Director: Lewis Milestone

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)

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I had never heard of The Strange Love of Martha Ivers, and just happened upon it while trolling through the Internet Archive (archive.org) looking for a public domain film to download. It turned out to be a new favorite. The story revolves around three childhood friends who are around 15 years old in the opening [...]


The Front Page (1931)

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Having seen His Girl Friday a nearly uncountable number of times, I have always been curious to see the original film that it was based on. Howard Hawks famously changed the role of Hildy Johnson from a man to a woman, perfectly casting Rosalind Russell. Walter Burns and Hildy were those transformed from the best [...]


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“Don't forget, a great impression of simplicity can only be achieved by great agony of body and spirit.”
-Boris Lermontov (Anton Walbrook)
from The Red Shoes