Dismal comedy from PRC stars Harry Langdon and Charley Rogers, here portraying hapless losers, fired from their jobs at a newspaper, hoping to land a big story on their own as reporters covering the invention of a new machine gun. The gun, of course, is the target of those who would steal it, and the …
Month: February 2021
How To Steal a Million (Twentieth Century Fox, 1966)
A delightful comic entry in the 1960s heist genre, with Audrey Hepburn as the scion of a wealthy family that has its position through skillful art forgery and Peter O’Toole as the man whom she recruits to help her steal one of her family’s fakes, on loan to a museum, before an insurance evaluation can …
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Arizona Stage Coach (Monogram, 1942)
The last of 16 Range Busters movies starring the original trio of Ray “Crash” Corrigan, John “Dusty” King, and Max “Alibi” Terhune (with Elmer) provides a reasonable amount of entertainment but offers nothing particularly original. Here, the boys are asked by an old friend to help put a stop to outlaws terrorizing a town and …
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Squeaky Door
Super-Sleuth (RKO, 1937)
A bombastic radio detective, Bill Martin (Jack Oakie), with a dim view of the police finds himself the latest target of a “poison pen” killer. Is he up to the task of foiling the fiend? Can the woman (Ann Sothern) who loves him keep him alive and employed and on good terms with the police? …
The Dragon Missile (Shaw Brothers, 1976)
The Dragon Missile (Chinese title: Fei long zhan) is a well-crafted Shaw Brothers martial arts feature, with Lo Lieh the wielder of the titular weapon, actually a pair of boomerang blades capable of decapitating opponents and returning to the user’s hands. Lo’s character, the henchmen of an evil nobleman, is sent to get a healing …
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Argosy All-Story Weekly, February 6, 1926
The February 6, 1926 issue of Argosy All-Story Weekly featured four serials, including the start of The Seal of Satan, one novelette, five short stories, and five poems. I skipped the serials, as per my usual practice when I lack all the parts, but I read the remaining content. I found it another good issue, …
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Broadway Limited (Hal Roach / UA, 1941)
Madcap mishaps and misunderstandings as a publicity stunt goes awry aboard the eastbound Broadway Limited, the Pennsylvania Railroad’s premier passenger train. There are plenty of laughs from Victor McLaglen, Patsy Kelly, Zasu Pitts, and the others in the cast, even if the ending is a little weak, and it’s pure delight to see a streamlined …
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The Delightful Forest (Shaw Brothers, 1972)
A man (Li Tung) sent to prison after killing his adulterous sister-in-law and her lover is recruited by the warden’s son to fight the gangsters who have taken over the nearby resort of Delightful Forest. There’s a certain amount of humor blended with the action in this Shaw Brothers movie, whose Chinese title is Kuai …
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