's meetings with every classic monster from Dracula to the Werewolf.

What makes ZOMBIES ON BROADWAY fun is the absolute absurdity of its plot. Carney and Brown are publicity agents hired by gangster Sheldon Leonard to promote a nightclub called "The Zombie Hut"--and much against their will find themselves sent to the island of San Sebastiane with instructions to bring back a real Zombie for the club's opening. Once on the island, they encounter none other than Bela Lugosi, who can still do that voodoo that he did so well in such 1930s classics as WHITE ZOMBIE. This isn't a classic by any stretch of the imagination, and it certainly won't make any critic's short list--but it is just strange and weird enough to hold your attention through its fairly short running time. The entire cast plays very broadly, and the script is about as subtle as a wrecking ball, but its all in good fun. Recommended as ultra-light entertainment.

Zombies on Broadway Not one of Lugosi's Best.......2002-04-07

This movie is a strange little video featuring Alan Carney, Wally Brown and the "star", Bela Lugosi. The plot is 2 public relations men, Carney and Brown, are promoting a former gangster's (ably played by Sheldon Leonard)new nightclub "The Zombie Hut" They advertise that a real zombie will be at the opening. The gangster sends the two daffy guys to the island of San Sebastian to find a "real" zombie for the opening. Bela Lugosi plays the mad scientist who creates zombies on the island. The plot is pretty predictable as the two PR guys get into one misadventure after another in the land of voodoo. Lugosi has become a caricature of himself by the time this movie was released in 1944. Not the worst movie ever made, but for die hard Lugosi fans only.

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A dynamic blend of visual and verbal delights.

Riffraff
Starring: Pat O'Brien , Anne Jeffreys , Walter Slezak , Percy Kilbride , and Jerome Cowan
Director: Ted Tetzlaff
Manufacturer: Turner Home Entertainment
ProductGroup: Video
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Where the Sidewalk Ends (Fox Film Noir)
I Wake Up Screaming (Fox Film Noir)

ASIN: 6301648587
Release Date: 1990-04-25

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A dynamic blend of visual and verbal delights........2002-08-23

Pat O'Brien plays a weary but slick detective in Panama, cutting through deception and dodging death while he tries to locate a map of rich oil fields. That's as much story as there is, and if left in Monogram's hands, this film may have been nothing special. But this was made by RKO and directed by Ted Tetzlaff, who brings a grand eye to the proceedings.

Tetzlaff lensed Hitchcock's Notorious, and this is a similarly crafted piece, with good, conspicuous, yet never intrusive direction. Tetzlaff employs well-designed scene transitions, compositions, tracking shots, and the like. In fact, I found the famed silent opening to be the *least* interesting part of the movie.

As with most RKO products of this era, some nifty dialogue is dispersed throughout, although the movie as a whole perks up considerably when the delightful and beautiful Jeffreys is on screen, especially in the wisecracking department. I had not discovered her before this, but she has a grabbing presence, in the type of role more often played by Jane Greer or Ann Sheridan.

O'Brien as our hero is not exactly possessed of a superhero's build, mind or morals, but that works in the context of the story. He's a very human character who is supremely comfortable in these limited surroundings and perhaps nowhere else, although the movie doesn't reveal much background about his Dan Hammer persona. BTW, you've gotta love that hackneyed (Dan Turner, Mike Hammer) PI name! Although I do not think any other self-respecting hard-boiled PI would be caught dead in the fuzzy fedora Pat wears here.

For comic relief there is nice old coot Percy Kilbride as Pat's driver/ sidekick/ boss/ pal/father figure. And if all those words seem to contradict each other, you're right. They do. One funny scene has him entertain Jeffreys in his broken-down cab, which he says also functions as Hammer's waiting room.
Walter Slezak is effective as a wannabe Greenstreet. His part starts out bland but gets more interesting later in the film, benefiting from some framing devices designed to portray him as a cinema grotesque, and as his methods become more brutal.
Handsome but weaselly RKO regular Jerome Cowan is fine in what is basically a throwaway role.

This movie is hurt slightly by the fact that the map everyone seeks was hidden where it was, a place I will not reveal here. But the audience finds out early on, and it lends a slight air of "Oh, come on!" to the whole affair. I know, hiding the great whatsit in plain sight is the best place sometimes, but from its location this particular mcguffin practically tweaked everyone seeking it right on the smeller. There's a good fight over the map near the end, though, so I'm mostly forgiving.

Digressions and miniscule complaints aside, I recommend this along with just about any other RKO movie from the 40's that you can find (which ain't always easy, friend).

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