Indiana Hollywood Hall of Fame: Film reviews

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AUNTIE MAME

(1958 WB)
Rosalind Russell IS Auntie Mame. She is a woman that lives but finds that she has to care for her orphaned nephew. Her madcap live is a bit much and the boy is sent to a school. She trys to find a stable life with a rich oil millionair played by FORREST TUCKER. They get married but before they settle down they travel the world. Tucker ends up falling off a mountain. He does a great job and second billing but his story is just a one of many adventures in the film.

THE AWFUL TRUTH

B BATTLEGROUND (1947 MGM)

(Starring: Van Johnson, LEON AMES)
Following the travels real foot soldiers of WW II during the Battle of the Bulge. You get the feeling that "War is Hell". Ames has a short but scene as a Chaplin that holds a Christmas service in the field and explains "Was this Trip Really Necessary?".

BIGFOOT (1970 Gemini-American)

(Starring: John Carradine, Christopher Mitchum, Joy Wilkerson, Lindsay Crosby, KEN MAYNARD, NOBLE CHISSELL)
A biker's girl friend is taken by a Bigfoot. Carradine plays a salesman that sees a way to make money by tracking down Bigfoot. Maynard is a store keeper. Chissell is a logger that lost a arm by a Bigfoot and helps the biker's friends hunt him down.

BRINGING UP BABY (1938 RKO)

(Starring: Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn. Director: HOWARD HAWKS)
Grant is a timid zoologist that runs into a fast talking dizzy heiress. Hepburn just can't leave Grant alone and they have an adventure trying to find a rare bone and "Baby", a pet leopard. Fast paced directing.

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F FLASH GORDON

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H HIS GIRL FRIDAY (1940 Columbia)

(Starring: Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, RALPH BELLAMY. Dir: HOWARD HAWKS)
Comedy about a female star reporter that want to quit a live a simple life but the editor finds ways to keep her on the newpaper. Ralph Bellamy plays the man Russell plans to marry. The magic is in the dialog. Great timing with Grant and Russell.

THE HUSTLER (1961 20th/Fox)
Paul Newman plays a young pool hustler that is after to beat the greatest pool player played by Jackie Gleason. MYRON McCORMICK is Newman's partner that does not like sees alcohol and gambling is changing his friend.

THE INCREDIBLE MR. LIMPET (1964 WB)

Don Knotts plays a man that is rejected from the Navy and that loves fish so much that he wishes to become one. Well he gets his wish. He is able to help the Navy by spotting Nazi submarines. ANDREW DUGGAN plays a commanding officer that is charge of this secret.

IT GROWS ON TREES

LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME

Doris Day MGM

M MA AND PA KETTLE AT THE FAIR

Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair MARJORIE MAIN, JAMES BEST

MY FAVORITE WIFE

THE NUTTY PROFESSOR II: THE KLUMPS

(JANET JACKSON)

R REPEAT PERFORMANCE (1947 Eagle-Lion)

(Starring: Joan Leslie, Richard Basehart. Writer: WALTER BULLOCK)

A well done film about a woman who kills her husband. On the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve she wishes that she could relive the year over again and her wish is granted. She tries to change the reason why she had to kill her husband. Some things do change but some stay the same. On New Year's eve she has to choice to kill her husband or to be killed by him. Not so good remake for TV in 1989 titled "Turn Back the Clock".

S SALLY (1930 1st National)

(Starring: MARILYN MILLER, Alexander Gray, Joe E. Brown, MAUDE TURNER GORDON)
MARILYN plays a waitress that acts like as famous Russian dancer at a high class party organized by a wealthy woman played by GORDON. A millionair that has falling in love with her at the restuarant sees her and plays along. She is exposed by the restuarant owner. It happens that Ziegfeld was also at the party and he makes her a star.

It is to bad that this was done in the early days of sound. Marilyn was a Ziegfeld star but the poor quality of sound does not show her singing voice well. This is also in the period of poor musicals. The singing is a bit opera like and the acting is stiff. Miller was suppose to be a great tap dancer but I was not impressed. Joe E. Brown is best as the comic releaf.

THE SNOWS OF KILIMANJARO (1952 20th/Fox)

(Starring: Gregory Peck, Susan Hayward, Ava Gardner, HELENE STANLEY)
A writer that has a love for Africa and adventure is dying and reflects about his life. STANLEY plays a girl friend from a early trip to Africa.

SWING HIGH, SWING LOW (1937 Paramount)

(Starring: CAROLE LOMBARD, Fred McMurray, CHARLES BUTTERWORTH, CHARLES ARNT)
LOMBARD plays a singer the falls for a ex-Panama guard (McMurray) that becomes a hit trumpet player then fame and women gets gets in the way. BUTTERWORTH plays a piano playing friend that is worry about his health. ARNT has a part as his New York agent. T THIN ICE (1937 20th Century/Fox)

(Starring: Sonja Henie, Tyrone Power, RAYMOND WALBURN)
A Prince (Power) trys to avoid politics lives as a reporter falls for hotel skating instructor (Henie). Walburn plays Henie Uncle. He trys to live the good life and not pay for it. Confusion is made when Henie is seen coming from the Prince's car. It happens that a friend of Henie is the cousin of the driver of the Prince. It is believed that Henie is a lover of the Prince. Now she is getting alot of attention. Her Uncle and the hotel manager takes advantage of the situation. She still does not know the the reporter is the Prince.

Y YOUNG MR. LINCOLN (1939)

(Starring: Henry Fonda, MARJORIE WEAVER)
Fonda captures Lincoln easy going lawyer style. Using common scence and humor to solve cases. The movie deals bit with Lincoln Douglas rivalry for Mary Todd played by MARJORIE WEAVER. Most of the film is based on a true trial that was solved by Lincoln using an Almanac.