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CAPTAIN SCARFACE (Director Paul Guilfoyle Writer Charles Lang Cinematographer Norbert Brodine Editor Gene Fowler Jr. Music Leon Klatzkin Cast Leif Erickson as Sam Wilton, Virginia Grey as Elsa Yeager, Rudolph Anders as Dr. Yeager, John Mylong as Kroll, Paul Brinegar as Clegg, Howard Wendell as Fred Dilts, Isabel Randolph as Kate Dilts, Barton MacLain as […]

As someone who venerates Harold and the Purple Crayon, Crockett Johnson’s 1955 hymn to the power of imagination (I gift every love one’s new baby with a copy of the book with a purple crayon taped inside), the idea of a film adaptation has always filled me with a certain sense of trepidation. This is

Pop music really can change your life. That’s part of the setup of M. Night Shyamalan’s near-miss of a thriller “Trap,” a movie that feels less like the Night Brand than a lot of his twisty ventures, a pared-down version of what he does that needed a round or two more of fleshing out its

Detectives Gill and Stevens find themselves head-to-head against the infamous Doctor Death, a Voodoo priest and a notorious crime lord, at the crime scene of one of his murders. Before both of them kill each other, Doctor Death throws a ritual potion into Gill’s face. Once Gill is buried, he breaks through his coffin as

Every day, people from all over the world come to Washington, DC, to look at the historic sights. As the documentary “War Game” begins, we see a man looking through his windshield at the Capitol building and then taking pictures of the Washington Monument. He’s not a tourist sharing local icons with his friends on

An undercover operative of an unnamed country (John Miljan) tries to control California while the American Civil War is happening. He enlists Morrell and his Overland Raiders to ensure that news does not travel east. The Raiders commandeer stagecoaches and rustle Pony Express horses at the various relay stations. The stagecoaches with the Raiders cut

“Hundreds of Beavers,” a boldly bizarre, nearly wordless slapstick comedy about a 19th-century trapper doing battle with nature, exceeds expectations in every way, including the promise of its title. By my count there are thousands of beavers in this movie. Thousands! And oh, my goodness, they are nasty buggers. The BADL (Beaver Anti-Defamation League) will

William Witney holds the credit for the direction of Oklahoma, a classic of cinema, while the screenplay for the movie was written by Gerald Geraghty. The cinematography was handled by William Bradford, with editing by Lester Orlebeck. The music for the film was composed by Joseph Dubin, with an additional score provided by Jack Elliott,

If you’re a distinguished older male actor in Hollywood, you’re typically cast as Batman’s sidekick or a WWII veteran who escapes from assisted living (Michael Caine), God or a grieving father (Morgan Freeman), a brilliant psychotherapist or Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford), an action hero (Tom Cruise), Sigmund Freud and a Roman emperor (Sir Anthony Hopkins),

HOPPY SERVES A WRIT (director George Archainbaud screenwriters based on the story by Clarence E. Mulford/Gerald Geraghty cinematographer Russell Harlan editor Sherman A. Rose cast: William Boyd (Hopalong Cassidy), Andy Clyde (California Carlson), Jay Kirby (Johnny Travers), Victor Jory (Tom Jordan), George Reeves (Henchman Steve), Jan Christy (Jean Hollister), Bob Mitchum (Henchman), Forbes Murray (Ben