The Celluloid Zealot

Choice picks, penchants, and caprices from a devoted lover of 20th Century movies

Wednesday, February 3, 2021

"The Private Life of Henry VIII" (1933)

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A nursery rhyme spoiler: “King Henry VIII, To six wives he was wedded, One died, one survived, Two divorced, two beheaded.”   And even if yo...
Tuesday, February 2, 2021

"36 Hours" (1964)

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A very fine WWII thriller from the 1960’s. By that time these kind of pictures were getting more fantastical, plots where the fiendishly evi...

"No More Ladies" (1935)

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The plot is paper thin, a beautiful socialite (Joan Crawford) has grown weary of her boyfriend (Robert Montgomery) and his womanizing ways. ...
Monday, February 1, 2021

"Mourning Becomes Electra" (1947)

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Are you game for a lengthy film based on Aeschylus’ tragic Greek “Oresteia” set during Reconstruction? Then this is right up your dramaturgi...

"Rachel and the Stranger" (1948)

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If there’s such a thing as a chastely sexy movie this is it. A farmer the in mid-1800’s Ohio valley William Holden) becomes a widower and wa...
Thursday, January 28, 2021

"Games" (1967)

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A stylish neo-noir thriller set in the hip mod world of late ‘60s Manhattan. James Caan and Katherine Ross are a chic wealthy couple who enc...
Wednesday, January 27, 2021

"Jezebel" (1938)

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One of the most iconic Bette Davis roles, and that’s saying a lot given how many she was able to rack up in her long career. She’s a headstr...
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