Rating: 3 stars (out of 4) Mutiny on the Bounty (1935):  Dir. Frank Lloyd.  Written by: Talbot Jennings, Jules Furthman, and Carey Wilson.  Based upon the novel of the same name by Charles Nordhoff and […]

Rating: 3½ stars (out of 4) It Happened One Night (1934):  Dir. Frank Capra.  Written by: Robert Riskin.  Based upon the short story “Night Bus” by Samuel Hopkins Adams.  Starring: Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter […]

Rating: 1½ stars (out of 4) Cavalcade (1933):  Dir. Frank Lloyd.  Written by: Reginald Berkeley, with continuity by Sonya Levien.  Based upon the play of the same name by Noël Coward.  Starring: Diana Wynard, Clive […]

Rating: 3 stars (out of 4) All Quiet on the Western Front (1930):  Dir. Lewis Milestone.  Written by:  Maxwell Anderson, George Abbott, and Del Andrews.  Based upon the novel of the same name by Erich […]

Rating: 1½ stars (out of 4) The Broadway Melody (1929): Dir. Harry Beaumont.  Written by: Norman Houston and James Gleason, from a story by Edmund Goulding.  Lyrics by Arthur Freed.  Music by Nacio Herb Brown.  Continuity […]

Hey folks.  So, owing to the fact that I do not own or have immediate access to ALL 84 Best Pictures, some reviews may not be posted every other day, as I originally intended.  Such will be […]

Rating: 2 stars (out of 4) Wings (1927): Directed by William A. Wellman and Harry d’Abbadie d’Arrast.  Written by: Hope Loring and Louis D. Lighton, from a story by John Monk Saunders.  Titles by Julian Johnson.  […]

Howdy folks!  Back to the blog this summer and I thought I’d give myself a real challenge.  That’s right, I will attempt to review every single Oscar Best Picture from 1928’s Wings and onward.  The Academy […]