Since the goal of this blog is to arouse an interest in the great films of old, it only makes sense to discuss films I have enjoyed. Rarely will there be a review of a film I don't like. Though I may occasionally make mention of such films, my intent will always be to focus on the good rather than on the bad. I am not a film critic---just a classic film appreciator---so I have no desire to criticize or point out flaws. Nearly every film listed below is one I have enjoyed and would recommend, some more so than others, of course. You also will not find spoilers here...I want to tell just enough about a film to whet the appetite to see more of it. Just click on the title to instantly see my review.
Abandon Ship!
About Mrs. Leslie
Above and Beyond
Act of Murder, An
Act of Violence
Ada
Adam and Evalyne
Affair to Remember, An
Alaska Seas
All That Heaven Allows
All the Brothers Were Valiant
All This and Heaven Too
Another Man's Poison
Another Time, Another Place
Apartment for Peggy
B. F.'s Daughter
Bachelor Mother
Back from Eternity
Back Street
Bad Boy
Band of Angels
Bataan
Battle at Bloody Beach
Bells Are Ringing
Best Years of Our Lives, The
Beware, My Lovely
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
Bigamist, The
Bigger Than Life
Billy Budd
Black Widow
Blanche Fury
Blood and Sand
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
Body and Soul
Born to Be Bad (1934)
Born to Be Bad (1950)
Born Yesterday
Breaking Point, The
Breezy
Bridges at Toko-Ri, The
Brief Encounter
By Love Possessed
Call Northside 777
Casablanca
Casanova Brown
Cass Timberlane
Cast a Long Shadow
Castle on the Hudson
Caught
Cause for Alarm
Child Is Waiting, A
Christmas Box, The
Christmas Eve
City for Conquest
Clash by Night
Come September
Conflict
Counterfeit Traitor, The
Country Girl, The
Cowboy and the Lady, The
Crime of Passion
Crisis
Criss Cross
Damned Don't Cry, The
Dangerous
Dangerous Crossing
Dangerously They Live
Dark Victory
Day-Time Wife
Dead Ringer
Dear Wife
Death of a Salesman
Death Takes a Holiday
Deception
Defiant Ones, The
Detective Story
Doctor Takes a Wife, The
Dust Be My Destiny
Each Dawn I Die
East Side, West Side
Eddy Duchin Story, The
Edge of the City
Escape from Fort Bravo
Evelyn Prentice
Father Is a Bachelor
Female on the Beach
Fighting Sullivans, The
Footsteps in the Fog
Force of Evil
Forsaking All Others
Four Daughters
Friendly Persuasion
From Here to Eternity
Gay Sisters, The
Ghost and Mrs. Muir, The
Girl from Jones Beach, The
Golden Boy
Good Sam
Great O'Malley, The
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Gun Runners, The
Gunfight at Comanche Creek
Hard Way, The
Harry Black and the Tiger
He Ran All the Way
Heaven Can Wait
Heiress, The
Her Twelve Men
High Barbaree
Hole in the Head, A
Homecoming
Hook, The
House of Strangers
Human Desire
Humoresque
Hunchback of Notre Dame, The
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
I Want to Live!
If a Man Answers
I'll Be Seeing You
I'll Never Forget You
Imitation of Life
In Name Only
Inferno
Internes Can't Take Money
Invisible Stripes
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
It Happened One Night
It Happens Every Spring
Jackpot, The
Jeopardy
Keep Your Powder Dry
Key, The
Kid from Cleveland, The
Killer Bait
Kings Go Forth
Kiss the Blood off My Hands
Kitty Foyle
Lady Is Willing, The
Les Miserables
Let's Make It Legal
Letter, The
Letter from an Unknown Woman
Life of Her Own, A
Life of Jimmy Dolan, The
Light in the Piazza
Lightning Strikes Twice
Lion, The
Lizzie
Lodger, The
Lonelyhearts
Lost Weekend, The
Love Letters
Love Me or Leave Me
Love Story (aka A Lady Surrenders)
Luck of the Irish, The
Lusty Men, The
Mad About Music
Madame X
Major and the Minor, The
Make Way for Tomorrow
Man of the West
Man, The (1960 television drama)
Man Who Knew Too Much, The
Man Who Never Was, The
Man with the Golden Arm, The
Manhattan Melodrama
Meet the Stewarts
Men in War
Middle of the Night
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
Moonfleet
More Than a Secretary
More the Merrier, The
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
My Cousin Rachel
My Foolish Heart
My Reputation
Naked Edge, The
Never Say Goodbye
No Name on the Bullet
No Way Out
Not As a Stranger
Now, Voyager
Odds Against Tomorrow
Old Maid, The
On Dangerous Ground
One Foot in Heaven
Out of the Fog
Patch of Blue, A
Paula
Payment on Demand
Phffft
Picnic
Pillow Talk
Place in the Sun, A
Portrait in Black
Posse from Hell
Possessed (1947)
Postman Always Rings Twice, The
Pressure Point
Pride of the Marines
Pride of the Yankees, The
Princess O'Rourke
Prisoner of Zenda, The
Private Hell 36
Private Number
Proud and the Profane, The
Proud Rebel, The
Prowler, The
Public Enemy, The
Purchase Price, The
Quiet Man, The
Rachel and the Stranger
Rain
Raisin in the Sun, A
Random Harvest
Rawhide (1951)
Reckless Moment, The
Red Badge of Courage, The
Red Light
Remember the Day
Remember the Night
Ride a Crooked Trail
Right of Way
Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone, The
Room for One More
Sabrina
Sadie McKee
Sahara
Salome
Saraband for Dead Lovers
Satan Never Sleeps
Saturday's Children
Search, The
Secret Fury, The
Send Me No Flowers
Sentimental Journey
Set-Up, The
Sin of Madelon Claudet, The
Sisters, The
Slander
Sleep, My Love
Slender Thread, The
Soldier of Fortune
Something of Value
Spencer's Mountain
Stalag 17
Star Is Born, A (1937)
Star, The
Steel Trap, The
Stella Dallas
Stolen Life, A
Storm Warning
Story of Esther Costello, The
Strangers When We Meet
Stratton Story, The
Stronger Than Desire
Submarine Command
Sudden Fear
Sunset Boulevard
Teacher's Pet
Teenage Rebel
Ten North Frederick
Tender Comrade
That Funny Feeling
That Wonderful Urge
There's Always Tomorrow
These Wilder Years
They Made Me a Criminal
They Won't Believe Me
This Land Is Mine
To Hell and Back
To Sir, with Love
Tomorrow Is Another Day
Tomorrow Is Forever
Tomorrow, the World
Too Late for Tears
Torch Singer
Toward the Unknown
Towering Inferno, The
Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The
Turning Point, The
Under My Skin
Unguarded Hour, The
Virtue
Visit, The
Walk, Don't Run
Waterloo Bridge
We Live Again
Whales of August, The
Where the Sidewalk Ends
Whispering Smith (1961 TV show)
Wild and the Innocent, The
Winning Team, The
Witness for the Prosecution
Witness to Murder
Woman on Pier 13, The
Woman on the Beach, The
Women's Prison
Young Man with a Horn
Young Man with Ideas
Young Savages, The