"Portrait in Black" is melodrama film about a woman caring for her ailing elderly husband. Her boyfriend is also the attending physician. When the husband passes away, a high profile murder investigation ensues, with the heavy drama proceeding from there. Director Michael Gordon ("Pillow [..]

"La Dolce Vita" is a satirical comedy-drama film that takes a look at Western lifestyles from Italian director Federico Fellini. He employs top-rate production values with focused direction, a lucid screenplay, natural appearing performances, and elegant cinematography that seems to make each scene look like a magnificent [..]

Elizabeth Taylor won her first Oscar playing a prostitute in "Butterfield 8." The story has the hardened call girl getting into a tumultuous affair with a married man, played by her husband Eddie Fisher. She did well in the nuanced role of a loose woman, which [..]

"Pollyanna" is just one example of the high quality projects that Walt Disney gave to the world. Young actress Hayley Mills brought to life the irrepressibly positive Pollyanna from the 1913 children's book by Eleanor Porter. The story tells how she survived several hardships, including the death of [..]

"Support Your Local Sheriff" is a western comedy movie about a small town in Colorado experiencing a gold rush and a subsequent breakdown in law and order. An easy-going gunfighter, on his way to Australia, comes to town and reluctantly agrees to take the job as sheriff. [..]

Four Midwestern college coeds head south to Fort Lauderdale for spring break in "Where the Boys Are." The light and breezy mood of the film takes a decidedly serious turn when one of the girls is attacked. The date rape subplot was skillfully handled by director [..]

Frank Sinatra's personality-driven Rat Pack motion picture "Ocean's 11" is a nostalgic view of a show business era that has long since disappeared from sight. Despite loose direction by Lewis Milestone ("Of Mice and Men" 1939) and a mediocre script by Harry Brown and Charles Lederer, the film [..]

The Best Picture of 1960 is....."The Apartment." The story tells of an insurance company clerk who, in hopes of climbing the corporate ladder, allows his superiors to use his apartment for their extramarital affairs. The plot thickens when the head of the company gets in on the action. [..]

Bette Davis delivers one of the best performances of her career as a partying socialite who discovers she has a terminal illness in "Dark Victory." Director Edmund Goulding ("Grand Hotel" 1932) was in charge of a very slick movie with outstanding production values. He was greatly [..]

Peter Lorre starred as "international policeman" Kentaro Moto in a series of seven films between 1937 and 1939. In number six, "Mr. Moto's Last Warning," Moto tries to stop someone's plot to start a war between Britain and France. Screenwriters Philip MacDonald [..]