This routine musical from MGM, directed by Roy Rowland (who?) stars dan Dailey as a rancher whose luck at gambling changes when he meets a ballet dancer, played by long-legged Cyd Charisse. The second-tier musical also stars Agnes moorehead, Jerry Colonna, Lena Horne and Frankie Laine. Oscar Nominations: 1 Scoring of Musical: George Stoll and […]

The third of MGM’s popular screen lovers, Jeanette MacDonald-Nelson Eddy film, “Maytime” unfolds in one long flashback, begins in the early 20th century. A young girl argues with her boyfriend, because she wishes to become an opera singer. The girl’s neighbor, a lonely old woman (Jeanette MacDonald in heavy makeup), then tells the girl of […]

Gabriele Salvatores’ Oscar-winning Mediterraneo is set during World War II on a deserted island in the middle of the Aegean Sea. After their ship is sunk by the British, a unit of Italian soldiers finds refuge on the island, where they realize that the area is not deserted; its citizens have gone into hiding after […]

This filmed opera, composed by Gian-Carlo Menotti, tells the story of a fraudulent medium Marie Powers, whose mute and crippled son Leo Coleman helps to fleece her customers. During one seance, Powers feels a hand clutching her throat. She assumes it is her son who is responsible. Anna Maria Alberghetti makes her screen debut as […]

Based on an operetta by Franz Lehar, this remake of the 1934 originals stars Lana Turner as Sonia, the wealthy widow, who returns to her husband’s native land to dedicate a memorial to him. The king (Thomas Gomez) of the country tries to convince her to stay by offering a young Prince Danilo (Fernando Lamas) […]