"December 7, 1941". "The film begins with the aftermath of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, nicknamed "the Navy’s hundred million dollar fist." Authentic footage of the invasion is mixed with reenactments to provide a complete portrait of the events of that fateful day. An extended sequence pays tribute to the American soldiers killed in…
Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps. Robert Donat and Madeleine Carroll are terrific. The 39 Steps is the first in a line of Hitchcock films based upon the idea of an innocent man on the run, including Saboteur (1942) and North by Northwest (1959). Can you find Hitch’s cameo? 🙂
James K Lambert produced this documentary about Hitler that helps apply the lessons of history to the present. hat tip btwa Click below for parts 2-6 Nazi Germany has been a subject of particular interest for me ever since I was a little kid and learned that my father is a World War II Veteran. …
The Battle of Midway was a naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II. It took place from June 4, 1942 to June 7, 1942, approximately one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea, about five months after the Japanese capture of Wake Island, and six months after the Empire of…
"Ernest Hemingway’s The Snows of Kilimanjaro". The story of a man’s life. Looking back on lost opportunities, failed loves, and (as it’s so beautifully described in the script) "losing the scent" in your life’s direction. Gardner is mesmerizing; Hayward is dynamic. The Bernard Herrman score hits the mark again. And the set decoration and cinematography…
An Alfred Hitchcock documentary on the Nazi Holocaust Alfred Hitchcock, in a whole other genre (well maybe not.) Remember when the film industry reflected our values? This is a tough one I went light on you last week. A film the British Government deemed too grisly for release after World War II – has received…
On the lighter side, tonight’s feature in the Atlas sphere: My Man Godfrey 1936 . LOMBARD! POWELL!Delightful, classic screwball comedies. Check out the social commentary on life during the 30s. The film, filled with marvelous character actors (Alice Brady, Eugene Pallette, Gail Patrick, and Mischa Auer), resonated with Depression era audiences for its statements on…
And now on a lighter note, a classic 60’s rock flick, Wild Guitar with Arch Hill Jr. Belongs in a time capsule. It’s freaking hysterical. (I have that dress Vicki Wills is twisting in- vintage baby.)
In light of today’s freakfest in DC and this past week’s circus side show of freaks undulating in front of the formidable General Petraeus, I thought the cult classic FREAKS was positively fitting. Filmed in 1932, Directed by Tod Browning Also Known as, "Forbidden Love", "The Monster Show", "Nature’s Mistakes." Freaks is a Pre-Code 1932…
Tonight’s classic feature: Charlie Chaplin’s The Kid 1921 The woman whose sin is motherhood
Alright, Atlas lightens up. I figured after last week’s killer, it was time for a laugh. And who better than Minnie’s boys. Small bit of film trivia, Groucho played the guitar, but he only displayed this talent in one film, tonight’s feature, ‘Horse Feathers’ (1932). It’s a hoot.
If you have never been desperate in love, this film will go right over your head. But if have, steel yourself Tonight’s feature, the tragic classic Of Human Bondage Bette Davis, Leslie Howard
Sadly the last of the Frank Capra Series, Why We Fight. And it’s the sweetest. America, as she was. "We believe in the future." "War comes to America", the last in the brilliant Frank Capra series, of films produced for the US government, "Why We Fight". This last film is nothing short of a love…
"Chapter VI of Frank Capra’s "Why We Fight" series, The Battle of China, shows yet again the insatiable quest for world domination and how evil can triumph (not ultimately, of course.) "The sixth film of Frank Capra’s Why We Fight film series. It describes the modern history of China, with the founding of the Republic…
We should have listened to Patton and knocked Communist Russia on its ass back when he wanted to. Tonight’s feature file is fifth in the series Frank Capra produced for the war department (you couldn’t name a any government department that today – that’s how pervasive the leftards are.) If you missed Parts I thru…
Part Four in the Frank Capra series. I had no idea when I started running this series just how necessary and brilliant it was. What a record. What a lesson. We have learned nothing. The fourth part of a series of films produced by the United States War Department during World War II. The series…
Here’s part two in the Frank Capra series "Why We Fight." Part II THE NAZIS STRIKE.I previously ran parts one and three. I won’t do that anymore. I will run it sequentially. This second part depicts the Nazi plan for world conquest and portrays the first examples of German aggression in Europe: the remilitarization of…
Tonight’s Feature: Algiers Starring the urbane Charles Boyer, the striking Hedy Lamar (no one is as beautiful.) Rock the Casbah – "a melting pot for all the sins of earth." Released in 1938, Algiers was based on Julien Duvivier’s French screen adaptation of "Pepe le Moko". Boyer is Pepe, a master criminal forced to remain…
Why We Fight #1: Prelude to War (1943) Frank Capra The first part of a series of films produced by the United States War Department during World War II. The series explained the reasons for all the U.S war effort up to that time. This first part covers the rise of Fascism in Italy, Nazism…
View after this, of course. Paul Muni, my favorite actor from that era. When "Fugitive from a Chain Gang" goes public domain I will post it immediately – that film changed my 8 year old perspective on the world and Muni’s performance was heat stopping. Here Muni stars with Claude Rains, Anne Baxter in Angel…
"Chapter III of Frank Capra’s "Why We Fight" series, begins with Britain and France’s declaration of war on Germany after Hitler’s invasion of Poland. The film covers the Nazi capture of Denmark and Norway, steps necessary to mount a future attack on Britain, then describes in detail Hitler’s strategy as he conquers Luxembourg, Belgium and…
The Last Man on Earth – take notes people. Classic sci-fi starring Vincent Price. Every day is the same for Dr. Robert Morgan (Vincent Price). He wakes up, gathers his weapons and then literally goes vampire hunting. Morgan lives in a world where everyone else has been infected by a new disease that turns them…
Beat the Devil Directed in 1953 by John Huston. Screenplay by Truman Capote and John Huston. Starring Humphrey Bogart, Jennifer Jones, Gina Lollobrigida, Robert Morley and Peter Lorre. The village band pounds out an oompah-pah tune, as police march four disreputable characters across the square. Already we’re smiling. One is tall and round, one is…
Tonight’s feature: The Day the Earth Stood Still The trouble begins when interplanetary emissary Klaatu lands in D.C. and offers first a perfunctory "I come in peace" and then a mechanical device of questionable military application…… It stars Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal (love her), Hugh Marlowe, Sam Jaffe, Billy Gray, Frances Bavier, and Lock Martin….
Tonight’s feature: Little Shop of Horrors 1960, Roger Corman’s classic , 1960.The original (yes the inspiration for the wildy successful movie and Broadway show and the new Democratic Congress)
Tonight’s feature: The Man Who Knew Too Much, a 1934 suspense film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. It was one of the most successful and critically acclaimed films of Hitchcock’s British period, and was an important step in paving the way for his move to America.
Tonight’s feature: The Stranger Edward G Robinson, Orson Welles, Loretta Young Directed by Orson Welles. And while it’s not The Magnificent Ambersons – it is Welles and Robinson. And I love everything Welles did – even those wine commericals. Many Welles supporters complain that The Stranger lacks the overt stylistic flourishes of his more celebrated…
Debuting tonight . Saturday night in the Atlas sphere is movie night. Every Saturday night will be something different, some kinda crazy interesting flick. Atlas Friday night open threads are generally for music (sometimes art 0r poetry), Saturday is cinema. A Classic. Unedited. George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead. Bet you didn’t know you’d…
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