Film Dictionary

Ingmar Bergman's melodrama about a young married couple who play together in an orchestra.

Story of two sisters, one of them married to an alcoholic.

Many showstoppers in this entertaining MGM musical about two competing sharpshooters on rival Wild West shows.

Tense thriller about a child in danger. Probably Nancy Reagan's (then known as Nancy Davis) best film.

A fabulous opening scene (excerpted in "East Side Story"), but otherwise a routine musical set in Southern Russia. A perfect exam...

Jane Powell is as delightful as ever, but it's Debbie Reynolds who steals the show as her younger sister in this ...

Impressive WIP drama starring Eleanor Parker.

During World War II, two women, living in a remote house in the Polish countryside, agree to hide an escaped prisoner hiding from the Nazis.

A racist criminal (Richard Widmark) wants to murder a black physician (Sidney Poitier) whom he accuses of killing his brother.

Unusual documentary about a trade union.

Crime movie about an outbreak of bubonic plague.

Boring biopic about Oliver Wendel Holmes. The film doesn't even mention his most famous secretary, Alger Hiss. Nor his most famous quote...

Even Jean Gabin (in possibly the worst, and certainly the laziest, performance of his career) cannot save this lousy melodrama about a Frenc...

A good song, oneiric visuals, enchanting film. Directed by Kenneth Anger.

Short documentary about horse races in Siena.

Super-patriotic documentary short about the entire history of the United States.

Very interesting, but conventional documentary about a great American painter.

Comic short about dangerous stunts.

One of the greatest Latin American melodramas ever made, so unbelievably over-the-top, it will never cease to amaze and to enchant.

James Stewart plays an idealist who arranges a peace treaty between the Apaches and the US government. Tense, thoughtful western presenting...

Entertaining, animated fairy-tale from the Disney studio. Songs:  "Cinderella" *  "A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes" *...

Spencer Tracy plays the father, Elizabeth Taylor plays the bride.

Superlative adventure film about an Italian outlaw (Burt Lancaster) kidnapping a German princess.

Humphrey Bogart plays a writer suspected of murder.

Probably Fred Astaire's weakest musical, but still interesting for a couple of inventive dance routines. Numbers include: "Can'...

A whodunit directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Relying more on mystery than on suspense, it's closer in spirit to Agatha Christie's novel...

Judy Garland's last MGM musical.

Musical biography of Bert Kalmar (Fred Astaire) and Harry Ruby (Red Skelton). Songs: "Where Did You Get That Girl ?" ** "Mr A...

Three short films.

Fast-paced, exciting thriller about the kidnapping of a blind girl.

Francis the Talking Mule is helping a young soldier (Donald O'Connor). The first in a popular series.

Excellent western starring James Stewart.

Spectacular adventure film, co-directed by Compton Bennett and Andrew Marton. ***

James Stewart firmly believes that his best friend is a six-foot invisible rabbit named Harvey.

Henry King's masterpiece and one of the best westerns of the 50's. Tense, suspenseful, and extremely well made.

Superb heist movie, almost as good as "The Killing" (1956).

Superb dialogue in this incisive drama about a great stage actress (Bette Davis) and her ambitious understudy (Anne Baxter).

A great classic of Hollywood cinema, starring William Holden as a failed screenwriter who finds himself in a mansion of an aging movie star ...

An outstanding musical cartoon with Bugs Bunny escaping from hunter Elmer Fudd and finding a refuge in Hollywood Bowl during the performan...

The UPA studio's most famous film and a seminal work in the history of animation. The story of a little boy (who doesn't speak, bu...

Daffy complaints about being typecast to death in comic roles and proposes a script by Daffy Dumas Duck, where he can play a dashing hero....

Probably Bob McKimson's funniest cartoon starring Daffy at his zaniest - constantly heckling and tormenting poor painter Porky Pig. A...

One of Goofy's all-time bests, this pseudo-didactic cartoon exposes the dangers of reckless driving, while entertaining the audience w...

A Bugs Bunny cartoon set in a remote corner of the Ozarks. The best and funniest sequence has the rabbit singing a hilarious hillbilly son...