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Favorite films

  • His Girl Friday
  • Stage Door
  • Remember the Night
  • Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

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  • Taxi!

    ★★★

  • Snowed Under

    ★★

  • The Golden Arrow

    ★★½

  • Harriet Craig

    ★★★

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  • Blowing Wild

    Blowing Wild

    ★½

    Worst film I've seen in a long time. The script is awful, and that final scene between Barbara Stanwyck and Gary Cooper is so ridiculous it's almost laughable (and it's so poorly acted, I can only imagine they hated the material as much as I did). A waste of time!

  • The General Died at Dawn

    The General Died at Dawn

    ★★★

    Has Gary Cooper ever looked more handsome?

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  • A Royal Scandal

    A Royal Scandal

    ★★★½

    Even though Otto Preminger took over from a sick Ernst Lubitsch, this film still feels more like a Lubitsch than Preminger. It was pretty funny and had me laughing out loud a few times. I had never seen Tallulah Bankhead in a film before, and she's marvellous here as the Russian Empress who takes on William Eythe as her young lover. (And it's a delight to simply hear Tallulah speak.) Charles Coburn is excellent as well as the Chancellor, and Anne Baxter and Eythe both have their moments. Nicely paced with some witty dialogue, this is a Lubitsch that deserves to be seen!

  • Lucky Star

    Lucky Star

    ★★★★★

    "Lucky Star" was considered lost until a copy of the film was discovered in the archives of the Dutch Film Museum (now called Eye Film Institute) in my hometown Amsterdam. What a thrill it must have been to find this incredibly sweet and charming treasure! Charles Farrell and Janet Gaynor both shine in this little gem, and it's their scenes together that make the film so wonderful. The photography is beautiful as is the set design. It all has a…