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By | September 2001
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And as easy as it was to assume how established and fine a writer she was, Pauline Kæl's greatness came in the fact that she's not just possibly the...
CRITIC DOCTOR EXAMINES: Ron Wells (filmthreat.com), Mark Caro (Chicago Tribune), Eric Harrison (Houston Chronicle), Eric Lurio (gvny.com), Roger Ebert...
6. FIFTY MILLION FRENCHMEN (1931) ^ The comedy team of Chic Johnson and Ole Olsen (best known for the surreal masterpiece "Hellzapoppin") tried...
8. PEG O' MY HEART (1933) ^ Based on the long-running sentimental Broadway melodrama, "Peg o' My Heart" concerns a young Irish lass who stand to inherit...
12. ROBINSON CRUSOE (1954) ^ Luis Buñuel's first color film was this fairly straightforward adaptation of the Defoe classic. Irish actor Dan...
14. WINDJAMMER (1958) ^ One of the most commercially successful documentaries of the 1950s was this beautifully photographed record of the Christian...
16. DON'T WORRY, WE'LL THINK OF A TITLE (1966) ^ Borscht Belt shtickmeister Morey Amsterdam had a rare chance at a starring role in a feature film with...
19. SKIDOO! (1969) ^ Not unlike "The Big Cube," "Skidoo!" vainly attempted to meld youth culture and old-time Hollywood. Directed by Otto Preminger,...
1. GRETCHEN THE GREENHORN (1916) ^ Dorothy Gish never achieved the level of stardom as her sister Lillian, although she earned considerable praise for...
11. THIS IS CINERAMA (1952) ^ One of the most influential movies ever made, "This is Cinerama" ushered in the age of widescreen motion pictures. The...
