FIRST TIME:
The Lucky Ones (2008) Rachel McAdams, Tim Robbins, Michael Pena. Three people returning from war injured, are thrown together after their flights are cancelled. Told they will have a possible delay of a day or more, one decides to rent a car and drive to his home in St. Louis. The other two ask to share a ride that far and will go on to Las Vegas from there. By the time they get to the end of their journey, all are changed and because of disappointments and other events they have encountered, all decide to reup and the final scene is them back at a deployment area getting back on a plane for overseas. Sort of sad and touching, they are more at home with each other than with those they were going home to. 7/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0981072/combined
ENCORES:
The Women (1939) Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, Mary Boland, Rosalind Russell, Paulette Goddard, Joan Fontaine, Virginia Weidler. Great stars in a marvelous film. 10/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032143/combined
Jesse James (1939) Tyrone Power, Henry Fonda, Nancy Kelly, Randolph Scott, Henry Hull. 8/10 This is the myth of the James boys in glorious technicolor. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031507/combined
Return Of Frank James (1940) Henry Fonda, Gene Tierney, Jackie Cooper, Henry Hull. Continuing the saga of the James family of Missouri. 8/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032983/combined
Kitty Foyle (1940) Ginger Rogers, Dennis Morgan, James Craig, Gladys Cooper. Ginger's Oscar performance in a grand woman's film. 8/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032671/combined
The Great Lie (1941) Bette Davis, Mary Astor, George Brent, Lucille Watson, Hattie McDaniel. Astor is a true bit-- and Betty lets her get away with it and the film. Great fun watching the pros duke it out. 8/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033677/combined
Daisy Kenyon (1947) Joan Crawford, Dana Andrews, Henry Fonda, Ruth Warrick, Peggy Ann Garner. One of Joan's and Dana's best IMO and Henry ain't bad either. Suds 99/100 per cent pure. 9/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039294/combined
Nora Prentiss (1947) Ann Sheridan, Kent Smith, Bruce Bennett, Rosemary DeCamp, Robert Alda. Melodrama as noir with missing persons that aren't and the down fall of a foolish doctor. 7/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039666/combined
The Loves Of Carmen (1948) Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford. Rita is gorgeous and Glenn is handsome with his hair curled, but the drama is a bit thick and the hero is laid low by the wicked woman. 5/10
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The Doctor & The Girl (1949) Glenn Ford, Janet Leigh, Gloria DeHaven, Charles Coburn, Nancy Davis, Bruce Bennett, Basil Ruysdael, Warner Anderson. Great cast in soapsuds but I love it. 8/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041300/combined
Harriet Craig (1950) Joan Crawford, Wendell Corey, K.T. Stevens, Lucille Watson, Allan Joslyn, Viola Roache. Joan is cold and mean, just the way we like her. 9/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042544/combined
The Blue Gardenia (1953) Anne Baxter, Richard Conte, Ann Sothern, Jeff Donnell, Raymond Burr. Favorite Conte role and the rest of the cast is fine too. Story of a telephone operator who drinks too much, blacks out, and comes to and sees a dead body. Did she do it? 9/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045564/combined
Run Silent, Run Deep (1958) Clark Gable, Burt Lancaster, Jack Warden, Brad Dexter, Don Rickles. Submarine adventure. 7/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052151/combined
Inside Daisy Clover (1965) Natalie Wood, Christopher Plummer, Ruth Gordon, Robert Redford, Rowdy McDowall, Katherine Bard. Crazy Daisy and her nutty mother take on Hollyweirdos. 6/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059314/combined
Red Eye (2005) Rachel McAdam, Cilliam Murphy, Brian Cox, Jayma Mays. Charming seat mate on a plane turns out not so nice after all. 7/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0421239/combined
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