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I love movies that surprise me. When I picked up this one a few years ago I really had no idea what to expect. I had never even heard of it. What a fabulous surprise it was! It doesn’t pretend to be anything more than what it is: an entertaining western and comedy. But it [...]
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I’ve finally finished Marc Eliot’s book, Jimmy Stewart: A Biography. Reading it was an interesting process because, as I did, I re-watched many of the movies Jimmy Stewart appeared in. Between the book and the movies, I’ve re-evaluated my opinion of James Stewart, both the actor and the man. Truthfully, I didn’t really have an [...]
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Directed by Henry Koster Yesterday I wrote up my assessment of Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962) but it wasn’t till today as I was going over it that I realized what, for me, was the most significant aspect of the movie. It is accurate. At least on the surface level, it is spot on. The [...]
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Directed by Henry Koster “Years ago my mother used to say to me, she’d say, ‘In this world, Elwood, you must be’ – she always called me Elwood – ‘In this world, Elwood, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant.’ Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. You may quote [...]
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Directed by Alfred Hitchcock I identify with the title of Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo and the character of Scotty ‘John’ Ferguson (Jimmy Stewart) because I’ve experienced vertigo many times, largely due to my epilepsy (not a serious condition). I’ve lost my sense of balance and fallen as I passed out. But as for the movie itself [...]
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Directed by Frank Capra I had forgotten how much in love with Jean Arthur I was. I remembered as I watched Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. Originally intended as a follow up to Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (and titled Mr. Deeds Goes to Washington), Gary Cooper, who was in the first film, couldn’t get [...]
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Directed by Otto Preminger Although I was confused about where exactly Anatomy of a Murder was taking place (Michigan, it seems), it was a great, enthralling courtroom drama of the noir variety. It has a great late 50′s black and white look, somewhat similar to Kiss Me Deadly, though I think this is a far [...]
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I'm Bill Wren, a writer-editor, social media and movie enthusiast in Fredericton, New Brunswick (Canada). My other blog is Writelife.
