Bad Girl (1931)
FRANK BORZAGE Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB.5. USA, 1931. Fox Film Corporation. Screenplay by Edwin J. Burke, based on the novel by Vina Delmar and the play by Brian … Continue reading
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
RICHARD THORPE Bil’s rating (out of 5): BB.5. USA, 1945. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Story by Robert Riskin, Harry Kurnitz, Screenplay by Robert Riskin, Dwight Taylor, based on characters created by Dashiell Hammett. Cinematography by Karl Freund. Produced by … Continue reading
Holiday Inn
BB.5 (out of 5) This was the film that the hit song “White Christmas” was originally written for, and you’ll wonder why it never became a traditional Christmas movie (the … Continue reading
Born To Be Bad (1950)
NICHOLAS RAY Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB. USA, 1950. RKO Radio Pictures. Screenplay by Edith R. Sommer, additional dialogue by Robert Soderberg, George Oppenheimer, adaptation by Charles Schnee, based on the novel … Continue reading
Second Fiddle (1939)
SIDNEY LANFIELD Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB. USA, 1939. Twentieth Century Fox. Story by George Bradshaw, Screenplay by Harry Tugend. Cinematography by Leon Shamroy. Produced by Gene Markey. Music by Cyril J. Mockridge, David Raksin. Production … Continue reading
It Started With Eve (1941)
HENRY KOSTER Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB. USA, 1941. Universal Pictures. Screenplay by Norman Krasna, Leo Townsend, based on an original story by Hanns Kraly. Cinematography by Rudolph Mate. Produced by Joe Pasternak. Music by Hans J. … Continue reading
The Bachelor And The Bobby-Soxer
BBB (out of 5) Witty but dated romantic comedy featuring a grown-up Shirley Temple as a lovelorn teenager. While her older sister Myrna Loy flouts tradition by remaining single and working … Continue reading
The Grapes Of Wrath (1940)
JOHN FORD Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBBB. USA, 1940. Twentieth Century Fox. Screenplay by Nunnally Johnson, based on the novel by John Steinbeck. Cinematography by Gregg Toland. Produced by Darryl F. Zanuck. Music by Alfred Newman. Production … Continue reading
