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Nell Dodson Russell
Tomatometer-approved critic
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Hamlet (1948) |
For approximately two-and-one-half hours, Olivier and his superlative cast of actors sustain the most tense dramatic pace without hamming that I've ever seen on the screen. - Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
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| Posted Aug 17, 2022
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Death of a Salesman (1951) |
An excellent but depressing picture. - Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
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| Posted Jan 15, 2022
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My Son John (1952) |
My Son John proves once again that Hollywood believes the only way to tackle a "problem" film is to belabor a point even at the sacrifice of realism. - Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
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| Posted Jan 15, 2022
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The Snake Pit (1948) |
This powerful film packs such a dramatic wallop that I don't recommend it to highly nervous or emotionally excitable people. - Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
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| Posted Jan 15, 2022
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Pinky (1949) |
Factually, in spite of the straight-out-of Hollywood conclusion, Pinky comes closer to getting at a few basic facts than either Lost Boundaries or Home of the Brave. - Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
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| Posted Jan 15, 2022
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Paisan (1946) |
Hollywood still has to grow up.... We've been too safe, too smug, too secure. European films reflect the suffering, the stark realism, the appreciation of human values that two wars in a generation have brought. - Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
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| Posted Jan 15, 2022
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Five (1951) |
Give [Oboler] credit. He has produced a different picture with a small cast of unknowns. - Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
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| Posted Jan 15, 2022
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An Act of Murder (1948) |
The danger Hollywood faces in dealing with controversial medical subjects is that a film may create exactly the opposite impression it was intended to create, psychologically speaking. - Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
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| Posted Jan 15, 2022
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The Winning Team (1952) |
It's a heart-warming film. Not great. Ronald Reagan, whom I consider to be one of Hollywood's most underrated actors, does a genuinely good job in the role of Alex. - Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
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| Posted Jan 15, 2022
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From Here to Eternity (1953) |
The surprise, the big surprise of the picture is Frank Sinatra in the role of skinny, excitable, lovable Private Maggio. - Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
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| Posted Jan 15, 2022
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The Well (1951) |
Your eyes may fill with tears once or twice and your heart will tug at your conscience. - Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
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| Posted Jan 15, 2022
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Three for Bedroom C (1952) |
A yawn in technicolor. - Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
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| Posted Jan 15, 2022
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The African Queen (1951) |
If you go to see African Queen expecting heavyweight drama, you're In for a disappointment. - Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
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| Posted Jan 15, 2022
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Detective Story (1951) |
Under William Wyler's skillful handling, the camera follows the disintegration of Detective Jim McLeod at the same time that it records the drama behind the scenes of a big city precinct station. - Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
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| Posted Jan 15, 2022
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Forever Amber (1947) |
Forever Amber has the advantage of an eye-pleasing technicolor job to gloss over the fact that it's just two-and-one-half hours of yawn bait. - Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
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| Posted Jan 15, 2022
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Operation Disaster (1951) |
The suspense In "Operations Disaster is at times too real to be classified as entertainment. The finale is heartbreaking and could never have happened in Hollywood. - Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
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| Posted Jan 15, 2022
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Whiplash (1948) |
If they were giving awards for the Turkey of the Year, this one would be way out front. - Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
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| Posted Jan 15, 2022
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The Window (1949) |
The Window isn't overly long, but every minute of it keeps your attention riveted to the screen. - Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
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| Posted Jan 14, 2022
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Task Force (1949) |
A gripping film of navy and navy air force operations in World War II, made, unbelievably realistic in spots by clever insertion of action shots of actual combat in the Pacific. - Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
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| Posted Jan 14, 2022
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The Robe (1953) |
It is a beautiful picture, a story of faith and Christianity triumphing over tyranny. Cinemascope and magnificent technicolor plus the performance of Richard Burton, Jean Simmons and Victor Mature make a picture that will live long in the memory. - Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
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| Posted Jan 14, 2022
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If Winter Comes (1948) |
If you insist on going, don't say I didn't warn you. - Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
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| Posted Jan 14, 2022
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The Three Musketeers (1948) |
Gorgeous technicolor, plenty of action. Lana Turner as the evil, ill-fated Countess De Winter -- WOW! - Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
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| Posted Jan 14, 2022
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My Dream Is Yours (1949) |
This is one of those Hollywood rarities, a film musical that offers topnotch entertainment. One of the big reasons is singer Doris Day. She's the most refreshing, completely captivating little minx you've ever seen in a long while. - Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
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| Posted Jan 14, 2022
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Road House (1948) |
Richard Widmark being nasty, Ida Lupino being nice on the eyes and Cornel Wilde -- WOW! - Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
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| Posted Jan 14, 2022
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The Red Menace (1949) |
This is a curious jumble of corn, melodrama, and wishful thinking. - Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
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| Posted Jan 14, 2022
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No Way Out (1950) |
If you like your movies grim, you'll certainly enjoy this one. Personally, I don't think I want to see another "problem" film for a long while. - Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
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| Posted Jan 14, 2022
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He Walked by Night (1948) |
One character in the audience yawned audibly at intervals throughout the film. He finally put the guy on my right to sleep. Or could it have been the picture? - Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
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| Posted Jan 14, 2022
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If you were in your prime yearn during the 1920's or if you were old enough to enjoy life in that decade, you won't want to miss The Golden Twenties. - Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
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| Posted Jan 14, 2022
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Stromboli (1950) |
The film gets off to a weak start, dawdles along to an anemic climax, comes to a shaky conclusion... Stromboli has none of the artistic merits of Open City or Pasian, both Rossellini pictures. - Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
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| Posted Jan 14, 2022
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David and Bathsheba (1951) |
David and Bathsheba misses true film greatness by a margin, mostly because Hayward can't keep pace with Peck and because director Henry King got carried away on occasion, with the sweep of It all. - Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
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| Posted Jan 14, 2022
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Bright Victory (1951) |
Don't miss Bright Victory. The sequence between Kennedy and his father is a beautiful bit of film work. - Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
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| Posted Jan 14, 2022
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Saturday's Hero (1951) |
It is a rugged, brutal indictment of commercialization in college football, and the exploitation of players. - Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
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| Posted Jan 14, 2022
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We're Not Married (1952) |
Another good idea gone rambling. - Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
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| Posted Jan 14, 2022
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The Whistle at Eaton Falls (1951) |
Although the picture gets off to a slow start in the first sequences, it turns Into an unusually effective plea for tolerance in labor relations. The realism is increased by the locale. - Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
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| Posted Jan 14, 2022
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A Letter to Three Wives (1949) |
This film takes a poke at radio soap operas in a slyly pointed fashion. - Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
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| Posted Jan 14, 2022
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The Razor's Edge (1946) |
I suppose most of us are seeking some kind of solution for our daily problems and frustrations, but I'm afraid we have neither the financial means nor the spiritual tenacity to go mountain-sitting in India. - Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
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| Posted Jan 14, 2022
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Knock on Any Door (1949) |
A suspense-packed movie that packs an audience wallop. - Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
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| Posted Jan 14, 2022
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Adventure in Baltimore (1949) |
There isn't anything very convincing about this film. Just another Hollywood picture to give a name star an excuse to collect a paycheck. - Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
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| Posted Jan 14, 2022
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Clash by Night (1952) |
Clash by Night is the kind of dramatic corn that housewives sick of washing diapers and wiping noses will love because it will send them home to the old man with the feeling that if Stanwyck can put up with such a dope, so can they. - Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
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| Posted Dec 16, 2021
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Lydia Bailey (1952) |
The story of the Haitian rebellion and the character of Lydia Bailey of Kenneth Roberts' novel got lost in the shuffle of Hollywood trying to make up its mind between making a significant film and a technicolor spectacle. - Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
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| Posted Dec 16, 2021
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The Sniper (1952) |
The Sniper [is] a Stanley Kramer production that sets out to tackle the sex-maniac issue, and does with suspenseful realism although the psychiatric element is slopped over. - Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
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| Posted Dec 16, 2021
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The Wild North (1952) |
The picture falls to pieces in the finale, but is still good movie fare. - Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
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| Posted Dec 16, 2021
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The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms (1953) |
The monster didn't look like a fish to me. He looked like the land-borne type, so how come he could swim under water from the Artic except for coming to the surface long enough to bash in a few ships and a lighthouse or two? - Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
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| Posted Dec 16, 2021
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Moulin Rouge (1952) |
The wonder of Moulin Rouge is in the color which shows the Bohemian life of Paris in the gaslit era with all of its gaudiness, lustiness. The cafe Moulin Rouge comes alive before your eyes with startling clarity. - Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
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| Posted Dec 16, 2021
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Bwana Devil (1952) |
Bwana Devil is a grade B type motion picture about the attempt to complete a railroad in Africa against the threat of man eating lions. The lions are the most unferocious and mangy you'll see. - Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
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| Posted Dec 16, 2021
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The Star (1952) |
This serving of superlative dramatic film com will be received with gasps of admiration from the legion of Davis fans although there certainly isn't much else worthy of mention when Miss isn't switching her torso around before the camera. - Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
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| Posted Dec 16, 2021
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Come Back, Little Sheba (1952) |
I won't go into the plot of Come Back, Little Sheba because I want you to see it for yourself. - Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
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| Posted Dec 16, 2021
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Boomerang! (1947) |
This one, based on a real-life murder trial, keeps up a suspenseful pace for sixty minutes and then falls fiat on Its face. You'll go out of the theatre feeling as if somebody forgot to put the last two reels in the film can. - Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
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| Posted Dec 15, 2021
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Edward, My Son (1949) |
[Kerr's] portrayal of an alcoholic is something you'll remember after you leave the theatre. - Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
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| Posted Dec 15, 2021
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Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1948) |
[Night Has a Thousand Eyes] gets off to a good start but bogs down midway and flops completely before the finale. Another piece of corn like this and Edward G. Robinson will be doing quickies for his paycheck. - Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
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| Posted Dec 15, 2021
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