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Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939) 95% EDIT “The picture never grows hysterical or overly vehement in its treatment, which makes the indictment against German espionage all the more powerful.” – Boston Globe Dec 31, 2025 Full Review Napoleon (1927) 87% EDIT “An extremely valuable addition to the list of worthwhile photoplays brought to this country from abroad. Distinctly foreign in its treatment... Napoleon should appeal to those lovers of the European cinema.” – Boston Globe May 14, 2024 Full Review The Bowery (1933) EDIT “One of the more amusing and effective pictures of the year.” – Boston Globe Apr 23, 2024 Full Review Only Yesterday (1933) 100% EDIT “Miss Sullavan has not the exotic personality of a Hepburn or a Garbo, but she has something far more enduring -- the ability to make people believe in her. She is real!” – Boston Globe Apr 23, 2024 Full Review Queen of the Mob (1940) 56% EDIT “Blanche Yurka, playing the role of Ma Webster, gives a convincing performance of a woman crook in Queen of the Mob, and cleverly combines ruthlessness, cruelty and cool courage with grandmotherly sentiment.” – Boston Globe Apr 16, 2024 Full Review The Devil Dancer (1927) 71% EDIT “There is romance, excitement, thrills and a lot of fighting in The Devil Dancer.” – Boston Globe Dec 5, 2023 Full Review State Fair (1933) 100% EDIT “It is a more or less accurate film transcription of Phil Stong's Literary Guild prize novel. As a motion picture, it provides human, sympathetic, and agreeable entertainment, with the all-star cast presenting some excellent characterizations. ” – Boston Globe Nov 9, 2023 Full Review The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933) 86% EDIT “Walter Connolly -- a joy to the critical -- plays the role of the renegade Jones, financial adviser to Gen Yen. This brilliant actor consistently makes every bit of dialogue, every piece of "business" count for the utmost in limning his character.” – Boston Globe Apr 24, 2023 Full Review The Black Pirate (1926) 100% EDIT “Far from hurting the eyes, and making the action less intense, the colorings have been chosen so carefully and the blendings have been accomplished so artistically that the picture's value has been increased 100 percent.” – Boston Globe Mar 22, 2023 Full Review The Lady Eve (1941) 99% EDIT “The picture does two things amazingly well -- it is funny and appealing to low-brows and its sends high-brows off into paroxysms of mirth at the same time.” – Boston Globe Dec 28, 2022 Full Review Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) 97% EDIT “Beautiful, fantastic, imaginative and exquisitely conceived, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs... is one of the most brilliant and entertaining pictures that has ever been produced.” – Boston Globe Dec 20, 2022 Full Review King Kong (1933) 97% EDIT “As fantastic and as unbelievable as a tale from the Arabian Nights, King Kong... is an amazing and expert combination of trick photography, magnificently handled mob scenes and good old hokum. ” – Boston Globe Nov 8, 2022 Full Review Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) 97% EDIT “If there was ever story which brought out the fine American ideals, that are growing more popular by the minute when... Fascists look Europe-ward and see what is happening there -- then that film is Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.” – Boston Globe Nov 8, 2022 Full Review The Shop Around the Corner (1940) 99% EDIT “A pleasant, amazingly effective little story about everyday people who work in a small leather goods shop, and have their romances, their tragedies and their triumphs, and yet remain neighborly and casual.” – Boston Globe Nov 7, 2022 Full Review Daughter of the Dragon (1931) 71% EDIT “Anna May Wong and Sessue Hayakawa, do very worth-while work in Daughter of the Dragon” – Boston Globe Oct 21, 2022 Full Review A Study in Scarlet (1933) 93% EDIT “Should prove interesting to anyone who likes to see clever characterization done by competent actors.” – Boston Globe Oct 21, 2022 Full Review The Thief of Bagdad (1924) 97% EDIT “One can scarcely find enough adjectives in the dictionary to describe properly the hauntingly beautiful, thrilling, magnificent Thief of Bagdad.” – Boston Globe Oct 21, 2022 Full Review Shanghai Express (1932) 96% EDIT “Amazingly beautiful as to photography, and effective as to characterization, Shanghai Express... proved to be a striking photoplay of varying excellence.” – Boston Globe Oct 20, 2022 Full Review Limehouse Blues (1934) 23% EDIT “Exciting enough to appeal to the most thrill-loving members of the audience. ” – Boston Globe Oct 20, 2022 Full Review Peter Pan (1924) 98% EDIT “Ernest Torrence is the Capt Hook whose horrible malevolence is terminated by the ingenuity of the young hero and Nana, the dog, is delightfully played by George Ali.” – Boston Globe Oct 20, 2022 Full Review The Life of Emile Zola (1937) 92% EDIT “This superb screen production is doing more than provide entertainment; it is doing screen-goers a genuine service for much that is in this film is timely, despite its dated theme.” – Boston Globe Aug 2, 2022 Full Review The Rogue Song (1930) 79% EDIT “The Rogue Song is a spectacular, vivid, exciting picture, and the plot Is savage enough to fascinate the average film fan. However, the chief Importance of the new talking film is the singing and magnetic personality of the new talkie star.” – Boston Globe Jun 28, 2022 Full Review Ten Modern Commandments (1927) 90% EDIT “Miss Ralston gives a splendid performance in her role of Kitten O'Day.” – Boston Globe Jun 25, 2022 Full Review The Unknown (1927) 100% EDIT “[The Unknown] is scarcely a film which children should see, but to the average mystery lover it is gripping and extremely well acted.” – Boston Globe Jun 24, 2022 Full Review You Can't Take It With You (1938) 94% EDIT “You Can't Take It With You is one of those pictures destined to send everybody away from the theatre in a happy, satisfied mood.” – Boston Globe Feb 7, 2022 Full Review
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