http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039941/ Directed by Michael Curtiz, with Claude Rains, Audrey Totter, Constance Bennett, Hurt Hatfield (his 3rd film after starring in PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY), with Joan Caulfield and Ted North as the romantic leads. Of sorts. IMDB's user-submission starts off correct: &...

Yes, I can't find a similar tale in earlier films. I thought Glenn is incredibly expressive. Kissin' and huggin' on the couch with wife Donna Reed, saying, "Now I know why the Unemployed have so many kids", and then his staircase tirade. I pulled out the Mel Gibson version and enjoyed it, ...

I enjoy LADY ON A TRAIN so much, despite the oft-mentioned oddly nuanced SILENT NIGHT. Its closing scene gets my vote for Most Sexual of all, topping my previous candidate, Grace Kelly insisting that Cary Grant hold her diamond necklace, him saying they're fake and she replying, "...but I'm not...

RF, you asked great questions about Raft's thoughts on these. Here's another star whose insight would make him a wonderful host or at least deliver a commentary track on his films.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049656/ A stronger Glenn Ford film with the All American wife, Donna Reed, battling with him. These two battle with sharp dialog and pointed logic, well-written and well-delivered, in contrast to my more recent disappointment in TERROR ON A TRAIN's husband-wife arguments...

Mark, that's another excellent point - the realism was of the film results from it being film in real places with so many real people. The train stations, the cafes, streets - "only the actors aren't real". Or in this case, a few scenes by writers and a director that let them slide. Your a...

I don't think today's current marketing campaigns are any different. "Sexy and mature" is what they're promoting to young people today, and every decade, I suspect. Some years, there's more of a "Be your own man" like certain Marlboro dudes. Or "Be a rebel" with cigs da...

In most cases, I hate the faux accents. I'd rather have a scripted line explaining a non-native's appearance. Or just ignore it. Ronald Colman's accent is never once mentioned or noticed in TALK OF THE TOWN. But Kevin Costner's awful Robin Hood should have been aborted well before time to try out ac...

I've been impressed with Robert Oswald's discussion of his little brother's psychology and how such a monumental act would be consistent with Lee Harvey's mindset. I've never been impressed with the argument that Lee Harvey was a bad shot. I suspect that every rifleman can improve with practice, but...

Definitely not. We have two main film-festival theaters plus 4 locally-owned 'second-run' or Dollar Theaters that show classic films. In 2007, we saw 150 classic films in those theaters, and only 9 'new' films all year. And our friends and neighbors are noticing they're doing the same thing - eschew...

Would you write about your origins of smoking? What you thought you were achieving when you started? I imagine that you smoked a few cigs over months or a few years, then were eventually 'discovered' and either were first banned but rebelled, or you were allowed upon discovery. I'm curious about the...

I echo JohnM's comments on seeing this - or any film. TERROR ON A TRAIN is a 72-minute film and I'm degrading it based on, oh, 8 minutes of it? 6? Probably less than 10 minutes, total. There is a slow point in the film (as the wife wanders around, waiting for her train to depart) but even those are ...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037832/ This was my first viewing of this film, and I chuckled that the story offered another link in the Raft & Casablanca history. George did seem a bit more stiff than necessary, as if the good lines were being cut out of his dialog and he had to skip ahead so oft...

JohnM, we're about 180-degrees on our views of these two films. I felt the relatively few (and really, as I said, 3) problems with TERROR ON TRAIN made me degrade the film, whereas the same critical eye and judgment towards JOHNNY EAGER has me brushing aside its problems. Maybe it's the supporting c...

MissG, I've spent a couple of days mulling the film over and one other reason for my low rating on this film: all the weak scenes and actor performances were obvious and clear at the moment. Chopping them out (like the old man) or getting the wife to complain about REAL issues ("You never show ...