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The Raven (1915), Approach With Caution

Edgar Allen Poe (Henry B. Walthall) Done the same year as Birth Of A Nation (1915), The Raven takes Henry B. Walthall who played Col. Ben Cameron and turns him into Edgar Allen Poe. The film starts out...

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My Deanna Durbin Punishment, Part I: Three Smart Girls (1936) – Worth A Look

Joan (Nan Grey), Penny (Deanna Durbin), Kay (Barbara Read) A week ago I made the mistake of admitting on Distant Voices and Flickering Shadows that I didn’t know about Deanna Durbin. In no time, Page...

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Zorn’s Lemma (1970), TSPDT #940, Highly Recommended

I usually don’t watch experimental films. Every once in a while I do out of interest or as in the case of Zorn’s Lemma, it’s on the TSPDT Top 1000 list. I remember reading about it a few years back in...

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My Deanna Durbin Punishment, Part II: First Love (1939) – Worth A Look

Now that the anniversary is over and the blackout is lifted, my punishment must continue. The next film I have chronologically is First Love (1939). That means it is time for Deannarella. That’s...

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My Deanna Durbin Punishment, Part III: It Started With Eve (1941) – Approach...

After having watched Three Smart Girls (1936) and First Love (1939), I was hoping this film would get the right mix of Deanna’s acting with singing that was integrated into the storyline. It has a...

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My Deanna Durbin Punishment, Part IV: Can’t Help Singing (1944) – Not...

Since Deanna Durbin isn’t dead yet, I know she can’t spin in her grave. However, I am sure that after she passes away, she will spin every time someone watches this phenomenally awful film. She chases...

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My Deanna Durbin Punishment, Part V: Lady On A Train (1945) – Recommended

The two major problems with this film can be seen in the screenshot above and below. The first is that Deanna Durbin was attacked by peroxide and thus is a bottle blonde throughout the film. The...

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My Deanna Durbin Punishment, Part VI: Something In The Wind (1947) – Approach...

The Durbin Smack See that guy in the middle getting slapped by Deanna Durbin. That’s how I felt watching this film. I foolishly believed that Lady On A Train (1945) meant that the final film in this...

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Forty Guns (1957), TSPDT #939, Worth A Look

Jessica Drummond (Barbara Stanwyck) and Griff Bonnell (Barry Sullivan) If I didn’t know this was a Samuel Fuller film going into it, I don’t believe I would have recognized his hand at work. The film...

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A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001), TSPDT #941, Not Recommended

Best scene in the movie I have to be honest. I tried to write a regular review for this film, but I disliked the movie so much that I don’t care. On some level, I felt personally offended. Rather than...

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