Colvin McPherson
Colvin McPherson's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at the following Tomatometer-approved publication(s):
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Movies reviews only
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The Dark Angel (1935) |
The Dark Angel is again a swell show. - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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| Posted Mar 10, 2023
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The Lady Eve (1941) |
Moviegoers can put it down in their little notebooks right now that The Lady Eve is one of the most delightful pictures they will see in 1941. - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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| Posted Dec 29, 2022
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) |
None of us will forget the fields of flowers such as not even natural California could furnish, the fantastic forest and the gentle animals who become Snow White's friends, the Jewel mine of shining cut gems in which the dwarfs are at work. - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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| Posted Dec 21, 2022
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The Maltese Falcon (1941) |
The picture achieves what hundreds of routine detective stories fail to achieve -- genuine mystery, suspense and drama. - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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| Posted Nov 11, 2022
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) |
One short sentence can state a critical opinion on Frank Capra's new picture, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington... It is the year's best film and Frank Capra's best. - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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| Posted Nov 08, 2022
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The Shop Around the Corner (1940) |
A pleasure. - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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| Posted Nov 07, 2022
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The President's Mystery (1936) |
Far from being a partisan attack on a New Deal measure, [The President's Mystery] is a rather sensible drama about a millionaire lobbyist who gives up his evil ways and helps start the cooperative movement in this fair, or unfair, land of ours. - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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| Posted Oct 25, 2022
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The Life of Emile Zola (1937) |
As pure biography, The Life of Emile Zola is the most finely wrought, the most satisfying I have ever seen on the screen. - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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| Posted Aug 02, 2022
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Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) |
Its great drama has been diluted... Verse and line could be cited on many other complaints, but they would tend to obscure the fact that Mutiny on the Bounty is highly deserving. - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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| Posted Jul 27, 2022
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How Green Was My Valley (1941) |
Now you're not a Welsh coal miner and I'm not either, and neither is that guy over there, but I daresay all of us will feel we have lived the experiences of How Green Was My Valley. - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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| Posted Jul 26, 2022
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You Can't Take It With You (1938) |
You Can't Take It With You is a tumultuous success -- a whizzing, dazzling, noisy explosion of mirth that equals the accidental fireworks demonstration which is one of its main scenes. - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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| Posted Feb 08, 2022
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Mrs. Miniver (1942) |
It is truly one of the prouder movie efforts of all time, and it was contrived that way, intentionally, by a set of creators who know how to create. - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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| Posted Jan 04, 2022
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The Great Ziegfeld (1936) |
Its cast is skillfully selected. Although Powell does his tremendous task well, I am sure Luise Rainer as Anna Held will be as long remembered. - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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| Posted Dec 01, 2021
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The Wizard of Oz (1939) |
Judy Garland as Dorothy and Frank Morgan as the Wizard are the most favored players and do flawless work, but the delight of many persons will be Bert Lahr as the Cowardly Lion. - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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| Posted Oct 14, 2021
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His Girl Friday (1940) |
Grant's role as the slick, conniving managing editor is ideal for him. - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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| Posted Oct 14, 2021
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The Philadelphia Story (1940) |
In its 112 minutes' running time, The Philadelphia Story offers brand-new ideas on the upper classes, brand-new laughs at the expense of everybody, delicately detailed characterizations, full of human warmth and reality, and superb direction. - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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| Posted Jun 10, 2021
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The Women (1939) |
The new film is one of the glossiest items of the year, fast comedy superbly cast and capably performed. - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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| Posted May 25, 2021
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Rebecca (1940) |
Fog, shipwreck, an insane man wandering the beach, water-soaked corpses, inquests, forbidden chambers and finally a destroying fire in a big English country house -- all these flesh-curling delights are to be found in Rebecca. - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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| Posted Apr 12, 2021
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Citizen Kane (1941) |
This first screen effort of Orson Welles is of such vast difference to other pictures, in subject material, in treatment, in technique, in cast and in performance that the best advice perhaps is, "See what you think." - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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| Posted Mar 02, 2021
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Babes in Arms (1939) |
Babes in Arms, which was a Broadway hit before the movies took it over, has the material of a success even without Rooney's particular charades but the young comedian considerably improves the show. - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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| Posted Feb 12, 2021
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Casablanca (1942) |
Director Michael Curtiz, whose sureness and skill ere rarely to be questioned in any picture he handles, have given Casablanca an exotic atmosphere, a flow of action, surprises and punch to make it constantly interesting. - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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| Posted Feb 10, 2021
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Anne of Green Gables (1934) |
Casting generally has met with the happiest success. - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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| Posted Feb 01, 2021
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Chu Chin Chow (1934) |
It is a distinctly superior picture, by any a delight. - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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| Posted Feb 01, 2021
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Imitation of Life (1934) |
One of the most meaningful pictures of the year, a vivid account to be remarked about again and again when informal groups start on the motion pictures. - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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| Posted Jan 30, 2021
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Stormy Weather (1943) |
The Nicholas Brothers have done astonishing work in earlier pictures, but even at that, their stair-step, leap-frog splits brought gasps and a round of applause at the preview. - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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| Posted Jan 28, 2021
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Cabin in the Sky (1943) |
Cabin in the Sky would be worth the price if only to permit observation of Miss Waters' acting skill. - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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| Posted Dec 16, 2020
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A Night at the Opera (1935) |
A Night at the Opera is the most beautifully timed madness of 1935. - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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| Posted Nov 20, 2020
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