October 07, 2013

A General, a Prince, girls, guys and train robbers---

NEW: 

The Bitter Tea Of General Yen (1933) Barbara Stanwyke, Nils Asher, Walter Connolly, Toshia Mori.  American girl comes to China to marry her missionary fiancee, but in the confusion of war they are separated and she is rescued by General Yen.  Taken by train to his palace she is treated well and meets his American financial advisor.  A strange story of two worlds and relationships colliding.  7/10  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023814/combined

Beautiful Girls (1996) Timothy Hutton, Natalie Portman, Matt Dillon, Mira Sorvino, Uma Thurman.  A small town's high school reunion is the sorting out of the lives of friends.  7/10
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115639/combined

ENCORES:

The Prince And The Pauper (1939) Errol Flynn, Mauch Twins(Billie and Bobby), Clude Rains. Charming Mark Twain story of the pauper boy and the son of Henry VIII, who look just alike. One dark night, the poor urchin falls asleep under a bench on the palace grounds and is found by the prince, who takes him into the palace.  They change clothes and the prince goes out and is thrown of the grounds.  Eventually he is befriended by Miles Hendon(Flynn) and alls well that ends well.  8/10  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029440/combined

About Last Night (1986) Demi Moore, Rob Lowe, Jim Belushi, Elizabeth Perkins.   Young  people in Chicago, their loves and lives.  8/10  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090583/combined 

The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford (2007)  Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck, Jeremy Renner, Sam Rockwell, Mary Louise Parker.  Slow, moody version of the outlaws last years with his relationship to the Ford brothers as the focal point.     6/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443680/combined#comment

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