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Film Reviews

Written by Gary Sweeney

A Star is Born (1937)

African Queen, The (1951)

Annie Get Your Gun (1950)

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

Autumn Leaves (1956)

Baby Face (1933)

Ball of Fire (1941)

Bardelys the Magnificent (1926)

Beauty For The Asking (1939)

Belle of New York, The (1952)

Big Parade, The (1925)

Big Street, The (1942)

Bogie & Bacall Signature Collection, The

Brothers Warner, The (2008 Documentary)

Camille (1936)

Captain Hates the Sea, The (1934)

Charlie Chan Collection, The (TCM Spotlight)

Christmas in Connecticut (1945)

City Girl (1930)

Command Decision (1948)

Date With Judy, A (1948)

Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951)

Desperate Hours, The (1955)

Errol Flynn Adventures (TCM Spotlight)

Errol Flynn Signature Collection Vol. 2, The

Esther Williams Collection Vol. 2, The

File on Thelma Jordon, The (1950)

Film Noir Classics Collection Vol. 4, The

Film Noir Classics Collection Vol. 5, The

Forbidden Hollywood Collection, The

Forbidden Hollywood Collection Vol. 2, The

Forever, Darling (1956)

Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly Collection, The

Freaks (1932)

Gary Cooper Signature Collection, The

Gilda (1946)

Going Hollywood (1933)

Here Come the Nelsons (1952)

Hollywood Review of 1929, The (1929)

Humphrey Bogart Signature Collection Vol. 1, The

Humphrey Bogart Signature Collection Vol. 2, The

Italian Straw Hat, The (1927)

James Cagney Signature Collection, The

Joan Crawford Collection, Vol. 2, The

Joe McDoakes Collection, The

Literary Classics Collection, The

Lodger, The (1927)

London After Midnight (1927)

Lucille Ball Film Collection, The

Madame Curie (1943)

Man Who Laughs, The (1928)

Marlon Brando Collection, The

Max Fleischer's Superman (1941-1942)

Meet John Doe (1941)

Merry Widow, The (1925)

Midnight (1939)

Mildred Pierce (1945)

Mister Roberts (1955)

Monte Cristo (1922)

Nosferatu (1922)

No Time For Sergeants (1958)

Our Gang Collection, The (1938-1944)

Pete Kelly's Blues (1955)

Quiet Man, The (1952)

Quo Vadis (1951)

Red Skelton Whistling Collection, The

Robert Mitchum Signature Collection, The

Ronald Reagan Signature Collection, The

Ruggles of Red Gap (1935)

Sabrina (1954)

Sadie McKee (1934)

Seven Men From Now (1956)

Sing, Sinner, Sing (1933)

Singin' in the Rain (1952)

South Pacific (1958)

Spring Fever (1927)

Strange Love of Martha Ivers, The (1946)

Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)

Stratton Story, The (1949)

Sunset Boulevard (1950)

Superman 1948 & 1950 Theatrical Serials Collection, The

Third Man on the Mountain (1959)

Three on a Match (1932)

Triumph (1917)

Twelve O'Clock High (1949)

Up Periscope (1959)

Warner Gangsters Collection Vol. 4, The

What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? (1962)

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