Movies starring Alexander

Enchanted April (1935)

66 mins     Comedy, Drama, Romance      

An amusing side note; as I sat down to watch "Enchanted April" for some reason I thought I was about to watch the 1991 version and so was taken aback when I discovered it was the 1935 RKO production. Fortunately I enjoy old m...

The Ghost Rider (1935)

56 mins     Western      

There are several things which still impress when it comes to "The Ghost Rider" and the first is the quality of the image. The sharpness of the image is not what you expect from an old western and I wouldn't be surprised if t...

The Awful Truth (1937)

91 mins     Comedy, Romance      

Do you want to know what the awful truth is; "The Awful Truth" only works because of Cary Grant and Irene Dunne. That may sound harsh because "The Awful Truth" is a much loved screwball comedy which is directed by Leo McCarey...

Texas Trail (1937)

58 mins     Western      

Hopalong Cassidy's "Texas Trail" is as routine as a Hallmark romantic comedy; basically you know what you will get not long after it starts. As such we have Gabby Hayes delivering sidekick comedy, a young kid who idolises Hop...

Six-Shootin' Sheriff (1938)

59 mins     Western      

It takes about 15 minutes to get there but it does and we have Trigger being offered the position of Sheriff by a group of businessmen who are oblivious to the fact he has done time and was himself a leader of a gang of crimi...

In Name Only (1939)

94 mins     Drama, Romance      

"In Name Only" is anything but a complicated movie. We have Alec who wants to leave his unhappy marriage to start one with the beautiful Julie but finds his manipulative wife is not going to make things easy leading to despai...

Boss of Bullion City (1940)

61 mins     Western      

I've watched a surprising number of these old one hour westerns and one thing I have come to realise is that if I find myself becoming distracted by other things such as Twitter it isn't necessarily because the western is bad...

Bambi (1942)

70 mins     Animation, Drama, Family      

The cuteness of Bambi trying to stand up, a butterfly on his tail, the comical accent of Thumper which makes him cute as his mum reminds of what his father said, the sweet face which Bambi has, I could go on and on because th...

Commandos Strike at Dawn (1942)

98 mins     Drama, War      

Commandos Strike at Dawn: Paul Muni leads a cast including Anna Lee nd Lillian Gish in this WWII movie about the Norwegian resistance...

Now, Voyager (1942)

113 mins     Drama, Romance      

Now, Voyager: Bette Davis stars as ugly duckling Charlotte Vale who is repressed due to her domineering mother but breaks free thanks to a doctor and transforms into a confident an attractive woman...

None Shall Escape (1944)

85 mins     Drama, War      

"None Shall Escape" is one of those movies which you will probably only watch once because it is a grim tale but it is such a well made movie that if it wasn't so grim you would watch it again and again. And that well made bi...

Sister Kenny (1946)

116 mins     Biography, Drama      

Movie Review - Sister Kenny (1946) inspirational drama starring Rosalind Russell as Elizabeth Kenny who comes up with a treatment for Polio but finds herself in a battle with the medical establishment who not only refused to ...

Fancy Pants (1950)

92 mins     Comedy, Musical, Western      

Fancy Pants (1950) Bob Hope stars as an actor employed as a butler to help turn a brassy daughter (Lucille Ball) into a lady but is mistaken for an English Earl by the locals...

Man in the Saddle (1951)

87 mins     Western      

Randolph Scott made over 100 movies in his time and I wouldn't be surprised if half of them were westerns. Unfortunately unlike western icon John Wayne when it came to Scott's westerns he always ended up playing the same sort...

The Mob (1951)

87 mins     Crime, Drama      

Anyone who frequents The Movie Scene knows that I don't go wild for film-noir like some do, the reason being is that often a loved movie will be too heavy handed with the styling and the characters for my liking. But "The Mob...

How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)

95 mins     Comedy, Drama, Romance      

They often say when it comes to love that Mr. Right is right under your nose, you just don't realise it which is really the basis of "How to Marry a Millionaire" a tale of 3 models who aim to hook themselves millionaires whet...

The Redhead from Wyoming (1953)

77 mins     Western      

Let me tackle the elephant in the room because as a man it is impossible to notice how stunning Maureen O'Hara looks in "The Redhead from Wyoming" in a series of outfits, some over the top, which highlight her curves. Scene a...

Reach for the Sky (1956)

135 mins     Biography, Drama, War      

Growing up I knew the name Douglas Bader because sadly he died in 1982 and remember it being big news, the death of the brave man who flew and fought during World War II. But to my shame that was about as far as my knowledge ...

The One That Got Away (1957)

111 mins     Drama, War      

When you think of movies about WWII Prisoner of War escapes you generally think of entertaining movies about the ingenuity of British and American prisoners escaping from the German camps. "The One That Got Away" whilst a WWI...

The Square Peg (1958)

89 mins     Comedy, War      

The Square Peg (1958) Norman Wisdom stars as Norman Pitkin, a council road repair man who ends up drafted and parachuted in to France where it is discovered he looks just like a German general...