Only Yesterday (1933)
100%
“Only Yesterday is splendid screen entertainment, and to be heartily recommended to diversion seekers.” –
Hartford Courant
Apr 23, 2024
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The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
100%
“This film is for the academic, who like their films to be out-and-out absurdities, or really realistic. For them, it is a comedy of high order. Delightful.” –
Hartford Courant
Apr 17, 2024
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The Sin of Nora Moran (1933)
67%
“A startling and deftly told cinema story. ” –
Hartford Courant
Feb 22, 2024
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The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin (1918)
100%
“Few of us realize how real the people in photoplays are to the average movie audience until something like The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin shows up. ” –
Hartford Courant
Dec 5, 2023
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The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933)
86%
“Miss Stanwyck is splendid as the troubled New England girl who loves a bandit; and Nils Asther gives a stirring performance as General Yen. They make a delightful screen team.” –
Hartford Courant
Apr 24, 2023
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The Black Pirate (1926)
100%
“The Black Pirate is splendidly done from a pictorial point of view. Made entirely in subdued colorings, soothing to the eye, and a relief from the prevailing black and white, the entire film is a series of exquisitely lovely pictures.” –
Hartford Courant
Mar 22, 2023
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The Dark Angel (1935)
94%
“The photography in The Dark Angel is superlative throughout, as is the deft use of atmosphere. ” –
Hartford Courant
Mar 9, 2023
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Safety Last (1923)
97%
“A thrill a minute, a laugh a second.” –
Hartford Courant
Feb 21, 2023
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King Kong (1933)
97%
“King Kong, Merian C. Cooper's technical masterpiece... is startling and unusual, a picture that taxes the credulity of the spectator and leaves him mystified over the means taken to achieve its weird effects. ” –
Hartford Courant
Nov 8, 2022
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The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
97%
“[Fairbanks] romps through the whole thing with the greatest joyousness, the genuine Fairbanks dash and grace; and he make the hero of the colossal film fairy tale the moat enjoyable of heroes as well as the most potent of lovers.” –
Hartford Courant
Oct 21, 2022
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The Cat and the Canary (1927)
93%
“The most baffling and sensational mystery picture ever filmed. ” –
Hartford Courant
Sep 28, 2022
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Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
96%
4/4
“This film is not for the squeamish or the tender-hearted. It is stark and cruel and terrifying. And at the same time pulsating, challenging entertainment.” –
Hartford Courant
Jul 26, 2022
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Ten Modern Commandments (1927)
90%
“There are ten good reasons why Esther Ralston's new Paramount starring vehicle Ten Modern Commandments should be seen.” –
Hartford Courant
Jun 24, 2022
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The Queen of Sheba (1921)
93%
“Founded on the Biblical story of Solomon and the beautiful Sheban queen, the play depicts many of the incidents of the Biblical tale and surrounds them with a vivid romance that makes the story worthy of the elaborate production it has been given.” –
Hartford Courant
Jan 12, 2022
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London After Midnight (1927)
75%
“Materialization of a ghost, as performed by medium, is produced before the camera in an amazing sequence in the uncanny new story.” –
Hartford Courant
Jan 11, 2022
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The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
72%
“It is definitely too long, no matter how much of a Follies or film fan you are. It is overwhelming and overtaxing. But I think, on looking back over it, you will really be glad you saw it.” –
Hartford Courant
Dec 1, 2021
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The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
96%
“Magnificent acting, writing, producing, selecting and directing. Go in for the very first of it. I wager you will never forget Guinness and his personal tragedy.” –
Hartford Courant
Nov 17, 2021
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Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
85%
“[Jeanne Crain] achieves the promise she exhibited previous roles and emerges as a mature and talented dramatic actress.” –
Hartford Courant
Sep 29, 2021
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A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
90%
“There are many outstanding portrayals by members of the distinguished and gifted cast, and the story. while in the main somber, has its moments of humor and tenderness.” –
Hartford Courant
Sep 22, 2021
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The Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old England (1914)
100%
“The story is an attractive one, and Miss Martin has every opportunity to display her talents at their best.” –
Hartford Courant
Jul 28, 2021
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The Way of All Flesh (1927)
88%
“Together, these players have made The Way of All Flesh a living, vital thing: a drama of human emotions; the tragedy of one man's life. They have portrayed their difficult parts with a sympathetic understanding, a harmony of thought.” –
Hartford Courant
May 20, 2021
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The Great Gatsby (1926)
52%
“It is by all odds one of the finest dramas of this season. In it Warner Baxter blossoms out as an actor of depth and feeling.” –
Hartford Courant
May 19, 2021
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The Power and the Glory (1933)
86%
“Tracy characterizes a man who becomes materially all-powerful, only to find himself a plaything in the hands of fate. Colleen Moore, making her first appearance in pictures in more than two years, gives an emotional performance.” –
Hartford Courant
May 13, 2021
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Modern Times (1936)
98%
“[Modern Times] not only marks the long awaited return to films of the incomparable Charles Spencer Chaplin, comedian, but it is also one of his funniest pictures.” –
Hartford Courant
May 6, 2021
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It Happened One Night (1934)
98%
“It Happened One Night is slightly risque at times, but it is without question one of the funniest pictures of this or any other year.” –
Hartford Courant
Mar 31, 2021
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