Production Company(ies)
Inspirational, Racing/Driving
 
Distributor
Universal International Pictures, MCA/Universal Pictures [us], Universal Home Entertainment
 
Release Type

 
Filming Location(s)

 
MPAA / Certificate
NR
 
Year of Release
1948
 

 
Genre(s)
Comedy
 
Keyword(s)
starring Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Bela Lugosi, Lenore Aubert, Jane Randolph, Glenn Strange, directed by Charles Barton, written by Mary Shelley, Bram Stoker, Robert Lees, Frederic I Rinaldo, John Grant, comedy, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Kim Newman, Dave Kehr, Bosley Crowther, Marjorie Baumgarten, Mike Massie, M.V Moorhead, Chris Mathiesen, Paul Chambers, Felix Vasquez Jr., Matt Brunson, Tim Brayton, Fernando F Croce, Universal Pictures, MPAA rating, Frankenstein, Dracula, Wolf Man, horror spoof, railway baggage handlers, Florida, house of horrors museum, insurance purposes, vaudeville comedy routines, Universal Monsters, comedic, light horror, Invisible Man, slapstick, classic film fans, goofy gags, slight scares, campy charm, technical mistakes, outdated humor, Invisible Man ending
 

Cast & Crew

Bud Abbott

Chick Young

Lou Costello

Wilbur Grey

Bela Lugosi

Chick Young

Wilbur Grey

Count Dracula

Dr. Sandra Mornay

Joan Raymond

Bud Abbott – Chick Young
Lou Costello – Wilbur Grey
Bela Lugosi – Count Dracula
Lenore Aubert – Dr. Sandra Mornay
Jane Randolph – Joan Raymond
Glenn Strange – The Frankenstein Monster
Director – Charles Barton
Producer – Robert Arthur
Writers – Mary Shelley, Bram Stoker, Robert Lees, Frederic I. Rinaldo, John Grant

 

Charles Barton

Mary Shelley

Robert Arthur

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Charles Barton
 
Writer(s)
Mary Shelley, Bram Stoker, Robert Lees, Frederic I. Rinaldo, John Grant
 
Producer(s)
Robert Arthur

 

Film Festivals
Berlin
 
Awards & Nominations
NA
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Kim Newman

Dave Kehr

Bosley Crowther

Marjorie Baumgarten

Mike Massie

Empire Magazine

Chicago Reader

New York Times

Austin Chronicle

Gone With The Twins

ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN
 All Critics (28) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (25) | Rotten (3)
 A little bit of going through the motions with this horror spoof but fans will enjoy
 
 October 16, 2007 | Rating: 3/5
 
 Kim Newman
 Empire Magazine
 TOP CRITIC
 This 1948 effort is probably the last of their watchable films, though it’s a long way from their best.
 
 October 16, 2007
 
 Dave Kehr
 Chicago Reader
 TOP CRITIC
 The notion of having these two clowns run afoul of the famous screen monster is a good laugh in itself. But take this gentle warning: get the most out of that one laugh while you can, because the picture, at Loew’s Criterion, does not contain many more.
 
 August 8, 2006 | Rating: 2/5
 
 Bosley Crowther
 New York Times
 TOP CRITIC
 This is one of the best of all the Abbott and Costello features.
 
 March 10, 2003
 
 Marjorie Baumgarten
 Austin Chronicle
 TOP CRITIC
 Were it not for the goofy leads, this could very well be yet another chapter in the series of classic monster mashups, which had fizzled out of theaters a few years prior.
 
 December 7, 2020 | Rating: 7/10
 
 Mike Massie
 Gone With The Twins
 Even those of us who find Bud and Lou’s antics more dated than those of, say, Laurel and Hardy or the Marx Brothers, can still enjoy this one, because the monsters are a hoot.
 
 January 6, 2020
 
 M.V. Moorhead
 Phoenix Magazine
 It may prove a less satisfying offering than usual to devotees of the slim and stocky funsters. Abbott and Costello prevail, however, over the chilly doings of such competent scare artists as Bela Lugosi and Lon Chaney.
 
 August 13, 2019
 
 Chris Mathiesen
 Washington Star
 The first of three films to pair the comedy team with Universal’s monsters. Moderately amusing.
 
 October 26, 2014 | Rating: C
 
 Paul Chambers
 Movie Chambers
 A masterpiece filled with raucous laughs, great spooks, and a wicked final scene.
 
 October 13, 2014
 
 Felix Vasquez Jr.
 Cinema Crazed
 This is the best of the boys’ efforts, allowing them to go for the nyuks yet never diminishing the standing of the classic Universal Studios monsters that figure in its plot.
 
 September 13, 2012 | Rating: 3.5/4
 
 Matt Brunson
 Creative Loafing
 While the the film is representative of the absolute worst of Universal horror… it is one of the very best Abbott and Costello vehicles.
 
 November 1, 2009 | Rating: 7/10
 
 Tim Brayton
 Antagony & Ecstasy
 Well-constructed and satisfyingly low
 
 August 28, 2009
 
 Fernando F. Croce
 CinePassion…

 

Plot
In Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, the comedic duo star as railway baggage handlers who are tasked with delivering crates to a house of horrors museum, but things go awry when they mishandle the crates and encounter Dracula, Frankenstein’s monster, and other classic horror characters.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
Fresh Kernels doesn’t have any goofy or funny comments about the film Signed in.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
C J Entertainment, Barunson E& A
 
Distributor
NA
 
Release Type

 
Filming Location(s)
Turville, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
 
MPAA / Certificate
Approved
 
Year of Release
1946
 

 
Genre(s)

 
Keyword(s)
starring Tom Hanks, directed by Robert Zemeckis, written by William Broyles Jr., genre: drama, box office performance: $429.9 million, budget: $90 million, reviewed by Roger Ebert, produced by Tom Hanks, MPAA rating: PG-13, survival, adventure, plane crash, isolation, friendship, hope, perseverance, transformation, Chuck Noland, FedEx, Wilson, Helen Hunt, Nick Searcy, Chris Noth, Lari White, Geoffrey Blake, Jenifer Lewis, Steve Monroe, Sally Field, Harold G Herthum, directed by Robert Zemeckis, written by William Broyles Jr., produced by Tom Hanks, reviewed by Roger Ebert, stranded, deserted island, survival skills, resourcefulness, emotional journey, human spirit, physical challenges, mental challenges, character development, cinematography, sound design, music score, special effects, Academy Awards, Golden Globe Awards, Tom Hanks’ performance, Robert Zemeckis’ direction, William Broyles Jr.’s screenplay, Chuck Noland’s transformation, FedEx’s brand placement, Wilson’s character, Helen Hunt’s performance, Nick Searcy’s performance, Chris Noth’s performance, Lari White’s performance, Geoffrey Blake’s performance, Jenifer Lewis’ performance, Steve Monroe’s performance, Sally Field’s cameo, Harold G Herthum’s cameo
 

Cast & Crew

Jimmy Bennett

Kat Dennings

Jolie Vanier

William H. Macy

Trevor Gagnon

Toe Thompson

Stacey Thompson

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The Mayor

Loogie

Director:
Robert Rodriguez

Writer:
Robert Rodriguez

Cast:
Jimmy Bennett – Toe Thompson
Kat Dennings – Stacey Thompson
Jolie Vanier – Helvetica Black
William H. Macy – The Mayor
Trevor Gagnon – Loogie
Leo Howard – Laser
Rebel Rodriguez – Lug
Jake Short – Nose Noseworthy
Leslie Mann – Mom Thompson
Jon Cryer – Dad Thompson
Angela Lanza – Miss Vasquez
Alejandro Rose-Garcia – Booger
Cambell Westmoreland – Blinker #1
Zoe Webb – Blinker #2

Cinematography:
Robert Rodriguez

Music:
Robert Rodriguez

Editor:
Robert Rodriguez

 

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NA

NA

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
NA
 
Writer(s)
NA
 
Producer(s)
NA

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
NA
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

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Plot
Architect Walter Craig (Mervyn Johns), seeking the possibility of some work at a country farmhouse, soon finds himself once again stuck in his recurring nightmare. Dreading the end of the dream that he knows is coming, he must first listen to all the assembled guests’ own bizarre tales.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
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Production Company(ies)
Carolco Pictures, Pacific Western Lightstorm Entertainment,
 
Distributor
20th Century Fox
 
Release Type
Theatrical
 
Filming Location(s)
Santa Monica Mountains, Los Angeles, California, USA
 
MPAA / Certificate
Passed
 
Year of Release
1942
 

 
Genre(s)
Drama
 
Keyword(s)
starring Roddy McDowall, Maureen O’Hara, Walter Pidgeon, Donald Crisp, Anna Lee, John Loder, directed by John Ford, written by Philip Dunne, drama, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Richard Brody, Kate Cameron, Ty Burr, James Agee, David Parkinson, Abel Green, mono sound mix, flat aspect ratio, produced by Darryl F Zanuck, MPAA rating, coal mining, Welsh village, miners’ strike, social change, family drama, working-class, nostalgia, salt-of-the-earth characters, love affair, preacher, upper class, episodic fragments, sprawling epic, childhood memories, rapid social change, academic, youngest son, proud family, solid cast, director’s style
 

Cast & Crew

Walter Pidgeon

Maureen O’Hara

Roddy McDowall

Donald Crisp

Anna Lee

Mr. Gruffydd

Angharad Morgan

Huw Morgan

Mr. Gwilym Morgan

Bronwyn Morgan

Walter Pidgeon – Mr. Gruffydd, Village Preacher
Maureen O’Hara – Angharad Morgan, Eldest Daughter
Roddy McDowall – Huw Morgan, Youngest Son
Donald Crisp – Mr. Gwilym Morgan
Anna Lee – Bronwyn Morgan, Ivor’s Wife
John Loder – Ianto Morgan

 

John Ford

Philip Dunne

Darryl F. Zanuck

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
John Ford
 
Writer(s)
Philip Dunne
 
Producer(s)
Darryl F. Zanuck

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
Won 5 Oscars
13 wins & 6 nominations total
 
Academy Awards
Oscar Best Picture Winners, Oscar Winners
 

Top Reviews

Richard Brody

Kate Cameron

Ty Burr

James Agee

David Parkinson

New Yorker

New York Daily News

Entertainment Weekly

TIME Magazine

Empire Magazine

HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY
 All Critics (47) | Top Critics (11) | Fresh (42) | Rotten (5)
 Captures an idyll of youth that has been lost to the corrosive practices of modern business.
 
 November 16, 2015
 
 Richard Brody
 New Yorker
 TOP CRITIC
 One of the outstanding film productions of the year.
 
 February 18, 2015
 
 Kate Cameron
 New York Daily News
 TOP CRITIC
 The acting is strong, and Arthur Miller’s Oscar-winning photography gives the images a spooky luster, but a little bit of Ford’s salt-of-the-earth piety goes an awfully long way.
 
 February 19, 2013 | Rating: B
 
 Ty Burr
 Entertainment Weekly
 TOP CRITIC
 Because his recollections ring true, they are certain to evoke a similar nostalgia in all but the most slab-sided of moviegoers.
 
 February 17, 2009
 
 James Agee
 TIME Magazine
 TOP CRITIC
 This John Huston film [is] typically epic with a faithful screenplay to Richard Llewellyn’s famous novel.
 
 February 20, 2008 | Rating: 4/5
 
 David Parkinson
 Empire Magazine
 TOP CRITIC
 How Green Was My Valley is one of the year’s better films, a sure-fire critic’s picture and, unlike most features that draw kudos from crix, this one will also do business.
 
 January 30, 2008
 
 Abel Green
 Variety
 TOP CRITIC
 Strangely, a sizable portion of the plot occurs without Huw’s direct involvement, which makes his narration somewhat flawed, since he’s not privy to all the details.
 
 August 5, 2020 | Rating: 2/10
 
 Mike Massie
 Gone With The Twins
 One of the most beautifully-shot films of the 1940s… one of the highest achievements of John Ford’s fascination with the ebb and flow of life in a small community.
 
 July 7, 2020 | Rating: 5/5
 
 Tim Brayton
 Alternate Ending
 You are left with a memory of something as fine as any motion picture could hope to be.
 
 February 6, 2020
 
 Jay Carmody
 Washington Star
 It is a great picture, a poignant, emotion-stirring drama.
 
 February 6, 2020
 
 Josephine O’Neill
 Daily Telegraph (Australia)
 The last John Ford movie is something exquisite and of a supreme artistic quality. [Full Review in Spanish]
 
 September 19, 2019
 
 Elena de la Torre
 Cine-Mundial
 The film is beautifully played, with Donald Crisp as the humorous patriarch of the mining village dominating the screen with tough sensibility.
 
 February 15, 2019
 
 Edgar Anstey
 The Spectator…

 

Plot
Life is hard in a Welsh mining town and no less so for the Morgan family. Seen through the eyes of the family’s youngest, Huw, we learn of the family’s trials and tribulations. Family patriarch Gwilym and his older sons work in the mines, dangerous and unhealthy as it is. Gwilym has greater hopes for his youngest son, but Huw has his own ideas on how to honor his father. Daughter Angharad is the most beautiful girl in the valley and is very much in love with Mr. Gruffydd, who isn’t sure he can provide her the life she deserves. Times are hard and good men find themselves out of work and exploited by unseen mine owners.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
Donald Crisp’s performance as the humorous patriarch of the mining village dominates the screen with tough sensibility, according to one critic.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
Warner Bros., Hawk Films, Peregrine
 
Distributor
Film Classics Inc., Universal Pictures, MCA/Universal Pictures [us], Screen Gems
 
Release Type
Theatrical
 
Filming Location(s)

 
MPAA / Certificate
Passed
 
Year of Release
1941
 

 
Genre(s)
Horror
 
Keyword(s)
starring Lon Chaney Jr., Claude Rains, Ralph Bellamy, Evelyn Ankers, Warren William, Patric Knowles, Bela Lugosi, Maria Ouspenskaya, directed by George Waggner, written by Curt Siodmak, horror, Universal horror, werewolf, gypsy, curse, transformation, make-up effects, atmospheric, melancholic, classic, iconic, special effects, brooding, unsettling, melancholic, short, quick pace, great story, terrific cast, memorable, defining actor, cinematic medium, riveting, impressive, simple, effective, reliable remake, transformation, American Werewolf in London, top horror movies, RT Podcasts, MCU movies, Netflix series, TV premiere dates, worst horror movies, best Netflix series
 

Cast & Crew

Lon Chaney Jr.

Claude Rains

Ralph Bellamy

Evelyn Ankers

Warren William

Larry Talbot

Sir John Talbot

Col. Paul Montford

Gwen Conliffe

Dr. Lloyd

Lon Chaney Jr. – Larry Talbot, Wolf Man
Claude Rains – Sir John Talbot
Ralph Bellamy – Col. Paul Montford
Evelyn Ankers – Gwen Conliffe
Warren William – Dr. Lloyd
Patric Knowles – Frank Andrews
Bela Lugosi – Man/Werewolf (uncredited)
Maria Ouspenskaya – Maleva (uncredited)
George Waggner – Director/Producer
Curt Siodmak – Writer
Jack Pierce – Makeup Artist
Joseph A. Valentine – Cinematographer
Bernard B. Brown – Art Director
Russell A. Gausman – Art Director
Nathan Levinson – Sound Designer
Hans J. Salter – Composer

 

George Waggner

Curt Siodmak

George Waggner

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
George Waggner
 
Writer(s)
Curt Siodmak
 
Producer(s)
George Waggner

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
NA
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Keith Phipps

SMH Staff

Age Staff

THR Staff

Variety Staff

AV Club

Sydney Morning Herald

The Age (Australia)

Hollywood Reporter

Variety

THE WOLF MAN
 All Critics (42) | Top Critics (8) | Fresh (38) | Rotten (4)
 It finds modern sophistication and cultured intellects unprepared to deal with a threat that’s already at hand, maybe even under our own skin.
 
 April 13, 2020 | Rating: B+
 
 Keith Phipps
 AV Club
 TOP CRITIC
 The whole thing is nonsensical, but occasionally strangely compelling.
 
 April 13, 2020
 
 SMH Staff
 Sydney Morning Herald
 TOP CRITIC
 Lon Chaney, junior, has his first big role as The Wolf Man, but it would take a genius to “get away” with this role.
 
 April 13, 2020
 
 Age Staff
 The Age (Australia)
 TOP CRITIC
 The Wolf Man serves its horror straight. A very substantial cast undertakes to sell believably a tale of superstitious folklore.
 
 April 7, 2015
 
 THR Staff
 Hollywood Reporter
 TOP CRITIC
 The Wolf Man is a compactly-knit tale of its kind, with good direction and performances by an above par assemblage of players, but dubious entertainment.
 
 October 8, 2008
 
 Variety Staff
 Variety
 TOP CRITIC
 A stodgy Universal thriller from 1941, redeemed by a name-heavy cast and by Lon Chaney Jr.’s lumbering, affable performance in the title role.
 
 October 8, 2008
 
 Dave Kehr
 Chicago Reader
 TOP CRITIC
 Essential for devising the modern concept of the werewolf, from which nearly every subsequent werewolf film has drawn inspiration, the film uses the guise of a horror yarn to consider the duality of human beings.
 
 March 20, 2022 | Rating: 4/4
 
 Brian Eggert
 Deep Focus Review
 This is a classic horror movie that’s showing its age.
 
 November 9, 2021 | Rating: 3/5
 
 Brian Costello
 Common Sense Media
 Ironically, The Wolf Man is stronger and creepier in the scenes without the wolf man.
 
 April 13, 2020 | Rating: 3/5
 
 Daniel Barnes
 Sacramento News & Review
 This vehicle features Lom Chaney, jr., as a rather pathetic, and certainly unawesomely made-up. werewolf as the Thing which severs innocents’ jugular veins in the mists of English moors.
 
 April 13, 2020
 
 J.W. Stepp
 Washington Star
 The original and only entry in the Wolf Man series that I truly like. Lon Chaney, Jr. was born to play the troubled Larry Talbot, a guy who gets bitten by a werewolf (Bela Lugosi) and openly laments his future as the hairiest man in Europe. Nicely done.
 
 October 26, 2014 | Rating: B+
 
 Paul Chambers
 Movie Chambers
 Horror movies today rely on gore and as many jump out of your seat moments as they can throw at you. This one relies on old fashioned atmosphere and acting ability and that’s all it really needs.
 
 October 13, 2014 | Rating: 3.5/4
 
 Scott Nash
 Three Movie Buffs…

 

Plot
Larry Talbot finds himself in an asylum, recovering from an operation performed by the kindly Dr. Mannering. Inspector Owen finds him there, too, wanting to question him about a recent spate of murders. Talbot escapes and finds Maleva, the old gypsy woman who knows his secret: when the moon is full, he changes to a werewolf. She travels with him to locate the one man who can help him to die – Dr. Frankenstein. The brilliant doctor proves to be dead himself, but they do find Frankenstein’s daughter. Talbot begs her for her father’s papers containing the secrets of life and death. She doesn’t have them, so he goes to the ruins of the Frankenstein castle to find them himself. There he finds the Monster, whom he chips out of a block of ice. Dr. Mannering catches up with him only to become tempted to monomania while using Frankenstein’s old equipment.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
Lon Chaney Jr. delivers an affecting performance as Larry Talbot/The Wolf Man.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)

 
Distributor
NA
 
Release Type
Theatrical
 
Filming Location(s)
Santa Catalina Island, Channel Islands, California, USA
 
MPAA / Certificate
Passed
 
Year of Release
1932
 

 
Genre(s)
Horror
 
Keyword(s)
Island of Lost Souls, horror, 1933, Charles Laughton, Bela Lugosi, Richard Arlen, Leila Hyams, Kathleen Burke, Arthur Hohl, Erle C Kenton, Waldemar Young, Philip Wylie, box office, budget, reviewed by SMH Staff, Michael Sragow, Keith Phipps, TIME Staff, Variety Staff, Ian Nathan, Martin Dickstein, P.S Harrison, Shadow Stage, Tele Staff, Film Daily Staff, Mercury Staff, MPAA rating, genetic experiments, half-human, half-animal hybrids, Panther Woman, Sayer of the Law, god, H.G Wells, novel, adaptation, Edward Parker, shipwrecked, remote island, society, horror sequences, Karl Struss, spooky cinematography, mad vivisector, villain, horrifying quality, Devil and the Deep, The Sign of the Cross, scientific scope, House of Pain, whip, eerie, claustrophobic effect, realistic, frightening make-up effects, reserved, complex performance, pre-Hayes Code, suggestion of bestiality, disturbing ending
 

Cast & Crew

Charles Laughton

Bela Lugosi

Richard Arlen

Leila Hyams

Kathleen Burke

Dr. Moreau

Sayer of the Law

Edward Parker

Ruth Thomas

The Panther Woman – Lota

Charles Laughton – Dr. Moreau
Bela Lugosi – Sayer of the Law
Richard Arlen – Edward Parker
Leila Hyams – Ruth Thomas
Kathleen Burke – The Panther Woman – Lota
Arthur Hohl – Mr. Montgomery

 

Erle C. Kenton

Waldemar Young

NA

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Erle C. Kenton
 
Writer(s)
Waldemar Young, Philip Wylie
 
Producer(s)
NA

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
NA
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

SMH Staff

Michael Sragow

Keith Phipps

TIME Staff

Variety Staff

Sydney Morning Herald

New Yorker

AV Club

TIME Magazine

Variety

ISLAND OF LOST SOULS
 All Critics (40) | Top Critics (9) | Fresh (35) | Rotten (5)
 It has the appalling, monstrous quality of a nightmare.
 
 October 8, 2020
 
 SMH Staff
 Sydney Morning Herald
 TOP CRITIC
 A tight, gruesome shocker, featuring Karl Struss’s spooky cinematography and Charles Laughton’s creepy portrayal of the mad vivisector Dr. Moreau …
 
 February 16, 2015
 
 Michael Sragow
 New Yorker
 TOP CRITIC
 Island Of Lost Souls is a horror film based on the premise that the divide between humanity and the animal world is one that should never be crossed, but also one that’s impossible to determine.
 
 February 23, 2012 | Rating: A
 
 Keith Phipps
 AV Club
 TOP CRITIC
 Laughton, as he managed to do in Devil and the Deep and The Sign of the Cross, gives the role of the villain a peculiarly horrifying quality by humanizing it far beyond the demands of the script.
 
 October 17, 2011
 
 TIME Staff
 TIME Magazine
 TOP CRITIC
 While the action is not designed to appeal to other than the credulous, there are undoubtedly some horror sequences which are unrivaled.
 
 October 17, 2011
 
 Variety Staff
 Variety
 TOP CRITIC
 This may have been made (and banned) in the 1930s, but it remains a neatly disturbing horror with a definitive ending.
 
 October 17, 2011 | Rating: 4/5
 
 Ian Nathan
 Empire Magazine
 TOP CRITIC
 If The Island of Lost Souls is also a little too silly for words, i.e., if it fails to achieve anything but “horror,” that is something against which you should be warned.
 
 October 8, 2020
 
 Martin Dickstein
 Brooklyn Daily Eagle
 What it presents is more ugly and revolting than horrifying.
 
 October 8, 2020
 
 P.S. Harrison
 Harrison’s Reports
 The uprising of beast-men will bring you out of your seat.
 
 October 8, 2020
 
 Shadow Stage
 Photoplay
 Everyone expected a sterling performance from Charles Laughton, but again he proves that he has something fresh to give each film.
 
 October 8, 2020
 
 Tele Staff
 Daily Telegraph (Australia)
 Laughton’s performance is a grand piece of work, as usual.
 
 October 8, 2020
 
 Film Daily Staff
 The Film Daily
 Tho screen version ls too sketchy adequately to convey the scientific scope of Wells’ work, with the result that, apart from the characterisation, the picture has little moaning, and at times becomes repulsive.
 
 October 8, 2020
 
 Mercury Staff
 The Mercury (Australia)…

 

Plot
After his ship goes down, Edward Parker is rescued at sea. Parker gets into a fight with Captain Davies of the Apia and the Captain tosses him overboard while making a delivery to the tiny tropical island of Dr. Moreau. Parker discovers that Moreau has good reason to be so secretive on his lonely island. The doctor is a whip-cracking task master to a growing population of his own gruesome human/animal experiments. He does have one prize result, Lota the beautiful panther woman. Parker’s fortunes for escape look up after his fiancée Ruth finds him with the help of fearless Captain Donohue. However, when Moreau’s tribe of near-humans rises up to rebel, no one is safe…
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
The film features a note-perfect performance from Charles Laughton as Dr. Moreau.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
Réalisation d’art cinématographique
 
Distributor
Paramount Pictures
 
Release Type

 
Filming Location(s)
Paramount Studios – 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
 
MPAA / Certificate
Passed
 
Year of Release
1932
 

 
Genre(s)
Horror
 
Keyword(s)
starring Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins, Rose Hobart, Holmes Herbert, Halliwell Hobbes, Edgar Norton, directed by Rouben Mamoulian, written by Samuel Hoffenstein, Percy Heath, genre Horror, box office performance, budget, reviewed by SMH Staff, Age Staff, TIME Staff, Alfred Rushford Greason, Tom Huddleston, Wendy Ide, Pat Padua, Jason Best, James T Hamada, P.S Harrison, Martin Dickstein, E de S Melcher, produced by Rouben Mamoulian, MPAA rating, Dr Jekyll, Mr Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson, special effects, atmospheric cinematography, deranged overacting, psychological, scientist, nature, altruistic goal, sexual frustration, violence, addiction, darker self, earthy dance hall girl, Ivy, fights Hyde, control of his body, good and evil force, innovative special effects, atmospheric cinematography, deranged overacting, psychological component, scientist tampering with nature, horror, villain, morality, unchecked by morality, rapes, brutalizes, murders, London, POV tracking shot, Keats, Ode to a Nightingale, Canova’s Psyche Revived by Cupid’s Kiss, gothic background, creepy, dated nature, mystery, true gothic background
 

Cast & Crew

Fredric March

Miriam Hopkins

Rose Hobart

Holmes Herbert

Halliwell Hobbes

Dr. Henry Jekyll

Mr. Hyde

Ivy Pearson

Muriel Carew

Dr. Lanyon

Fredric March – Dr. Henry Jekyll, Mr. Hyde
Miriam Hopkins – Ivy Pearson
Rose Hobart – Muriel Carew
Holmes Herbert – Dr. Lanyon
Halliwell Hobbes – Brig. Gen. Sir Danvers Carew
Edgar Norton – Poole

 

Rouben Mamoulian

NA

Rouben Mamoulian

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Rouben Mamoulian
 
Writer(s)
NA
 
Producer(s)
Rouben Mamoulian

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
NA
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Alfred Rushford Greason

Tom Huddleston

Wendy Ide

Pat Padua

Jason Best

SMH Staff

Age Staff

TIME Staff

Alfred Rushford Greason

Tom Huddleston

DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE
 All Critics (42) | Top Critics (11) | Fresh (38) | Rotten (4)
 One seeks in vain for an adequate development in this film of the powerful psychology which must remain the essential motive of such a fantasy as Stevenson created. A mere succession of incidents does not furnish this study.
 
 October 7, 2020
 
 SMH Staff
 Sydney Morning Herald
 TOP CRITIC
 The onlooker, instead of being filled with righteous horror and indignation, begins to find so much super invention and thoroughness irresistibly comic.
 
 October 7, 2020
 
 Age Staff
 The Age (Australia)
 TOP CRITIC
 Fredric March, ably assisted by Miriam Hopkins and Rose Hobart, is magnificent as Hyde, and he gives Jekyll a stilted Victorian elegance which, being a little false, makes Hyde’s existence seem more credible.
 
 October 7, 2020
 
 TIME Staff
 TIME Magazine
 TOP CRITIC
 Camera trick of changing a central figure from the handsome Fredric March into the bestial, ape-like monster Hyde, carries a terrific punch, but in each successive use of the device — and it is repeated four times — it weakens in hair-raising effort.
 
 March 26, 2009
 
 Alfred Rushford Greason
 Variety
 TOP CRITIC
 Dr Jekyll combines gothic horror, aristocratic romance and madcap Freudian psychodrama into a dizzying, exhilarating brew.
 
 December 12, 2008 | Rating: 5/5
 
 Tom Huddleston
 Time Out
 TOP CRITIC
 It’s a lurid potboiler which is notable for some superb camera work (a long POV tracking shot at the beginning of the film for example), some innovative early special effects and some of the most deranged overacting you are ever likely to see.
 
 December 12, 2008 | Rating: 4/5
 
 Wendy Ide
 Times (UK)
 TOP CRITIC
 While the hairy beast that emerges can come off as old-fashioned camp, the lurid spectacle of shame and condemnation resonates uncomfortably with our own highly divided times.
 
 July 7, 2022
 
 Pat Padua
 Washington City Paper
 Made during that brief period when Hollywood sound films explored quite racy material… Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde quite explicitly links Jekyll’s woes to sexual frustration.
 
 November 15, 2020
 
 Jason Best
 What’s On TV
 While thrills principally abound In the story it also contains comedy Interest and a most enchanting romance.
 
 October 7, 2020
 
 James T. Hamada
 The Nippu Jiji (Honolulu)
 It is morbid, and even unhealthy in theme, but it is suspensive and holds the spectator’s interest to the very end.
 
 October 7, 2020
 
 P.S. Harrison
 Harrison’s Reports
 [Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde] is altogether a brilliant effort and should be added to your list of better screen entertainments.
 
 October 7, 2020
 
 Martin Dickstein
 Brooklyn Daily Eagle
 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a pleasantly unpleasant picture.
 
 October 7, 2020
 
 E. de S. Melcher
 Washington Star…

 

Plot
Based on the story by Robert Louis Stevenson, Dr. Henry Jekyll believes that there are two distinct sides to men – a good and an evil side. He believes that by separating the two man can become liberated. He succeeds in his experiments with chemicals to accomplish this and transforms into Hyde to commit horrendous crimes. When he discontinues use of the drug it is already too late…
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
The film features Fredric March in a dual role as Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, with “deranged overacting” that adds to the film’s charm.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios,
 
Distributor
NA
 
Release Type

 
Filming Location(s)

 
MPAA / Certificate
TV-PG
 
Year of Release
1927
 

 
Genre(s)
War
 
Keyword(s)
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Cast & Crew

Clara Bow

Mary Preston

Charles “Buddy” Rogers

Jack Powell

Richard Arlen

Mary Preston

Jack Powell

David Armstrong

Sylvia Lewis

Cadet White

Clara Bow – Mary Preston
Charles “Buddy” Rogers – Jack Powell
Richard Arlen – David Armstrong
Jobyna Ralston – Sylvia Lewis
Gary Cooper – Cadet White
El Brendel – Herman Schwimpf

 

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John Monk Saunders

Lucien Hubbard

Adolph Zukor

Jesse L. Lasky

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
William A. Wellman
 
Writer(s)
John Monk Saunders, Hope Loring, Louis D. Lighton, Julian Johnson
 
Producer(s)
Lucien Hubbard, Adolph Zukor, Jesse L. Lasky

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
NA
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Wilella Waldorf

Bernice Foy

Edwin Schallert

Ella H. McCormick

Mae Tinee

New York Post

Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com

Los Angeles Times

Detroit Free Press

Chicago Tribune

WINGS
 All Critics (60) | Top Critics (16) | Fresh (56) | Rotten (4)
 A great deal of sentimental and weepy material is thrust into the tale here and there, along with long stretches of what may be termed for want of a better designation, “just war.”
 
 February 10, 2021
 
 Wilella Waldorf
 New York Post
 TOP CRITIC
 Charles Rogers and Richard Arlen share honors as stars, with Clara Row as the feminine lead. While the picture is rather long, it holds the interest.
 
 February 9, 2021
 
 Bernice Foy
 Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com
 TOP CRITIC
 Wings is unquestionably the dazzle and pyrotechnics of the screen fulfilled in a new sphere, and teems with twentieth century timeliness.
 
 February 9, 2021
 
 Edwin Schallert
 Los Angeles Times
 TOP CRITIC
 The picture is almost too real. It brings war so terribly near and makes so fearsomely true the awfulness of combat in the air, even while it thrills and draws homage for those whose skill and courage accomplish such marvelous feats.
 
 February 9, 2021
 
 Ella H. McCormick
 Detroit Free Press
 TOP CRITIC
 It is brilliant, poignant, and honest work, close copy of the tragic, flaming tapestry woven in the skies “over there.”
 
 February 9, 2021
 
 Mae Tinee
 Chicago Tribune
 TOP CRITIC
 Charles Rogers and Richard Arlen, who share joint honors for their remarkable acting and their more remarkable flying, ascend to the place of genuine heroes from the mere rank of the actor.
 
 February 9, 2021
 
 Inquirer Staff
 Philadelphia Inquirer
 TOP CRITIC
 In my opinion, it’s not possible to create a perfect film, but Wings, in all of its cinematic glory, comes incredibly close.
 
 March 23, 2022 | Rating: 9/10
 
 Kyle Bain
 Film Threat
 Embodying all the wonder of the mechanical age in vivid spectacle, Wings comes as one of the definitely great pictures which are now being made more frequently.
 
 February 9, 2021
 
 NZ Herald Staff
 New Zealand Herald
 Since the proof of a picture lies in the selling, the outstanding fact about Wings, Paramount’s latest bid for roadshow fame, is that it is worth two dollars of any man’s money for the sake of the thrills it provides.
 
 February 9, 2021
 
 Epes W. Sargent
 Moving Picture World
 When all is said and done, however, we must toast again the countless daring aviators who “stunted” their ways all over the skies of Bexar County, Texas, to provide the proper scenic and thrilling background for the picture.
 
 February 9, 2021
 
 Landon Laird
 Kansas City Star
 By all means see Wings.
 
 February 9, 2021
 
 Shadow Stage
 Photoplay
 It is spectacular in its appeal and the spectator should forget all about its weakly-built story and accept it as a frame for the projection of the airplane episodes.
 
 February 9, 2021
 
 Laurence Reid
 Motion Picture News…

 

Plot
Brothers Brian and Joe Hackett attempt to run an airline on the New England island of Nantucket while surrounded by their various wacky friends and employees.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
The film features a cameo from a young Gary Cooper.
 

 
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