Production Company(ies)
New Regency Productions, The Wolper Organization Warner Bros.,
 
Distributor
Republic Pictures
 
Release Type
Theatrical
 
Filming Location(s)
Cong, County Mayo, Ireland
 
MPAA / Certificate
Passed
 
Year of Release
1952
 

 
Genre(s)
Drama
 
Keyword(s)
starring John Wayne, Maureen O’Hara, Barry Fitzgerald, Victor McLaglen, Mildred Natwick, Arthur Shields, directed by John Ford, written by Frank S Nugent, Maurice Walsh, drama, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Bob Thomas, Richard Brody, Nell Minow, Variety Staff, David Parkinson, Don Druker, Richard Propes, Yasser Medina, Mike Massie, Rachel Wagner, Loren King, James Kendrick, MPAA rating, Merian C Cooper, John Ford produced
 

Cast & Crew

John Wayne

Maureen O’Hara

Barry Fitzgerald

Victor McLaglen

Mildred Natwick

Sean Thornton

Mary Kate Danaher

Michaleen Flynn

Red Will Danaher

Squire Danaher

John Wayne – Sean Thornton
Maureen O’Hara – Mary Kate Danaher
Barry Fitzgerald – Michaleen Flynn
Victor McLaglen – Red Will Danaher, Squire Danaher
Mildred Natwick – The Widow Sarah Tillane
Arthur Shields – Reverend Cyril ‘Snuffy’ Playfair

 

John Ford

Frank S. Nugent

Merian C. Cooper

John Ford

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
John Ford
 
Writer(s)
Frank S. Nugent, Maurice Walsh
 
Producer(s)
Merian C. Cooper, John Ford

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
Won 2 Oscars
11 wins & 8 nominations total
 
Academy Awards
Oscar Nominees
 

Top Reviews

Bob Thomas

Richard Brody

Nell Minow

Variety Staff

David Parkinson

Associated Press

New Yorker

Common Sense Media

Variety

Empire Magazine

THE QUIET MAN
  All Critics (45) | Top Critics (12) | Fresh (41) | Rotten (4)
  The Quiet Man is John Ford’s best picture since The Informer, but much, much funnier.
 
  July 24, 2019
 
  Bob Thomas
  Associated Press
  TOP CRITIC
  As much an anthropological adventure as a romantic rhapsody.
 
  December 5, 2016
 
  Richard Brody
  New Yorker
  TOP CRITIC
  Old-fashioned charmer for the family.
 
  December 28, 2010 | Rating: 4/5
 
  Nell Minow
  Common Sense Media
  TOP CRITIC
  This is a robust romantic drama of a native-born’s return to Ireland. Director John Ford took cast and cameras to Ireland to tell the story [by Maurice Walsh] against actual backgrounds.
 
  March 11, 2008
 
  Variety Staff
  Variety
  TOP CRITIC
  Ideal Sunday afternoon fare.
 
  March 11, 2008 | Rating: 5/5
 
  David Parkinson
  Empire Magazine
  TOP CRITIC
  John Ford’s 1952 Oscar winner is a tribute to an Ireland that exists only in the imaginations of songwriters and poets like Ford.
 
  March 11, 2008
 
  Don Druker
  Chicago Reader
  TOP CRITIC
  Ford early on captures the film’s more dramatic moments before giving way to its lightly romantic humor.
 
  September 20, 2020 | Rating: 3.5/4.0
 
  Richard Propes
  TheIndependentCritic.com
  A lovely film. A bucolic romance with a western soul. [Full review in Spanish]
 
  September 14, 2020 | Rating: 7/10
 
  Yasser Medina
  Cinemaficionados
  It may not be a Western, but it’s one of director John Ford’s finest collaborations with John Wayne.
 
  August 23, 2020 | Rating: 10/10
 
  Mike Massie
  Gone With The Twins
  Incredible chemistry and one of the most epic kisses in all of movies make it a fun watch for me
 
  May 8, 2019 | Rating: 7/10
 
  Rachel Wagner
  Rachel’s Reviews (YouTube)
  Credit must go to O’Hara, who is at her most magnetic in this film, and is central to what makes “The Quiet Man” so enjoyable and so memorable.
 
  March 15, 2019
 
  Loren King
  Newport This Week (RI)
  The film’s saucy mix of comedy and melodrama is one of its greatest charms, although it can give you whiplash from time to time, especially if you’re not used to Ford’s brand of broad, back-slapping comedy
 
  October 27, 2016 | Rating: 3.5/4
 
  James Kendrick
  Q Network Film Desk…

 

Plot
Sean Thornton has returned from America to reclaim his homestead and escape his past. Sean’s eye is caught by Mary Kate Danaher, a beautiful but poor maiden, and younger sister of ill-tempered “Red” Will Danaher. The riotous relationship that forms between Sean and Mary Kate, punctuated by Will’s pugnacious attempts to keep them apart, form the main plot, with Sean’s past as the dark undercurrent.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
Maureen O’Hara’s performance in The Quiet Man is considered one of her most iconic roles.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
Nouvelles Éditions de Films,
 
Distributor
Criterion Collection, Cine Classics
 
Release Type

 
Filming Location(s)
Studios Pathé-Cinema, Joinville-le-pont, Val-de- Marne, France
 
MPAA / Certificate
Not Rated
 
Year of Release
1950
 

 
Genre(s)
Comedy/Drama
 
Keyword(s)
Comedy, Drama, French, Jean Renoir, Claude Renoir, Carl Koch, Roland Toutain, Nora Gregor, Marcel Dalio, Paulette Dubost, Mila Parély, directed by Jean Renoir, written by Jean Renoir, box office performance, budget, reviewed by David Denby, Mark Chalon Smith, Variety Staff, Desson Thomson, John Monaghan, Michael Wilmington, Brian Eggert, Michael J Casey, Alberto Abuín, Virginia Graham, Paul Schrader, MPAA rating, Criterion Collection, Cine Classics, social satire, aristocrats, servants, affair, mistress, poacher, hunting party, passions, critics consensus, Mozartean, tragedy, comedy, Hollywood screwball comedy, restored director’s cut, tragedy, witty, clever, commentary, bourgeoisie, social relations, masterpiece, characters, well-made, hunting scene
 

Cast & Crew

Marcel Dalio

Robert de la Cheyniest

Nora Gregor

Christine de la Cheyniest

Mila Parély

Marcel Dalio

Nora Gregor

Mila Parély

Roland Toutain

Jean Renoir

Marcel Dalio – Robert de la Cheyniest
Nora Gregor – Christine de la Cheyniest
Mila Parély – Geneviève de Marras
Roland Toutain – André Jurieux
Jean Renoir – Octave
Paulette Dubost – Lisette, sa Camériste

 

Jean Renoir

Carl Koch

Claude Renoir

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Jean Renoir
 
Writer(s)
Carl Koch, Jean Renoir
 
Producer(s)
Claude Renoir

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
NA
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

David Denby

Mark Chalon Smith

Variety Staff

Desson Thomson

John Monaghan

New Yorker

Los Angeles Times

Variety

Washington Post

Detroit Free Press

THE RULES OF THE GAME
  All Critics (52) | Top Critics (16) | Fresh (50) | Rotten (2)
  The word “Mozartean”… gets thrown around a little too eagerly by critics, but one movie, as almost everyone agrees, deserves this supreme benediction — Jean Renoir’s The Rules of the Game.
 
  June 3, 2014
 
  David Denby
  New Yorker
  TOP CRITIC
  On the surface, a lace of flirtations, insinuations and rejections compose the basic plotting. But Renoir uses flashes of accelerating drama to amplify his bigger points.
 
  June 3, 2014
 
  Mark Chalon Smith
  Los Angeles Times
  TOP CRITIC
  As an experiment it’s interesting, but Jean Renoir has made a common error: he attempts to crowd too many ideas into 80 minutes of film fare, resulting in confusion.
 
  July 6, 2010
 
  Variety Staff
  Variety
  TOP CRITIC
  The mobile camera seems to be a member of the party, as it follows the almost balletically choreographed movements of the cast. The effect for the audience is transcendental. We are watching life at its messiest, unfolding at its most beautiful.
 
  April 26, 2007
 
  Desson Thomson
  Washington Post
  TOP CRITIC
  A disaster when initially released, the movie’s reputation has only grown since.
 
  February 16, 2007 | Rating: 4/4
 
  John Monaghan
  Detroit Free Press
  TOP CRITIC
  There are about a dozen genuine miracles in the history of cinema, and one of them is Jean Renoir’s supreme 1939 tragi-comedy The Rules of the Game.
 
  December 28, 2006 | Rating: 4/4
 
  Michael Wilmington
  Chicago Tribune
  TOP CRITIC
  Renoir achieved what remains a supreme appraisal of his society, as well as a deliriously accomplished and boundlessly influential motion picture.
 
  March 2, 2022 | Rating: 4/4
 
  Brian Eggert
  Deep Focus Review
  Continues to shape and inspire the cinema of today and tomorrow.
 
  September 24, 2021 | Rating: 4.5/5
 
  Michael J. Casey
  Michael J. Cinema
  Renoir’s camera focuses on characters full of nuances, dedicated to a well-visible and latent game of mirror. [Full Review in Spanish]
 
  April 17, 2020
 
  Alberto Abuín
  Espinof
  Though pictorially it is very satisfying, M. Renoir has mixed high tragedy and low comedy.to such an extent that one is bewildered.
 
  February 22, 2020
 
  Virginia Graham
  The Spectator
  A truly complex film–and an entertaining one.
 
  January 25, 2020
 
  Paul Schrader
  Los Angeles Free Press
  Filled with nearly boundless pleasures. It is a film to be savored, like a fine wine whose riches have only grown with age.
 
  August 6, 2019 | Rating: 4/4
 
  Mattie Lucas
  From the Front Row…

 

Plot
On the brink of WWII, the record-breaking aviator, André Jurieux, safely lands at a small airport crammed with reporters, only to come face-to-face with his worst fear: the object of his desire, Christine, a blonde noblewoman and wife of the affluent Marquis de la Cheyniest, Robert, is not there to greet him. Intent on winning her back, André accepts his friend Octave’s invitation for a lavish hunting weekend at the aristocrat’s palatial country estate at La Coliniere, among hand-picked guests and the mansion’s servants. However, intrigue, rivalries, and human weaknesses threaten to expose royalty and paupers alike. Who will breach first the unwritten rules of the game?
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
Jean Renoir, the director of The Rules of the Game, also played the role of Octave in the film.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
Paramount Pictures, Penthouse Video Long Road Productions,
 
Distributor
Universal Pictures
 
Release Type

 
Filming Location(s)
904 McDonald Ave, Santa Rosa, California, USA
 
MPAA / Certificate
PG
 
Year of Release
1943
 

 
Genre(s)
Crime/Mystery & thriller
 
Keyword(s)
starring Joseph Cotten, Teresa Wright, Hume Cronyn, Macdonald Carey, Henry Travers, Patricia Collinge, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, written by Gordon McDonell, Thornton Wilder, Sally Benson, Alma Reville, crime, mystery, thriller, drama, PG rating, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Kevin Maher, Paul Trench, Age Staff, SMH Staff, Emma Cochrane, David Denby, Walter Chaw, Brian Eggert, Mike Massie, Michael J Casey, Josephine O’Neill, produced by Jack H Skirball, Universal Pictures, Alfred Hitchcock’s favorite, Santa Rosa, California, murder, small town, suspicion, uncle, niece, wanted, charming, flesh-crawling, deftly, finely shaded characters, ingenious, unorthodox, thriller, continuously entertaining, tense dramatic scenes, superbly acted, believable relationship, intimate, heart-wrenching, eroding moral bedrocks, desecrating national monuments, ineffectual cops, bumbling clergy, psycho mothers, twists, straightforward, evil, horrifying, psychopath, steadily-paced, suspenseful, plot imperfections, brilliant, staging, scenes
 

Cast & Crew

Teresa Wright

Joseph Cotten

Hume Cronyn

Macdonald Carey

Henry Travers

Young Charlie Newton

Charlie Oakley

Herbie Hawkins

Jack Graham

Joseph Newton

Teresa Wright – Young Charlie Newton
Joseph Cotten – Charlie Oakley
Hume Cronyn – Herbie Hawkins
Macdonald Carey – Jack Graham
Henry Travers – Joseph Newton
Patricia Collinge – Emma Newton
Gordon McDonell – Writer
Thornton Wilder – Writer
Sally Benson – Writer
Alma Reville – Writer
Alfred Hitchcock – Director
Jack H. Skirball – Producer

 

Alfred Hitchcock

Gordon McDonell

Jack H. Skirball

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Alfred Hitchcock
 
Writer(s)
Gordon McDonell, Thornton Wilder, Sally Benson, Alma Reville
 
Producer(s)
Jack H. Skirball

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
Nominated for 1 Oscar
2 wins & 3 nominations total
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Kevin Maher

Paul Trench

Age Staff

SMH Staff

Emma Cochrane

Times

London Evening Standard

The Age

Sydney Morning Herald

Empire Magazine

SHADOW OF A DOUBT
  All Critics (51) | Top Critics (16) | Fresh (51)
  It’s Hitchcock unleashed…
 
  January 21, 2022 | Rating: 5/5
 
  Kevin Maher
  Times (UK)
  TOP CRITIC
  An Alfred Hitchcock picture is something of an event. This one, which runs for an hour and 45 minutes, is an ingenious and unorthodox thriller which is continuously entertaining.
 
  May 26, 2021
 
  Paul Trench
  London Evening Standard
  TOP CRITIC
  A series of tense dramatic scenes superbly acted by Joseph Cotten and Teresa Wright.
 
  April 10, 2020
 
  Age Staff
  The Age (Australia)
  TOP CRITIC
  Master of the suspense drama that he is, Hitchcock keeps his climax for the very end. When it comes it is terrific. The final curtain Is a glorious piece of cynicism.
 
  April 10, 2020
 
  SMH Staff
  Sydney Morning Herald
  TOP CRITIC
  This is certainly one of Hitchcock’s most satisfying thrillers, mostly thanks to Wright and Cotten’s believable relationship.
 
  April 10, 2020 | Rating: 4/5
 
  Emma Cochrane
  Empire Magazine
  TOP CRITIC
  Shadow of a Doubt may or may not be Hitchcock’s greatest film, but it’s his most intimate and heart-wrenching.
 
  April 10, 2020
 
  David Denby
  New Yorker
  TOP CRITIC
  Hitchcock loved eroding moral bedrocks, most gaudily in the form of desecrating national monuments and more stealthily in the form of ineffectual cops, bumbling clergy, and psycho mothers.
 
  June 10, 2022 | Rating: 4/4
 
  Walter Chaw
  Film Freak Central
  Shadow of a Doubt refines the director’s most persistent theme down to its essential components: The prevailing notion that something dark lurks underneath the surface of things exists in nearly each Hitchcock film.
 
  February 23, 2022 | Rating: 4/4
 
  Brian Eggert
  Deep Focus Review
  For a story helmed by Hitchcock, one would expect the twists to be less straightforward.
 
  August 14, 2020 | Rating: 8/10
 
  Mike Massie
  Gone With The Twins
  There’s something rotten in small-town, U.S.A., and Hitchcock chose Santa Rosa, California-one of the most picturesque cities in the nation-to set his tale of a modern-day wolf in sheep’s clothing.
 
  July 29, 2020 | Rating: 5/5
 
  Michael J. Casey
  Boulder Weekly
  Still reeling after having seen this film, I do not want to spoil a moment of it for anyone else. I can only tell you that it is a brilliant Alfred Hitchcock melodrama, set mainly in a leafy sunny American town — and leave the story at that.
 
  April 10, 2020
 
  Josephine O’Neill
  Daily Telegraph (Australia)
  To save studio materials, the film has been largely made in an actual Californian town and the gain is remarkable.
 
  April 10, 2020
 
  Edgar Anstey
  The Spectator…

 

Plot
Charlotte “Charlie” Newton is bored with her quiet life at home with her parents and younger sister. She wishes something exciting would happen and knows exactly what they need: a visit from her sophisticated, much-traveled Uncle Charlie Oakley, her mother’s younger brother. Imagine her delight when, out of the blue, they receive a telegram from Uncle Charlie announcing that he is coming to visit them for awhile. Charlie Oakley creates quite a stir and charms the ladies’ club, as well as the bank President where his brother-in-law works. Young Charlie begins to notice odd behavior on his part, such as cutting out a story in the local paper about a man who marries and then murders rich widows. When two strangers appear asking questions about him, she begins to imagine the worst about her beloved Uncle Charlie.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
Joseph Cotten, who plays Uncle Charlie in Shadow of a Doubt, was actually Hitchcock’s first choice for the role and was initially hesitant to take it on due to his dislike of playing villains.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)

 
Distributor
Criterion Collection, Paramount Pictures
 
Release Type

 
Filming Location(s)

 
MPAA / Certificate

 
Year of Release
1941
 

 
Genre(s)
Comedy
 
Keyword(s)
starring Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Robert Warwick, William Demarest, Franklin Pangborn, Porter Hall, directed by Preston Sturges, written by Preston Sturges, comedy, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Richard Brody, Variety Staff, Dave Kehr, Geoff Andrew, Steven D Greydanus, Marjorie Baumgarten, Sean Axmaker, André Bazin, Brian Eggert, Danielle Solzman, Roger Moore, MPAA rating, Paramount Pictures, Criterion Collection, produced by Preston Sturges, Hollywood, social commentary, satire, escapism, train ride, hobo disguise, chain gang, socially conscious message, screwball comedy, audience score, Tomatometer, Gulliver’s Travels, Library of Congress, culturally significant, aesthetically significant, Joel McCrea as John L Sullivan, Veronica Lake as The Girl, Robert Warwick as Mr Lebrand, William Demarest as Mr Jones, Franklin Pangborn as Mr Casalsis, Porter Hall as Mr Hadrian, 35mm, Flat (1.37:1), Mono, Paramount Pictures
 

Cast & Crew

Joel McCrea

John L. Sullivan

Veronica Lake

The Girl

Robert Warwick

John L. Sullivan

The Girl

Mr. Lebrand

Mr. Jones

Mr. Casalsis

Joel McCrea – John L. Sullivan
Veronica Lake – The Girl
Robert Warwick – Mr. Lebrand
William Demarest – Mr. Jones
Franklin Pangborn – Mr. Casalsis
Porter Hall – Mr. Hadrian
Director – Preston Sturges
Producer – Preston Sturges
Writer – Preston Sturges

 

Preston Sturges

Preston Sturges

Preston Sturges

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Preston Sturges
 
Writer(s)
Preston Sturges
 
Producer(s)
Preston Sturges

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
NA
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Richard Brody

Variety Staff

Dave Kehr

Geoff Andrew

Steven D. Greydanus

New Yorker

Variety

Chicago Reader

Time Out

Decent Films

SULLIVAN’S TRAVELS
 All Critics (40) | Top Critics (8) | Fresh (40)
 This ingenious plot is brought to life with a remarkable profusion of dialogue: with the characters’ torrential, scintillating verbiage, Sturges seems to leap out from behind the screen to address the viewer directly.
 
 January 16, 2023
 
 Richard Brody
 New Yorker
 TOP CRITIC
 Sturges’ dialog is trenchant, has drive, possesses crispness and gets the laughs where that is desired.
 
 June 27, 2007
 
 Variety Staff
 Variety
 TOP CRITIC
 A dubious proposition, but in Sturges’s hands a charming one, filled out by his unparalleled sense of eccentric character.
 
 June 27, 2007
 
 Dave Kehr
 Chicago Reader
 TOP CRITIC
 Sullivan’s Travels is a gem, an almost serious comedy not taken entirely seriously, with wonderful dialogue, eccentric characterisations, and superlative performances throughout.
 
 February 9, 2006
 
 Geoff Andrew
 Time Out
 TOP CRITIC
 The genius of this classic opening scene is that Sullivan’s Travels is both screwball comedy and socially conscious melodrama — as well as a satire of socially conscious melodrama, and a serious apologetic for crowd-pleasing comedy.
 
 September 12, 2003 | Rating: A
 
 Steven D. Greydanus
 Decent Films
 TOP CRITIC
 …a plot with more curves than Veronica Lake.
 
 March 10, 2003
 
 Marjorie Baumgarten
 Austin Chronicle
 TOP CRITIC
 The celebration of the simple joys of Hollywood comedies may seem like a self-serving defense of Sturges’ art, but it’s so magical and genuine and full of hilarious ego-puncturing moments that it overcomes the overly sentimental finale.
 
 December 3, 2022
 
 Sean Axmaker
 Stream on Demand
 It has enough merits and takes enough risks for us to consider it one of the most sensational productions of the last ten years.
 
 October 25, 2022
 
 André Bazin
 L’Écran Français
 Sullivan’s Travels remains an unconventional comedy, a blend of slapstick and drama, and one of the few effective message films in any genre.
 
 March 21, 2022 | Rating: 4/4
 
 Brian Eggert
 Deep Focus Review
 Preston Sturges’s 1941 comedy, Sullivan’s Travels, doesn’t just satirize Hollywood but is the gold standard for satires about Hollywood.
 
 December 27, 2021
 
 Danielle Solzman
 Solzy at the Movies
 The most moving scenes are “Grapes of Wrath” accurate depictions of homelessness and the African-American church the prison inmates are ushered into…a preacher calling for sympathy for “those less fortunate” as they’re led in
 
 May 8, 2021 | Rating: 4/4
 
 Roger Moore
 Movie Nation
 It’s a dynamic storyline, ultimately serving as a celebration of laughter – that unalienable element of universal appeal.
 
 August 15, 2020 | Rating: 7/10
 
 Mike Massie
 Gone With The Twins…

 

Plot
A successful movie director dons a hobo disguise and sets off on a journey to “know trouble” first-hand, but ends up in more trouble than he bargained for when he loses his memory and ends up a prisoner on a chain gang in Sullivan’s Travels.
 
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)
R. P. Productions, Heritage Films, Studio Babelsberg
 
Distributor
Columbia Pictures
 
Release Type

 
Filming Location(s)
Warner Brothers Burbank Studios – 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA
 
MPAA / Certificate
Passed
 
Year of Release
1940
 

 
Genre(s)
Comedy
 
Keyword(s)
starring Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy, Gene Lockhart, Helen Mack, Ernest Truex, directed by Howard Hawks, written by Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur, Charles Lederer, produced by Howard Hawks, comedy, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Katherine Howard, Mae Tinee, Kate Cameron, Mildred Martin, Charles E Ward, Globe Staff, Brian Eggert, Virginia Wright, Frank Morriss, Ruth Lewis, Douglas M Fellows, Harold V Cohen, MPAA rating, screwball romantic comedy, investigative reporter, newspaper editor, ex-wife, insurance agent, convicted murderer, innocence, reporter instincts, Columbia Pictures, Mono, 35mm, Anchored performances, definitive, Rio Bravo, What’s Up, Doc?, Steamboat Bill, Jr., How to Steal a Million, Sullivan’s Travels
 

Cast & Crew

Cary Grant

Rosalind Russell

Ralph Bellamy

Gene Lockhart

Helen Mack

Walter Burns

Hildegard “Hildy” Johnson

Bruce Baldwin

Sheriff Peter B. “Pinky” Hartwell

Mollie Malloy

Cary Grant – Walter Burns
Rosalind Russell – Hildegard “Hildy” Johnson
Ralph Bellamy – Bruce Baldwin
Gene Lockhart – Sheriff Peter B. “Pinky”‘Hartwell
Helen Mack – Mollie Malloy
Ernest Truex – Roy V. Bensinger

 

Howard Hawks

Ben Hecht

Howard Hawks

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Howard Hawks
 
Writer(s)
Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur, Charles Lederer
 
Producer(s)
Howard Hawks

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
NA
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Katherine Howard

Mae Tinee

Kate Cameron

Mildred Martin

Charles E. Ward

Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com

Chicago Tribune

New York Daily News

Philadelphia Inquirer

Miami Herald

HIS GIRL FRIDAY
  All Critics (101) | Top Critics (26) | Fresh (100) | Rotten (1)
  It is with a great deal of envy that this real Girl Friday reports on the reel Girl Friday who cavorts on the [screen in] His Girl Friday. We can only say: It must have been wonderful to work in the “dark ages” of newspapering.
 
  October 14, 2021
 
  Katherine Howard
  Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com
  TOP CRITIC
  This farcical film is smartly acted, dialoged, and directed. It has nary a “Go” light for boredom.
 
  October 14, 2021
 
  Mae Tinee
  Chicago Tribune
  TOP CRITIC
  The picture is a blessed relief from most of the solemn and oppressively sad stories that have been occupying New York screens since before the holidays, and it moves Rosalind Russell to the very top of the roster of Hollywood’s cleverest comediennes.
 
  October 14, 2021 | Rating: 3.5/4
 
  Kate Cameron
  New York Daily News
  TOP CRITIC
  Fast, funny and vastly entertaining, His Girl Friday is, if anything, brighter and breezier than The Front Page of which it is a brilliant remake.
 
  October 14, 2021
 
  Mildred Martin
  Philadelphia Inquirer
  TOP CRITIC
  Wisecracks and jibes march across the screen in double time in the film His Girl Friday as a woman reporter and an editor engage in a sort of romantic blitzkreig.
 
  October 14, 2021
 
  Charles E. Ward
  Miami Herald
  TOP CRITIC
  Rosalind Russell and Cary Grant rush through the picture in the highest spirits and from appearance the entire cast must have had a gay time on the set.
 
  October 14, 2021
 
  Globe Staff
  Boston Globe
  TOP CRITIC
  A film resting on the speed and timing of its delivery, as well as the talent of Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell, His Girl Friday remains a whimsical classic whose sheer velocity earned Hawks boasting rights over Milestone’s earlier version.
 
  March 18, 2022 | Rating: 4/4
 
  Brian Eggert
  Deep Focus Review
  Rosalind Russell and Cary Grant are perfectly paired. Their comedy performances set a new speed record on the screen.
 
  October 14, 2021
 
  Virginia Wright
  Illustrated Daily News (Los Angeles)
  There are few breathing spells in His Girl Friday. The film starts out at a breakneck speed, and continues it all the way through.
 
  October 14, 2021
 
  Frank Morriss
  Winnipeg Free Press
  Miss Russell’s lively interpretation is good and the repartee between her and Cary Grant fun.
 
  October 14, 2021
 
  Ruth Lewis
  Austin American-Statesman
  It’s Rosalind Russell’s picture, of that there can be no doubt. She’s In practically every scene and keeps the excitement moving like a house afire.
 
  October 14, 2021
 
  Douglas M. Fellows
  Hartford Courant
  [Russell] plays it with a fine comedienne’s consummate touch, turning on the steam when the heat is on and sparking the mounting crescendo of excitement with a performance that stays at the boiling point every inch of the way.
 
  October 14, 2021
 
  Harold V. Cohen
  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette…

 

Plot
Having been away for four months, Hildy Johnson (Rosalind Russell) walks into the offices of the New York City-based The Morning Post, where she is a star reporter, to tell her boss, editor Walter Burns (Cary Grant), that she is quitting. The reason for her absence was among other things to get a Reno divorce, from, of all people, Walter, who admits he was a bad husband. Hildy divorced Walter largely because she wanted more of a home life, whereas Walter saw her more as a driven hard-boiled reporter than subservient homemaker. Hildy has also come to tell Walter that she is taking the afternoon train to Albany, where she will be getting married tomorrow to staid straight-laced insurance agent, Bruce Baldwin (Ralph Bellamy), with whose mother (Alma Kruger) they will live, at least for the first year. Walter doesn’t want to lose Hildy, either as a reporter or a wife, and if he does, doesn’t believe Bruce is worthy of her. Walter does whatever he can at least to delay Hildy and Bruce’s trip, long enough to persuade Hildy to stay for good. His plan includes doing whatever he can to place Bruce in a bad light, while dangling a big story under her nose, namely covering what the newspaper believes is the unfair imminent execution of convicted cop killer, Earl Williams (John Qualen). Hildy doesn’t trust Walter in dealing with her and Bruce in an above-board manner, but the lure of what potentially may become the biggest story in years, which includes true love, a bumbling sheriff (Gene Lockhart) and a corrupt mayor (Clarence Kolb), the latter’s actions largely in light of an upcoming election, may prove to be too much for Hildy to resist, especially if it ends up being an exclusive. Regardless of the story outcome, Hildy will have to decide if the thrill of the chase was worth the anguish on her personal life.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
Rosalind Russell’s performance in His Girl Friday is hailed as one of the greatest comedic performances in film history.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
Dreamworks Pictures, Kemp Company, Splendid Pictures,
 
Distributor
Warner Home Vídeo, United Artists, UCLA Film and Television Archive [us]
 
Release Type
Theatrical
 
Filming Location(s)
Monument Valley, Utah, USA
 
MPAA / Certificate
Passed
 
Year of Release
1939
 

 
Genre(s)
Western
 
Keyword(s)
Western, John Ford, John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Thomas Mitchell, Dudley Nichols, Ben Hecht, Ernest Haycox, Warner Home Video, United Artists, UCLA Film and Television Archive, box office, budget, critic reviews, MPAA rating, produced by John Ford, directed by John Ford, written by Dudley Nichols, reviewed by Variety Staff, reviewed by TIME Staff, reviewed by Lon Jones, reviewed by Dave Kehr, reviewed by Simon Braund, reviewed by Roger Ebert, reviewed by Mike Massie, reviewed by David Parkinson, reviewed by Courier Mail Staff, reviewed by Josephine O’Neill, reviewed by Jay Carmody, John Carradine, Andy Devine, Louise Platt, Western genre, Wild West, Overland stagecoach, Lordsburg, New Mexico, Apache attack, Ringo Kid, John Ford’s dynamic direction, John Wayne’s mesmerizing star turn
 

Cast & Crew

John Wayne

Claire Trevor

Andy Devine

John Carradine

Thomas Mitchell

The Ringo Kid aka Henry

Dallas

Buck

Hatfield

Dr. Josiah Boone

John Wayne – The Ringo Kid aka Henry
Claire Trevor – Dallas
Andy Devine – Buck
John Carradine – Hatfield
Thomas Mitchell – Dr. Josiah Boone
Louise Platt – Lucy Mallory

 

John Ford

Ernest Haycox

John Ford

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
John Ford
 
Writer(s)
Ernest Haycox, Dudley Nichols, Ben Hecht
 
Producer(s)
John Ford

 

Film Festivals
Berlin
 
Awards & Nominations
Won 2 Oscars
8 wins & 7 nominations total
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Variety Staff

TIME Staff

Lon Jones

Dave Kehr

Simon Braund

Variety

TIME Magazine

Sydney Morning Herald

Chicago Reader

Empire Magazine

STAGECOACH
  All Critics (45) | Top Critics (9) | Fresh (45)
  Directorially, production is John Ford in peak form, sustaining interest and suspense throughout, and presenting exceptional characterizations. Picture is a display of photographic grandeur.
 
  February 18, 2020
 
  Variety Staff
  Variety
  TOP CRITIC
  The rugged background of Monument Valley, Ariz…, the admirable pace given to the screen play by Writer Dudley Nichols and Director John Ford, the unostentatious acting of a well-chosen cast make it one of the season’s most satisfactory pictures.
 
  February 18, 2020
 
  TIME Staff
  TIME Magazine
  TOP CRITIC
  One of the most fascinating motion pictures ever released is Walter Wanger’s Stagecoach, which definitely should go on your “must see” list. In fact, I urge you to go out of your way to see it.
 
  February 18, 2020
 
  Lon Jones
  Sydney Morning Herald
  TOP CRITIC
  Its virtues remain intact.
 
  February 10, 2012
 
  Dave Kehr
  Chicago Reader
  TOP CRITIC
  With this, Ford transformed the western from fading B-movie filler into genuine adult fare.
 
  February 10, 2012 | Rating: 5/5
 
  Simon Braund
  Empire Magazine
  TOP CRITIC
  Seen today, Stagecoach may not seem very original. That’s because it influenced countless later movies in which a mixed bag of characters are thrown together by chance and forced to survive an ordeal.
 
  November 24, 2011 | Rating: 4/4
 
  Roger Ebert
  Chicago Sun-Times
  TOP CRITIC
  The characters are interesting, the politics and social class discord intriguing, and the action-oriented cinematography above standard.
 
  July 30, 2020 | Rating: 8/10
 
  Mike Massie
  Gone With The Twins
  Everything about this picture is perfection.
 
  February 18, 2020 | Rating: 5/5
 
  David Parkinson
  Radio Times
  The director has selected his players not because’ they are highly publicised stars, but because they are competent actors, who bring to life the characters they portray in a fashion that is highly entertaining.
 
  February 18, 2020
 
  Courier Mail Staff
  Courier Mail (Australia)
  With Stagecoach, previous frontier sagas seem like flimsy pasteboard. Here, the old West really lies. Credit for the dusty realism and the vivid humanity of Stagecoach go to director John Ford and his team of nine character actors.
 
  February 18, 2020
 
  Josephine O’Neill
  Daily Telegraph (Australia)
  Depending upon story rather than boxoffice names this narrative of the opening of the West manages to be one of the more significant achievements of the cinema in recent months.
 
  February 18, 2020
 
  Jay Carmody
  Washington Star
  Stagecoach is a western to end all westerns.
 
  October 22, 2019
 
  John Kinloch
  California Eagle…

 

Plot
A simple stagecoach trip is complicated by the fact that Geronimo is on the warpath in the area. The passengers on the coach include a drunken doctor, two women, a bank manager who has taken off with his client’s money, and the famous Ringo Kid, among others.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
There is no mention of any cast members in the Fresh Kernels blurb for the film.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
MSNBC Films,
 
Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures
 
Release Type
Theatrical
 
Filming Location(s)
Hooker Oak Tree, Bidwell Park – Manzanita Avenue, Chico, California, USA
 
MPAA / Certificate
Rated PG for adventure violence
 
Year of Release
1938
 

 
Genre(s)
Adventure/Action
 
Keyword(s)

Cast & Crew

Errol Flynn

Olivia de Havilland

Basil Rathbone

Claude Rains

Patric Knowles

Robin Hood

Maid Marian

Sir Guy of Gisbourne

Prince John

Will Scarlett

Errol Flynn – Robin Hood
Olivia de Havilland – Maid Marian
Basil Rathbone – Sir Guy of Gisbourne
Claude Rains – Prince John
Patric Knowles – Will Scarlett
Eugene Pallette – Friar Tuck

 

Michael Curtiz

Norman Reilly Raine

Hal B. Wallis

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Michael Curtiz, William Keighley
 
Writer(s)
Norman Reilly Raine, Seton I. Miller
 
Producer(s)
Hal B. Wallis

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
Won 3 Oscars
6 wins & 2 nominations total
 
Academy Awards
Oscar Nominees
 

Top Reviews

Variety Staff

Don Druker

Steven D. Greydanus

Roger Ebert

Gary Dowell

Variety

Chicago Reader

Decent Films

Chicago Sun-Times

Dallas Morning News

THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD
  All Critics (48) | Top Critics (13) | Fresh (48)
  It is cinematic pageantry at its best, a highly imaginative telling of folklore in all the hues of Technicolor.
 
  June 10, 2008
 
  Variety Staff
  Variety
  TOP CRITIC
  Movies like this are beyond criticism.
 
  October 16, 2007
 
  Don Druker
  Chicago Reader
  TOP CRITIC
  The archetypal Hollywood swashbuckler… everything big-screen derring-do should be: rousing, lighthearted, witty, romantic, colorful, moralistic, and richly satisfying… [Flynn is] the quintessential Robin Hood, jaunty, dashing, and fearless.
 
  October 10, 2003 | Rating: A+
 
  Steven D. Greydanus
  Decent Films
  TOP CRITIC
  In these cynical days when swashbucklers cannot be presented without an ironic subtext, this great 1938 film exists in an eternal summer of bravery and romance.
 
  October 1, 2003 | Rating: 4/4
 
  Roger Ebert
  Chicago Sun-Times
  TOP CRITIC
  Sumptuous and highly energetic, The Adventures of Robin Hood is grand with a capital ‘G’ on every level.
 
  August 21, 2003 | Rating: A
 
  Gary Dowell
  Dallas Morning News
  TOP CRITIC
  Movie pageantry at its best, done in the grand manner of silent spectacles, brimming over with the sort of primitive energy that drew people to the movies in the first place.
 
  August 19, 2003
 
  Elliott Stein
  Village Voice
  TOP CRITIC
  The Adventures of Robin Hood remains ageless, undemanding in the most marvelous of ways, and rich with effervescent filmmaking and performances.
 
  March 21, 2022 | Rating: 4/4
 
  Brian Eggert
  Deep Focus Review
  Staff battling and sword fighting choreography are quite amusing, with Flynn and Rathbone engaging in believable matches of lightning-fast fencing.
 
  July 24, 2020 | Rating: 7/10
 
  Mike Massie
  Gone With The Twins
  …it is only the brilliant, amazingly versatile use of color that puts suspense and excitement into Robin Hood…
 
  April 20, 2020
 
  Meyer Levin (Patterson Murphy)
  Esquire Magazine
  The Adventures of Robin Hood has the fine sweep and action of the best silent days, and all the sound and splendor of the modern screen. One of the season’s finest films.
 
  April 1, 2019
 
  Ann Ross
  Maclean’s Magazine
  The film is completely unabashed and utterly committed to delivering on its promise of adventure.
 
  February 22, 2016 | Rating: 4.5/5
 
  Jennie Kermode
  Eye for Film
  Nearly every aspect of the Robin Hood myth we know today is embodied in this exciting, socially aware adventure.
 
  August 16, 2011 | Rating: 4/4
 
  Wesley Lovell
  Cinema Sight…

 

Plot
Sir Robin of Locksley, defender of downtrodden Saxons, runs afoul of Norman authority and is forced to turn outlaw. With his band of Merry Men, he robs from the rich, gives to the poor and still has time to woo the lovely Maid Marian, and foil the cruel Sir Guy of Gisbourne, and keep the nefarious Prince John off the throne.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
NA
 

 
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