Motion Picture Recommendations Based Upon Famous Motion Pictures From The Past

The many diverse genres of motion pictures appeal to different people. There are always those who love a good horror movie and dislike a good chick flick but frequently there are some films that we like and others that we hate no matter the genre. The good thing about the movie entertainment business is that they always offer up something that appeals to everyone. Some excellent information about some of the greatest films that you may have never heard of is right here. Enjoy this list of movies that are “oldies but goodies”.

Down Argentine Way from 1940. Enjoyable 20th Century Fox musical with Grable in the movie that increased her to prominence falling in love with slick Argentinean horse breeder Ameche. Miranda is excellent in her first American motion picture, acting infectious Brazilian music with her own band and look out for the Nicholas Brothers, who do a dynamite forte number. Picture postcard color all the way through. Cast includes Don Ameche, Betty Grable, Carmen Miranda, Charlotte Wood, Carrol Naish, Henry Stephenson, and Leonid Kinskey.

The Meteor Man from 1993. Townsend plays a timid, nerdy school teacher with a dread of heights who gets hit by an odd emerald meteor that turns him into a superhero. Excellent “Superman in the Hood” narrative, complete of good values, but very few really amusing minutes. Cast includes Robert Townsend, Marla Gibbs, Eddie Griffin, Robert Guillaume, James Earl Jones, Roy Fegan, and Bill Cosby.

The Sentinel from 1977. Even yet tedious shocker in reference to N. Y.C. fashion model, who leases a residence in Brooklyn, finds it is filled of demons and she is the next protector for the gateway to Hell. Cast includes Cristina Raines, Ava Gardner, Chris Sarandon, Burgess Meredith, Sylvia Miles, Jose Ferrer, Arthur Kennedy, John Carradine, Christopher Walken, Eli Wallach, Jerry Orbach, Jeff Goldblum, Beverly D’ Angelo, Martin Balsam, William Hickey, and Tom Berenger. (93 minutes, 1977)

Happy Gilmore, hockey player Happy Gilmore finds his slap shot power translates into 400 yard plus drives in golf. Needing money to help his grandma save her house, he is going to try pro golf. His putting is as dreadful as his driving is good, so he has a lot to learn. Overcoming all odds, Happy wins the tour championship and now can save grandma’s home.

Each Dawn I Die from 1939. Journalist Cagney is framed, and sent to the penitentiary where he meets a tough inmate, Raft. There is exceptional acting all around. Cagney hits a white-hot peak with his part, however the last half of movie gets to be outrageously implausible. Music score by Max Steiner. Cast includes James Cagney, George Raft, George Bancroft, Jane Bryan, Maxie Rosenbloom, Stanley Ridges, Louis Jean Heydt, Abner Biberman, John Wray, Victor Jory, and Thurston Chamber.

Ivan the Terrible, continuance of the fable of King Ivan IV, in which he takes on the boyars in a fight for power. Impressive dvd is just a trace underneath its predecessor, Restricted by Stalin due to dubious illustration of Ivan’s secret patrol, and not released till 1958. Cast includes Nikolai Cherkassov; Serafima Birman, Mikhail Nazvanov, Pavel Kadochnikov, and Andrei Abrikosov.

Black like Me hit the screen in 1964. Vigorous drama based on actual history of a journalist who took drugs that permitted him to pass for black so he might feel racial prejudice first hand. Some features of presentation are un-contemporary, although subjects are still significant. Cast includes James Whitmore, Roscoe Lee Browne, Lenka Petersen, Sorrell Booke, Will Geer, Al Freeman, and Raymond Jacques.

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