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I Shot Jesse James, a review by Rogmeister

I Shot Jesse James (1949)  83 minutes

Written and Directed by Samuel Fuller
Cast: John Ireland, Barbara Britton, Reed Hadley, Preston Foster, Tom Tyler, Byron Foulger

This was Samuel Fuller's directorial debut...he would later to the even more stylistic "Forty Guns".  This film was shot in a mere 10 days for a low budget of $100,000 (small in even those days).  The movie, as you might guess from the title, was not reallyl about Jesse James (played by Reed Hadley) but more about "the dirty little coward that shot Mr. Howard", Bob Ford (John Ireland) who, according to this film, shot Jesse in the back to get a promised amnesty for whoever turned Jesse in.  The film featured some unusual close-ups but the film did not have the unusual phtotography that I disliked in Forty Guns and I found this an interesting early effort for Fuller.  I found it an interesting low-budget western effort and worth the time it took to watch it.

(From DCO third annual November Alphabet Marathon - discussion/review/banter thread on November 21st, 2009)

The Parent Trap, a review by KinkyCyborg

Title:The Parent Trap
Year: 1961
Director: David Swift
Rating: G
Length: 129 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Commentary: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo
Subtitles: English, Spanish

Stars:
Hayley Mills
Hayley Mills
Maureen O'Hara
Brian Keith
Charlie Ruggles

Plot:Extras:
Scene Access
Audio Commentary
Feature Trailers
Featurettes
Production Notes
Closed Captioned
THX
Cartoon-'Donald's Double Trouble'


Original Disney classic which is solid family fare but I found the first 40 minutes or so dreadfully boring.  The primary reason for that I believe was that I didn't care for Hayley Mills, the girl chosen to play the sneaky little conniving twins. The first half of the movie focused on them/her and I found them annoying. Once the parents entered the picture, Maureen O'Hara and Brian Keith, my interest grew tenfold.

Boy, Maureen O'Hara was a gorgeous, fiery redhead in her prime and she never looked more gorgeous! I've always been a fan of Brian Keith... absolutely loved his short but memorable performance as Buckshot Roberts in Young Guns who 'killed more men than smallpox'. Another great performer who took his own life.

Not my favorite of the old time Disney classics but a good watch. I would have rated it higher had they cast the young girls better.

KC

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(From KinkyCyborg's Random Reviews 2010 on August 27th, 2010)

Tom's TV Pilots marathon, a review by Tom

Die Didi-Show: Die komplette Serie (1990/Germany) IMDb | Wikipedia (Germany) Length: 275 min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: German: Dolby Digital 1 Subtitles: German

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A sketch comedy show with Dieter Hallervorden from the late 80s. I haven't seen this one since then. I was watching it, when it originally aired. This brought up some memories
I have bought this DVD set only a few months ago, so naturally it is still in my unwatched pile.

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(From Tom's TV Pilots marathon on April 4th, 2011)