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  • If you live in the United States, then you have never seen this first live-action (with animated sequences) movie from the Walt Disney Company outside of a few theatrical releases....0December 12, 2010

    Song of the South (1946)

    If you live in the United States, then you have never seen this first live-action (with animated sequences) movie from the Walt Disney Company outside of a few theatrical releases….

  • So Dear to My Heart is a combination of live action and animation that Disney released after their first such effort, Song Of The South. While that film was ingratiating...0December 4, 2010

    So Dear to My Heart (1948)

    So Dear to My Heart is a combination of live action and animation that Disney released after their first such effort, Song Of The South. While that film was ingratiating…

  • This is family values stuff about a woman who is so crappy at raising her three bratty kids that she has to hire an obviously closeted gay guy to move...0November 21, 2010

    Sitting Pretty (1948)

    This is family values stuff about a woman who is so crappy at raising her three bratty kids that she has to hire an obviously closeted gay guy to move…

  • Even Old Man River himself could be forgiven for wandering off into another room while one of the innumerable ballads that stops the film dead in its tracks gets crooned...1November 11, 2010

    Show Boat (1951)

    Even Old Man River himself could be forgiven for wandering off into another room while one of the innumerable ballads that stops the film dead in its tracks gets crooned…

  • Apparently there’s a book called The Sea Hawk. This movie is based on that book and by that I mean that it’s based on that book’s title. The story in...0October 11, 2010

    The Sea Hawk (1940)

    Apparently there’s a book called The Sea Hawk. This movie is based on that book and by that I mean that it’s based on that book’s title. The story in…

  • As most stories involving women named Roxie do, this one begins in a bar where a seasoned reporter starts to tell the tale of the greatest story of them all,...0September 1, 2010

    Roxie Hart (1942)

    As most stories involving women named Roxie do, this one begins in a bar where a seasoned reporter starts to tell the tale of the greatest story of them all,…

  • Any doubt you may have had that you were in for one of those multi-generational epics about some woman who was either tough as nails and persevered through years of...1August 31, 2010

    Roughly Speaking (1945)

    Any doubt you may have had that you were in for one of those multi-generational epics about some woman who was either tough as nails and persevered through years of…

  • As someone in the beginning stages of schizophrenia, the voices in my head kept telling me that I should check out this movie starring Joan Crawford as a woman who...0July 10, 2010

    Possessed (1947)

    As someone in the beginning stages of schizophrenia, the voices in my head kept telling me that I should check out this movie starring Joan Crawford as a woman who…

  • As soon as I started watching Picnic, I knew that I was in for another one of these sweaty, desperate epics about how life in a small town is full...0June 20, 2010

    Picnic (1955)

    As soon as I started watching Picnic, I knew that I was in for another one of these sweaty, desperate epics about how life in a small town is full…

  • When Peyton Place came out, it quickly surpassed The Bible as America’s favorite book. And it was easy to see why. You had your white trash rapes, your repressed blonde...4June 16, 2010

    Return to Peyton Place (1961)

    When Peyton Place came out, it quickly surpassed The Bible as America’s favorite book. And it was easy to see why. You had your white trash rapes, your repressed blonde…

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