Paramount A novelty at the time of release “Red Garters,” a musical-Western spoof in bright colors, was a major critical and commercial disappointment, though not for the lack of trying. Second banana but handsomer Guy Mitchell plays Rob Randall, a cowboy who rides into the town of Paradise to avenge the death of his brother. […]
Oscar Movies: Ready, Willing and Able (1937)
July 20, 2011 by
Ray Enright’s “Ready, Willing and Able” is a second-tier Warner musical of the Depression era, starring Ruby Keeler.
Oscar Movies: Tulsa (1949)
July 20, 2011 by
By standards of the late 1940s, “Tulsa” was considered to be an epic romantic film, set at a crucial time in the history of this Oklahoma place as the site of oil and all the excitements that goes with it.
Oscar Movies: Raven’s End (1964)
July 19, 2011 by
Bo Widerberg, who’s best known for the international hit “Elvira Madigan,” wrote and directed this family melodrama, which was nominated for the Foreign Language Oscar.
Oscar Movies: Ugetsu (1953): Kenji Mizoguchi’s Masterpiece
July 19, 2011 by
Japan One of the greatest, most lyrical films ever made, Kenji Mizoguchi’s Ugetsu (aka “Ugetsu Monogatori”) is set in the sixteenth century, when a civil warfare is ravaging the land. Based on two short stories from “Ugetsu Monogatori,” by Akinari Ueda, the tale centers on two peasant potters, who try to make a living while […]
