Movies starring Pal

Big Business (1929)

19 mins     Comedy, Family, Short      

I would urge anyone who is a fan of Christmas movies and find themselves over indulging with festive films to the point they grow tiresome to search out Laurel and Hardy's "Big Business" as it will restore than smile to your ...

The Half Naked Truth (1932)

77 mins     Comedy, Romance      

"The Half Naked Truth" is one of those old comedies where it is easy to get caught up in the quick fire banter and finish the movie thinking what a fun 77 minutes that was. And there is nothing wrong with that but then if at ...

The Fighting Cowboy (1933)

59 mins     Western      

I've watched quite a few of these early 1930's westerns and it would be fair to say that not only are they generally forgettable but also that they tend to use what now is little more than cliche storylines filled with cliche...

Secret Agent (1936)

86 mins     Comedy, Drama, Mystery      

When it comes to Hitchcock movies I am in the camp which appreciates his talent, think some of them are master pieces but sometimes feel that just because he directed a movie doesn't automatically make it good. Why have I jus...

My Man Godfrey (1936)

94 mins     Comedy, Romance      

It may be a cliche but "they don't make them like they use to" and after watching the simply brilliant "My Man Godfrey" you will find yourself agreeing. Here is an early screwball comedy which puts its foot to the floor in th...

The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

102 mins     Action , Adventure , Romance      

It may be over 70 years old, the action may be fake and overly choreographed but still "The Adventures of Robin Hood" remains one of the best of a large number of Robin Hood movies. There is something about this old fashioned...

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

129 mins     Drama      

1939 was a very impressive year when it came to movies; there was "The Wizard of Oz", "Goodbye Mr. Chips", "Gone With The Wind" and probably one of my favourite movies from that era "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington". An extremel...

The Big Street (1942)

88 mins     Comedy, Drama, Romance      

It is said that Lucille Ball was upset that her performance in "The Big Street" was over looked when it came to the Oscars, but I know why. The reason why is that whilst Ball's delivers some sharp dialogue, humour and emotion...

The Long, Long Trail (1942)

56 mins     Western      

I am trying to recollect if I have ever watched a western which merged into a WWII war movie and I can't. It has to be said quite a curious combo especially when the movie in question is "The Long, Long Trail", which also goe...

Heaven Can Wait (1943)

112 mins     Comedy, Drama, Fantasy      

There is a wonderful touch of irony to "Heaven Can Wait" because the hero of the movie, the man that we end up warming to is a man who has spent his entire life eyeing up women even when he's married. It sort of feels wrong t...

The Gentle Sex (1943)

92 mins     Comedy, Drama, Romance      

I'm sure that when "The Gentle Sex" was made it was done so with three intentions that of showing what being part of the ATS was like, making it feel like a friendly place where there is great camaraderie and at the same time...

Days of Glory (1944)

86 mins     Drama, Romance, War      

"Days of Glory" is about a group of guerrillas hiding out in the woods and battling the Nazi enemy. That doesn't sound in the least bit special as there were a variety of movies made about Guerillas fighting the Nazis, except...

Cloak And Dagger (1946)

106 mins     Adventure , Romance, Thriller      

"Cloak and Dagger" is a curious movie because it was one of the first movies to mention the OSS and what they did during the 2nd World War yet it almost feels routine, take out the fact it actually includes the name OSS and i...

Master of Lassie (1948)

97 mins     Drama, Family      

"Master of Lassie" was originally called "Hills of Home" and in many ways that is a more suitable title. The reason being is that whilst we do have a story which features Lassie the focus is less on the clever collie and more...

No Minor Vices (1948)

96 mins     Comedy      

Movie Review - No Minor Vices (1948) Louis Jourdan stars as Octavio Quaglini, a carefree artist who causes problems between a doctor (Dana Andrew) and his loving wife (Lilli Palmer)...

Panic in the Streets (1950)

96 mins     Crime, Thriller      

Why is it that every black & white thriller from the 1950s gets called film-noir or at least that's how it appears. Take "Panic in the Streets" here we have a thriller set against the clock and filmed on the streets of New Or...

Halls of Montezuma (1950)

113 mins     Drama, War      

What a mixed bag of a movie "Halls of Montezuma" is with a storyline which ends up often uninteresting counter balanced by characters which have depth yet the characters are also cliches and the depth is often over emoted by ...

Hunt the Man Down (1950)

69 mins     Crime, Mystery      

Hunt the Man Down: Gig Young is a public defender trying to track down witnesses who may prove his client innocent of a murder from over a decade earlier...

By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953)

101 mins     Comedy, Musical, Romance      

Movie Review "By the Light of the Silvery Moon" - Doris Day and Gordon MacRae reunite for the sequel to "On Moonlight Bay" with more romantic trials and tribulations and magical musical moments....

Shane (1953)

118 mins     Drama, Western      

"Shane" is nothing more than a western about a mysterious stranger who stays with a rancher for a few days and ends up helping the rancher, his family and some other ranchers out with their feud with a local land owner who wa...