John Carradine plays a scientist, Drury, who has perfected an invisible serum, though it has no relation to the work that the Griffin family was working on in previous films. We are introduced to him when an escaped psychotic murderer, Robert Griffin (Jon Hall) – no relation escapes to the U.K. It seems that he’s…
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Heaven Can Wait (1943) – Ernst Lubitsch
The always likeable Don Ameche stars in Heaven Can Wait, the next title from the What Else to Watch list featured in DK Canada’s The Movie Book following their recommendation of To Be Or Not To Be. Ameche stars as the recently deceased Henry Van Cleave. He’s just arrived in the rather luxuriously appointed Hades,…
Rebecca (1940) – Alfred Hitchcock
I dive into another classic Hitchcock film that I am sad to day I had never seen until now as the recommendations from the Great Movies – 100 Years of Film book continue. This one walked away with two Oscars, Best Picture and Best Cinematography, and stands up beautifully. The story sees Joan Fontaine starring…
One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961) – Clyde Geronimi, Hamikton Luske and Wolfgang Reitherman
Continuing my recommendations from the Great Movies – 100 Years of Film book for my screening of Snow White, I happily dove into this canine tale, which, much like the other recommendations so far, I hadn’t seen in years. Set in London, with a fantastic score by George Bruns, and based on the book…
The Mind Reels 