Rosalind Russell played flyer Tonie Carter in this thinly disguised version of the disappearance of Amelia Earhart during her 1937 around-the-world flight. Carter/Earhart is in love with reckless yet feckless fellow-flyer Fred MacMurray. She is asked by the Navy to fake an accident during her flight and thereby provide an excuse for a search that […]
Oscar Movies: Flight Command (1941): Starring Robert Taylor
April 30, 2014 by
In Joel Schumacher’s “Flatliners,” a well-acted supernatural thriller, a group of medical students decide to play with the very sacred values of life and death.
Oscar Movies: Flatliners (1990): Starring Julia Roberts
April 30, 2014 by
In Joel Schumacher’s “Flatliners,” a well-acted supernatural thriller, a group of medical students decide to play with the very sacred values of life and death.
Oscar Movies: Flat Top (1952)
April 30, 2014 by
Monogram Lesley Selander’s WWII film stars Sterling Hayden as the tough commander of training naval aviators aboard aircraft carriers. Oscar Nominations: 1 Film Editing: William Austin Oscar Awards: None Oscar Context: The winners of the Editing Oscars were Elmo Williams and Harry Gerstad for High Noon. Share this:
Oscar Movies: Flame of New Orleans (1941)
April 28, 2014 by
French filmmaker Rene Clair made his American debut with this period dramedy, while in exile in Hollywood. Claire Ledeux (Marlene Dietrich) leaves France and arrives in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1841, determined to marry a wealthy man. Posing as a high class woman, Claire sets her sights on Charles Giraud (Roland Young), who is good […]
