A Pocketful of Nickels

Classic film reviews and recommendations from a modern-day bobbysoxer.

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Bombs and Blockbusters

The Best Films I've reviewed on this site:

Casablanca
12 Angry Men
The Godfather
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
The Red Pony
Picnic
Sunset Boulevard 
Marty 

The Worst Films:

The Pride and the Passion
None But the Lonely Heart
Carolina Moon
Johnny Guitar


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Opening Credits

Welcome to my blog! People have always told me to write what I know, so I decided to create a place to write about my favorite things - classic films. I'll try to give you a summary of the film along with a quick review, all from the view point of a modern-day bobbysoxer - a classic film fangirl, if you will.

It's hard to be a fan of old movies these days, so this is a little bit of a sanctuary for me. I hope you will enjoy it and maybe even find a film or two you'd like to check out!

All the best,
Classic Film Fangirl (CFF)

What I've been watching

- The Lady Eve (1941): When I grow up, I want to be Barbara Stanwyck. :-)

- Bells Are Ringing (1960): Dean Martin and Judy Holliday make a great couple, even if he doesn't know her true identity!

- The Black Swan (1942): 41 years before Natalie Portman was even born. :-) Also, Uncle Billy is a pirate? What the heck?

- Born Yesterday (1950): William Holden gives Judy Holliday an education (oh to be in her shoes!)

- The Producers (1968): Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder set out to make a fortune by producing a sure-fire Broadway flop.

- The Paleface (1948): Bob Hope in a Western. Seriously?

- California Suite (1978): Worth watching for the cast alone: Jane Fonda, Michael Caine, Bill Cosby, Richard Pryor, Walter Matthau and my childhood crush, Alan Alda.

Films By Title

  • 12 Angry Men
  • 3 Godfathers
  • A Hole in the Head
  • Adam's Rib
  • Anchors Aweigh
  • Angel Face
  • Annie Get Your Gun
  • Apache Country
  • Arsenic and Old Lace
  • Back in the Saddle
  • Black Hand
  • Boom Town
  • Boots and Saddles
  • Bringing Up Baby
  • Carolina Moon
  • Casablanca
  • Clue
  • Dawn of the Dead
  • Designing Woman
  • Dial M for Murder
  • Doctor Zhivago
  • Duck Soup
  • Executive Suite
  • Gaslight
  • Gaucho Serenade
  • Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
  • Golden Boy
  • Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
  • High Society
  • Holiday
  • Holiday Affair
  • House of Wax
  • It's a Great Feeling
  • It's a Wonderful Life
  • Johnny Guitar
  • Key Largo
  • Kings Go Forth
  • Macao
  • Man from Music Mountain
  • Marty
  • Meet Me in St. Louis
  • Melody Ranch
  • Monkey Business
  • Night of the Living Dead
  • Night Stage to Galveston
  • None But the Lonely Heart
  • Notorious
  • Now, Voyager
  • On the Town
  • Pal Joey
  • People Will Talk
  • Picnic
  • Public Cowboy #1
  • Rachel and the Stranger
  • Rebecca
  • Ride Lonesome
  • Ride Tenderfoot Ride
  • River of No Return
  • Road to Morocco
  • Room for One More
  • Ryan's Daughter
  • Sabrina
  • Sarah and the Squirrel (1982)
  • Scared Stiff
  • Shane
  • Strangers on a Train
  • Summertime
  • Sunset Boulevard
  • Suspicion
  • Take Me out to the Ball Game
  • The Bad and the Beautiful
  • The Barefoot Contessa
  • The Best Years of Our Lives
  • The Bishop's Wife
  • The Blues Brothers
  • The Bridge on the River Kwai
  • The Caddy
  • The Court Jester
  • The Godfather
  • The Great Escape
  • The Guns of Navarone
  • The Harvey Girls
  • The Lion in Winter
  • The Locket
  • The Lusty Men
  • The Man with the Golden Arm
  • The Moon is Blue
  • The Mummy (1959)
  • The Pride and the Passion
  • The Red Pony
  • The Shop Around the Corner
  • The Sundowners
  • The Three Musketeers (1921)
  • The Three Musketeers (1948)
  • The Time Machine
  • The Walking Dead
  • Thousands Cheer
  • Topper
  • Vivacious Lady
  • West Side Story
  • Western Jamboree
  • Westward the Women
  • White Zombie
  • Woman of the Year

Key Labels

drama (31) comedy (22) Gene Autry (12) singing cowboy (12) Cary Grant (11) Robert Mitchum (11) musical (11) romantic comedy (10) 1952 (9) Frank Sinatra (9) Oscar winner (8) William Holden (8) romance (8) 1940 (7) 1954 (6) 1957 (6) Hollywood (6) Katharine Hepburn (6) horror (6) murder (6) mystery (6) suspense (6) zombie (6) 1938 (5) 1946 (5) 1949 (5) 1953 (5) Gene Kelly (5) Hitchcock (5) love (5) monster movie (5) thriller (5) 1942 (4) 1944 (4) 1948 (4) 1955 (4) Angela Lansbury (4) Humphrey Bogart (4) Italian American (4) Jimmy Stewart (4) action (4) film noir (4) Ben Johnson (3) Claude Rains (3) Dean Martin (3) Ginger Rogers (3) Jane Russell (3) Jerry Lewis (3) Judy Garland (3) Kim Novak (3) Marilyn Monroe (3) Spencer Tracy (3) WWII (3) characters (3) crime (3) dancing (3) family film (3) ingrid bergman (3) remake (3) Barbara Stanwyck (2) Bing Crosby (2) Deborah Kerr (2) Douglas Fairbanks (2) Edith Head (2) Frank Capra (2) George Romero (2) Grace Kelly (2) Gregory Peck (2) Joan Fontaine (2) Lana Turner (2) Lauren Bacall (2) Natalie Wood (2) Vincent Price (2) adventure (2) buddy film (2) business (2) courtroom (2) epic (2) melodrama (2) psychological film (2) road pictures (2) Al Pacino (1) Alan Ladd (1) Alec Guiness (1) Audrey Hepburn (1) Ava Gardner (1) Baltimore (1) Bela Lugosi (1) Betsy Drake (1) Bette Davis (1) Bob Hope (1) Boris Karloff (1) Christopher Lloyd (1) Clark Gable (1) Claudette Colbert (1) Dan Aykroyd (1) Danny Kaye (1) David Lean (1) David Niven (1) Donna Reed (1) Doris Day (1) Edward G. Robinson (1) Frank Morgan (1) Gloria Graham (1) Gloria Swanson (1) Harry Carey Jr. (1) Howard Hawks (1) James Gardner (1) Janet Leigh (1) Jean Arthur (1) Jean Simmons (1) Joan Crawford (1) John Belushi (1) John Wayne (1) June Allyson (1) Kathryn Grayson (1) Kirk Douglas (1) Laurence Olivier (1) Marlon Brando (1) Martin and Lewis (1) Marx brothers (1) Mary Astor (1) McCarthy (1) Mia Farrow (1) Myrna Loy (1) Omar Shariff (1) Otto Preminger (1) Peter Lorre (1) Peter O'Toole (1) Randolph Scott (1) Ray Milland (1) Rita Hayworth (1) Rod Taylor (1) Rossano Brazzi (1) Sophia Loren (1) Steve McQueen (1) ann miller (1) coming-of-age (1) jimmy durante (1) period film (1) racism (1) science fiction (1) sexism (1) small town (1)

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Coming Attractions! (what's on my to-watch list)

  • A Fine Bromance - Frank and Gene
  • Swing Time! (1936)
  • Network (1976)

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