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The Adventures of Hajji Baba (1954)

8/10

Many great adventures for Hajji and a beautiful woman to go with him.

4 October 2023

John Derek is himself quite excellent is his role as the great lover who goes into tents to charm the women there and knows well that he can; in one scene he charms Amanda Blake (later "Miss Kitty") temporarily.

Derek plays well this handsome lover and is very convincing in his role; he does well as the barber and much later a prince. The beautiful Elaine Stewart also portrays well the beautiful princess Fawzia, spoiled calaph's daughter who, up to a point is very mean.

This movie is an "Eastern", since the setting is Persia of the eleventh or about the twelfth century.

We men have to be honest: what man wouldn't want to have as his traveling companion Miss Stewart? Come on, guys! Again, she is convincing as the princess who touches Hajji's heart and, for a while, even breaks it.

Since the acting is, again, convincing, since the Persian desert gives a "you-are-there" feeling, and, since there is a beautiful icon, to me this qualifies as a an outstanding cinematic me this, and any more is a favorite of mine.

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Bonanza: The Mountain Girl (1962)

Season 3, Episode 33

10/10

The endearing Nina Shipman steals the show and your heart

22 September 2023

In this excellent character study, the refreshing and appealing Nina Shipman performs excellently a mountain girl who learns from her dying paternal grandfather, played by Will Wright in the mountains, is also the granddaughter of a very wealthy man from San Francisco; the paternal grandfather there is a Hadley man portrayed by Carl Benton Reed.

It is brought out by reported action that the mountain girl was the daughter of the Hadley man who fell in love with, in turn, a mountain girl, and their union produced the pretty mountain granddaughter; the Hadley man had ousted his son from his home because he married a very poor girl.

The other granddaughter is an uppity, disgustingly conceited lady who scorns her cousin from the mountains. She also scorns the lover from the mountains, played very well by Warren Oates; the courageous mountain girl publicly renounces her sophisticated cousin strongly.

It does have a positive resolve and an excellent point.

Anymore, I do believe it is one of my favorite Bonanza episodes.

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Bonanza: Invention of a Gunfighter (1964)

Season 6, Episode 1

9/10

Stockwell definitely both a straight guy and a killer

15 August 2023

Guy Stockwell in this episode is, at first, a scared man unable to use his gun as he feels he should, and thus is laughed at one day when he walks out of a saloon after being unwilling to draw on someone who dares him to pull his gun on him. For this reason he enlists Little Joe's help so he, Stockwell, can be a coward no longer and, simultaneously, be able to use to his gun to protect himself. After he walks again into the same saloon one day, he looks at the crook and tells him to leave, at which point the crook draws on Stockwell who kills the outlaw.

But things change for the worse as Stockwell becomes ugly in his attitude, especially when he becomes a bounty hunter; he even brags about killing a man and earning two thousand dollars for that!

His girl even becomes frustrated with him and, in turn, he becomes mean even toward her.

It is another one of those character studies for which Bonanza is often noted, and is worth seeing many times over.

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The Careless Years (1957)

8/10

Straight to the point but very touching drama

23 June 2023

To me, I am always taken with dramas about a rich girl falling for a fine, yet poor boy. And this movie is just that way, and is very heart-warming.

At a party one night at the rich girl's house, a teenager does fall for the rich girl, and she for him. (Dean Stockwell, who had been a capable movie actor from his childhood, performs his acting feat well in this movie.) It isn't all too long before the two want to get married. The boy's father is not for this, and neither is the girl's mother; Barbara Billingsley, the "Beaver"'s mother, is accomplished as the girl's mother here. While I was taken with the movie, in some places, though not many, there is a bit of frustration. However, the story does have a positive resolve, I feel, and the point of the potential problems of a teen-age marriage are expressed well in this cinematic work.

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In the Heat of the Night (1988–1995)

9/10

same-ole-same-ole yet a very entertaining "Southern" western

23 June 2023

In this exciting seven-year-long drama, the plots have the same pattern. Some mean men come to Sparta, Mississippi to cause trouble by killing or are on a drug run. These men are as mean as mean can be. (Oh, you want to kill them!) Sheriff Bill Gillespie and his deputies drive cars fast through the backroads near Sparta. (In truth, the actual filming location is near Covington, Georgia, maybe a half hour from Atlanta.) I was glad to see Carroll O'Connor as the easy-going yet firm sheriff rather than as the obnoxious New Yorker Archie Bunker. I was for him more in the former-mentioned role. All the cast was impressive.

Alan Autry (a distant cousin to the late Gene Autry) was the firm, good-looking, good-hearted deputy Bubba Skinner. Hugh O'Connor, Carroll's son, though light-built, was himself a firm deputy. David Hart played a deputy who tried hard, but was not necessarily bright. Crystal Fox was an appealing icon. Howard Rollins performed well his part as the detective, and so did Anne-Marie Johnson. Later, Carl Weathers was definitely the right man for his role. The icon who stood out to me personally was Harriett DeLong, performed definitely well by Denise Nicholas. (Oh! She was definitely adorable!) Again, while each episode followed the same story line, the show was very entertaining for sure, and you were never bored by it.

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State Fair (1962)

10/10

wonderful romances, beautiful music, and hilarity

7 June 2023

Maybe I'm an exception to the rule, but with all due respects to Dana Andrews, Vivian Blaine, and all the other stars of the 1937 version of State Fair, to me this is a little more superior, and I've seen both.

Unlike the 1937 version, whose setting is Iowa, the setting of this State Fair is Texas.

Tom Ewell and Alice Faye make for a fine couple/set of parents. Pat Boone and the wild but very pretty Ann-Margaret make a wonderful pair, and Bobby Darin and Pamela Tiffin blend well together. Wally Cox, who becomes drunk in this movie, is his side-splitting, comical self.

The story centers around the romances of Darin and Tiffin, as well as Boone and Ann-Margaret. Pat Boone becomes so taken with his new lover that he sings "That's for Me." Tiffin becomes so taken with Darin that she thinks he can be nothing except the wonderful lover she believes him to be, but she's wrong; thus, there is a bit of character study in this movie.

There are other endearing songs in the movie such as "It Might as Well be Spring", and who can forget the classic "It's a Grand Night for Singing."

The romances are enjoyable, but fairly serious in places. All things considered it is quite wonderful and entertaining.

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Rocky (1976)

9/10

He keeps going up

15 March 2023

In this 1976 movie, which won the Best Picture of the Year award, there is an inspiring message of hope for anyone who wants to keep going up. The definitely inarticulate boxer Rocky Balboa, the "Hey yo!" man, played excellently by Sylvester Stallone, is a muscle man/ape for the Mafia who lives in a run-down apartment in Philadelphia. Burt Young does an excellent job as well as Rocky's brother-in-law, though Young does portray an unbearable, mean, obnoxious scoundrel who is mean to his own sister/Rocky's wife played so convincingly by Talia Shire. Burgess Meredith also acts well as the outspoken, sometimes mean manager of the excellent boxer.

When a fight is scheduled between Rocky and Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers) Rocky does his best to get into sound physical shape, exercising and running all the way to the Philadelphia Art Museum. Again, he wants to better himself in his profession/sport, and realizes that he must always do his best therein.

The ending is inspiring, and up to that point any viewer would be on the edge of his seat, wondering what the end resolution will be. Again, it is heart-warming in its own right, and I personally believe unforgettable.

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Patton (1970)

8/10

Could the real George S. Patton have been any meaner than George C. Scott? Scott

15 February 2023

This film should have won the Best Picture of the Year Award for 1970, which it did. George C. Scott portrayed to a tee the hard-cored general who was so much in love with war, it seemed. He knew well how to fight, was a very capable strategy man, and, to say the very least, was definitely gutsy. It started out with Patton going through the military quarters in 1943 at the Kasserine Pass in North Africa, and then depicted the fighting in Europe. Again, Patton was mean and hard-cored all the way. One scene that was unforgettable was his slapping the young, scared soldier; it was this event that caused him to lose his command, something he wanted so bad. Scott also let the world know that Patton was controversial in a certain way: he read the Bible every day but was very foul-mouthed.

Karl Malden, as General Omar Bradley, clicked well with cott, it appeared. Truly, he, Patton, North Africa, and Europe were represented well.

An excellent biopic and convincing war drama as well.

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The Restless Years (1958)

5/10

Show mean kids up for what they are

18 January 2023

This movie ranks with some of the saddest I have ever known. John Saxon and Sandra Dee work well together as two high school kids terribly ostracized and are considered "Squares." (That dates the movie of the late 50's, since that term for kids who are different is definitely outdated.) Joel McCrae's son Jody is not put in a good light since he is a popular football player who scorns these two since in the movie, Teresa wright plays Sandra's strange mother who is hiding a secret. Luanna Patten is not in a good light either, since she, who plays McCrae's girl, is Dee's friend or, more accurately, her bogus friend, and even then for a very short while.

Saxon almost literally fights for his girl, and the "cool" and the ostracized are shown to be their selves.

The movie is well-done but tragic, and prejudice is exposed strongly, in this case tragedy toward people who are "different." Again, the movie is sad but does hit at a matter which should be addressed.

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The Delicate Delinquent (1957)

9/10

extremely nutty yet extremely heart-warming

11 January 2023

In this movie, Jerry Lewis, so I once read, combines two of his favorite interests-comedy and juvenile delinquency. While it is comical, it does clearly convey the fact that juvenile delinquents can be helped and made productive citizens provided they're given the right kind of help; the cop Mark Damon (Darren McGavin) does become a great, positive influence on the delinquent Sidney Pythius (Lewis) and that delinquent does become a productive citizen. Robert Ivers plays the part of Monk, a small but rough punk who lives in the same poor, rough section of the Big Apple.

It is, again, comical, but Lewis is completely serious as he lets Monk know that he, Sidney, wants to be, in his words, a somebody; he is very brave and frank toward Monk as he lets him know that.

While I'll give no spoiler, it is enough to say that Monk does come through for Sidney.

Again, the story is very touch, thus I fail to see how anyone who sees it could not be influenced by it.

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Necessary Roughness (1991)

8/10

roughness was definitely necessary

14 December 2022

This comedy is about a college football team, filled with too many duds. Because of infractions that had been levied against them, the team would have to be filled with voluntary players, thus there would be no more scholarships. Hector Elizondo plays the part of a coach (Ed Genero) who is straight-laced, yet maybe too much so. Robert Loggia plays the part of a firm coach as well, (Wally Riggendorf) but a little more personable.

While the team is, again composed of non-football material, Wally goes to see a forty-year-old student Paul Blake(Scott Bakula) who had once been a football player before his father died and he had to go run the farm; he is now the oldest player on the team. He himself tries to keep the team in order, but for even him that is difficult. One night in a bar there is a fight between the college football players and one of their rivals. While the fight is rough, still that part of the movie is laughable.

The question remains. Is this sorry excuse for a team ever going to even come close to winning a game? They can't seem to even come close to that point.

There is a love angle to this. Dr. Suzanne Carter (sp.), played excellently by Harley Jane Kozak, is someone, they both learn, who had been a cheerleader much earlier in the high school days of them both. She is a source strength to him after they become taken with each other, and the love begins.

A comedy about a sorry football team and a love interest both combine to make this an unforgettable movie.

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Carmen Jones (1954)

8/10

excellent carmen-based cinematic piece

13 December 2022

I was greatly impressed with this movie based on George Bizet's opera. The updated version of Carmen has at its setting WWII Mississippi.

The story is simple. The soldier Joe is supposed to marry a girl he has known for a while, but at about the time they wanted to marry the wild Carmen Jones gets into a fight with a girl in the parachute factory, and Joe must take her to a civilian prison somewhere else in the state, which he does. The strong soldier joe sometimes becomes weak, and before you know it, during the trip he does fall in love with Carmen. To cut through a lot, at her suspicious grandmother's house Carmen Jones escapes, whicg later causes Joe to be imprisoned a short while. It is then that his first lover Cindy Lou comes to see Joe, but she finds out, thanks to a rose Carmen sends him while in prison that Carmen is his lover, not Cindy.

And now, the trouble begins, he escapes to Chicago after at a bar known as Billy Pastures, he gets into a fight with his CO who coincidentally is there. In a fight between the CO and Joe, the former is killed; a few of Carmen's friends go with Joe and Carmen. Then, Carmen meets a boxer known as Husky Miller. Carmen falls for him, and here the jealously begins. I'll give one simple spoiler: the movie has a tragic end.

Harry Belafonte, Dorothy Dandridge, Diannah Carrol are excellent actors, as are Pearl Bailey and Brock Peters.

Superb acting, nostalgia, and beautiful color combine to make this movie worth the time. See it!

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The Nativity Story (2006)

10/10

a very accurate account of one of THE most important events in history

7 December 2022

Warning: Spoilers

This preacher is sensitive to the depiction of Biblically-based movies, and this is very impressive to me. I liked it so very much. It not only depicted the account of the long, sometimes-drastic trip to Bethlehem to Nazareth. (We really are not sure if the trip was that horrible.) It is also a convincing character story. In the early part of this cinematic piece, the mean Herod is shown to be exactly that as he speaks to his son Herod Antipas. He mentions here that he has killed two wives; yes, his truly mean. The virgin Mary is shown to be the upset young girl she was after the angel Gabriel told her that she would be the one who would bear this child, who would be THE man among men. The Magi from the East (the Bible does not indicate how many there actually were) showed everyone how excited they were to go to Bethlehem to see this "new-born king," We also see Joseph as the sometimes-upset young man who was making the very-likely drastic trek from Nazareth to Bethlehem; we also see him as a very upset young man while, in Bethlehem there was no room in the inn nor anywhere else, which is why the go to a run-down place in that city. The curious shepherds are also shown in this movie.

The flight to Egypt is depicted as well.

For anyone who has read the Nativity account in Luke's gospel, that person MUST see this outstanding drama. For many reasons it is unforgettable.

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The Godfather Part II (1974)

5/10

the in out,in out movie

6 December 2022

This movie would have been better had they not switched from the late 1800s to the late 1950's. Thus to some extent it was confusing. It started out as Vito Corleone coming to this country when he was at most twelve; this happened after his father was killed in Corleone and before his mother was killed. Then, he movie switched back to the late 1950's in Las Vegas, NV, and later in the same time era in Miami, FL, and then back to the late 1800's again. Of course it is interesting in a sense, with Vito Corleone beginning the future of him and his family in New York, and then strongly carrying across the Mafia in, again, Miami.

Al Pacino could have been hated in this movie as Michael Corleone, the now-present godfather. He reached the point where he had no family love. Toward anyone of the members of it. Oh, he was cold! He even reached the point where he hated his own wife his own wife. A mean man for sure.

I personally liked the nostalgia, but it was somewhat confusing. But again, it was interesting and entertaining.

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Ride a Crooked Trail (1958)

5/10

Audie Murphy is soft-spoken yet brave

16 November 2022

The most decorated war hero of WWII is convincing in this story about an insecure man who, nonetheless, is very brave. He is an outlaw on the run, but through an unexpected happening is later mistaken for a sheriff in Little Rock, Ark. Walter Matthau is the judge there.

He does fool people there for a very long while, actually being thought of as a model law-abiding citizen, when the truth of the matter is he is an outlaw on the lamb. He will make it almost perfectly easy for the members of his outlaw gang to rob the local bank there.

The beautiful Gia Scala makes a definitely striking screen appearance. For Henry Da Silva the part of an outlaw is tailor-made. As the judge Walter Matthau is both rough yet sometimes humorous.

The color and old west setting are very drawing as well.

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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)

7/10

excellent mixture of humor and great stereotype western action

16 November 2022

There's no question that a western directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne would have to be outstanding. This was the first time John Wayne and James Stewart starred in a movie together.

The other main stars contributed toward its success. Andy Devine was there as the scared marshal, Vera Miles, who played Stewart's wife, was temperamental yet sweet, Edmond O'Brian as the town drunk, and Lee Marvin was meaner than mean could be.

In the story, a lawyer from the East, Ranson Stoddard (Stewart) returns to where he had lived about forty years before with his now-wife Hallie (Miles). Though he comes to the town to attend the funeral of his friend Tom Donathan (Wayne) the local newspaper editor wants a scoop on Stoddard and his friend. Definitely, one fact that is in the lawyer's favor in many ways and for many reasons is having the name as the man who shot Liberty Valance. Yes, that strongly led to his success.

Again, there is both humor and dramatic action blended well together. Again, you have to laugh at the marshal Link Appleyard (Devine). And, you can't prevent yourself from laughing at Edmond O'Brien who always remains inebriated. At the same time you can't keep from hating Liberty Valance (Marvin) for killing and beating people with a sharp silver whip.

It is a classic in its own right, and well it should be, with the very familiar and, again, outstanding cast.

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Rio Bravo (1959)

8/10

Martin, Wayne, Brennan, Nelson and Dickinson alll blend together well in this addictive western

19 July 2022

This Howard Hawks western is addictive since it's hard to see just once. In some places it is comical, since Angie Dickinson talks too much and gets frustrated with her lover the sheriff (John Wayne). Wayne is his mean-yet-goodhearted self. Walter Brennan is a gabby, fussy old rascal who definitely talks too much and angrily at that, even iif he's not genuinely angry. Rickie Nelson, whom most people would not connect with westerns, does an excellent turn as a young baby-faces deputy who is not scared to tackle any villain. Dean Martin plays well two parts, that of a scared drunk and then that of a sober, reformed deputy.

There is really little of a plot to speak of. A killer (played by Claude Akins) is arrested for killing a man in a bar, and then his older brother (played by John Russell) along with his brother's henchmen, attempt to break the younger brother out of jail, though it's not as easy as they think it will be.

In addition to great action, Nelson and martin do beautiful singing, Martin's voice being melodious. Of course Brennan does some great singing too-purely for decorative and comical reasons only.

Yes, for many years it has been a great, popular classic because of all the reasons aforementioned. Don't let it get away.

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The Sting (1973)

6/10

The "Stink", I feel, which deserved no award whatsoever

16 June 2022

Paul Newman and Robert Redford worked together, but not as well as in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid." Chicago of the '30'sis depicted well in this dramatic work, but there wasn't too much of a story to it. There were gambling points in Indiana, such as in Gary and East Chicago, and too, there was the climatic, surprise climax. But the acting on anyone's part was not superb. So, why did it receive the Best Picture award for 1973.

No, it was too plain, too flat to receive , again, any reward. Again, except for the nostalgia of 1930's, there is hardly anything spectacular about this movie.

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Camelot (1967)

9/10

Richard Harris and Vanessa Redgrave are excellent

13 June 2022

The King Arthur/Sir Lancelot/Guinivere legend was well done in this excellent drama. We know it well: King Arthur summons the knights of nearby Camelot in England to come and join his at the Round Table, the table round because nobody will be at the head of it. One of the fliers went across the English channel to the arrogant knight Lancelot, who lives in France. He comes to join the Round Table, and later Arthur's wife Guinivere falls in love with Lancelot, and he with her. And then the conflict begins, since King Arthur becomes angry with those two.

The beautiful Vanessa Redgrave aged well, and here she is definitely beautiful as the one who is vied for. Richard harris is the angry Arthur who plays his part well. Franco nero is convincing as the arrogant Lancelot.

Also, David Hemmings angers you as the illigitimate Mordred.

An exciting and well-done depiction of the classic story.

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The Bible in the Beginning... (1966)

9/10

a great depiction of the genesis found in Genesis

13 June 2022

Though the title is not totally a misnomer, it did not go as far as Dino de Laurentiis(sp) (?) desired...all the way through the Bible. (Doesn't anyone know that can't be done in a space of three hours?) Still, it was impressive as one of those movies which causes the Bible to come to life.

I thought the cast was well-picked, though only a few were actually well-known to people of the USA. Mike Parks did show the world what Adam was like, and Ella Bergreyd depicted her part of Eve well. John Huston had the right deep voice for God and acted in the role of Noah very impressively. As for Richard Harris and Franco Nero, it seems that on the screen they never "give" together too well: Harris was truly a mean Cain, while Nero was a comparatively calm Abel; Remember, in the late 1960's movie Camelot they were enemies since Harris was King Arthur and Nero was Sir Lancelot. Stephen Boyd was loud and hostile as Nimrod, the king who wrongly thought that the tower of Babel would not be destroyed. George C. Scott was himself convincing as Abraham; it's hard to believe that a few years after this movie he portrayed the mean-spirited George S. Patton. Eva Gardner was beautiful as a young Sarah, and later the Sarah who was ca. Ninety years of age. It's unusual for one man to play three parts, which is what Peter O'Toole did as he portrayed the three angels who approached Abraham and Sarah. The scenery appeared realistic, in Eden, at Babel, and in the desert where dwelt Abraham and tribe.

As a minister who is sensitive to Bible movies, I.was impressed with this one. It is recommendable.

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Camelot (1982 TV Movie)

9/10

for there was never a more enchanting love spot

24 May 2022

Warning: Spoilers

One of many dramas based on the King Arthur/Sir Lancelot legend, but to me it is a favorite of this "genre."The basic story has not been altered: After King Arthur sends out invitations by way of "fliers", for knights to join his Round Table, and one of them then goes across the English Channel to France, and the arrogant Sir Lancelot receives one and then goes to Camelot in England. After arriving there, he meets, of course, King Arthur, and the unforgettable Queen Guenevere (sp.) (?)For all who know the story, Sir Lancelot cannot keep from falling in love with the queen. (Of course, you can't blame him, since the queen is so beautiful, drawing, sweet, and mesmerizing, and in this production the beautiful Meg Bussert plays the part of the queen so well.

The love affair soon goes out in the open, unfortunately, for all three parties: King Arthur is understandably angry, Guenevere is accused of being a base, unfaithful lady, and Sir Lancelot is not so happy himself, especially when he knows he must leave England. Naturally, it is at best frightening for the queen when she is condemned and must be burned at the stake: though Arthur is angry with his queen, he still loves her, but cannot change any law or punishment, not even for his own wife.

And there is another basic character, Arthur's illigitimately-born son Mordred, who is instrumental in having the Round destroyed.

It is always a surprise to me that Guenevere becomes a nun.

In addition to the Bussert lady playing her part so well, Richard Muenz angers anyone, since he plays the part of Lancelot so well. Richard Harris is very adept at portraying the hot-tempered and saddened King Arthur excellently; he is the greatest King Arthur this side of Richard Burton.

The songs are all-too-well known. "Camelot", "I Loved You Once in Silence", "I Wonder What the King is Doing Tonight", among others.

A truly outstanding production.

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My Fair Lady (1964)

8/10

Will Eliza Doolittle ever be fair to the fair lady who wants strongly to refine herself?

4 May 2022

This is another one of those movies I could see many times over, as I have. Definitely, it should have received the Academy Award Picture prize of 1964, which it did. Audrey Hepburn was definitely fair certainly, and the very pretty young lady (who was supposed to be about 18, in the movie, when in real life she was 36) was also appealing, to say the least, as she played two roles virtually, that of a poor girl selling flowers in a run-down section of London and later as a refined lady. Rex Harrison was his sometimes-irascible self as he portrayed Professor Henry Higgins. Wilfred Hyde-White, as Colonel Pickering, though serious, was sometimes comical in is own way. Jeremy Brett was accomplished as Freddy Einsford-Hill, the young man so terribly infatuated with Eliza; one way he showed it was by telling her that he wrote and wrote her many times a day and, unlike Higgins, he did not believe that she was a "heartless guttersnipe." No doubt everyone familiar with this drama knows what Eliza screamed out at the Ascot Gavote horse race. It was side-splitting(!) After Henry Higgins teaches her phonetics, and thus refines her in many ways, more than just in speaking, suddenly something takes place which causes Higgins to change practically. This leads me to say that I did like the ending, though I was expecting more to happen than did.

I did like the songs-The comical "Let a Woman in Your life", the romantic "On the Street where You live", just to mention two.

It was comical, romantic, and provided character study. Thus, the movie was entertaining for more reasons than one.

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Bonanza: The Dark Past (1964)

Season 5, Episode 31

6/10

Is this preacher's son-turned-gunfighter hopeless?

30 March 2022

In this unforgettable episode Dennis Hopper plays the part of a bounty hunter who is colder than cold can be. He had rather hunt human beings than people. Susan Seaforth Hayes plays the part of a darling young lady, named Holly, whose has escaped from her outlaw husband Ron Starr; she goes to the Ponderosa.

To show how cold the bounty hunter is, he reluctantly reads to her after Joe asks him to, but he is unfriendly toward Holly and and is sarcastic about the Bible. One time Little Joe, after being frustrated with him tells him that ..."he is not there to sing him any hymns!" The resolve may be surprising, but the entire story held my attention well.

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Bonanza: Found Child (1965)

Season 7, Episode 7

7/10

the little child brings out the meanest and tenderest part of Hoss.

11 January 2022

In this unforgettable episode, Hoss is strongly touched by a little girl he happens to find in a open area in the woods after he notices a wagon turned over;the girl is safe after the accident but her parents are killed. He seems almost obsessed with taking care of the little girl after he brings her home, Gerald Mohr plays one of the in-laws of the little girl's late mother. One day when the girl and Hoss go on a picnic, the little girl is abducted by Mohr's henchmen. To cut through a lot, Hoss finds Moore, knocks him on the ground at least three times.

Though the story has a happy resolution, it can bring a person to tears when you see that Hoss can't handle the girl leaving.

It is a sweet story, but the ending is definitely bittersweet.

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Macbeth (I) (2015)

A very convincing drama based on the play of the convincing playright William Shakespeare

23 December 2021

This TV movie maintained my attention well, all the way from the lines of the Three Weird sisters to the final scene after a sword fight. Nicol Williamson was convincing as the Thane of Glames, and Lady Macbeth was depicted so well. Naturally, it was dark all the way through, but so was the intangible atmosphere of the story. Truly, Williamson and the other players acted well their parts. The story was complicated, a la Shakespeare. (But what play of Shakespeare did not have a complicated plot?) It was one which, again, maintained my attention well.

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