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William Brogdon

William Brogdon's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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Westward the Women (1951) 69% EDIT “Schnee's screenplay of the Capra story is best in its use of dialog. Words given the players all have meaning and never appear to be just talk filling in between the action. ” – Variety Mar 11, 2024 Full Review The Lone Ranger (1956) 90% EDIT “[The production uses] the the scenic splendor of Southern Utah to provide beautiful backdrop for the Herb Meadow script. Stuart Heisler's direction is actionful and excellent. Some of the fight sequences he stages are thrillingly rugged.” – Variety Nov 9, 2023 Full Review Back to Bataan (1945) 86% EDIT “Quinn does a particularly outstanding job, as does Franquelli. Wayne makes a stalwart leader for the guerrillas, commendably underplaying the role for best results.” – Variety Feb 1, 2023 Full Review Little Iodine (1946) 80% EDIT “[Little Iodine] works in considerable chuckles in dealing with escapades of the pen-and-ink title character, and generally serves up salable film.” – Variety Jan 10, 2022 Full Review The Pearl (1947) 90% EDIT “Gabriel Figueroa, who has attracted Hollywood attention for past lensing jobs, has done standout photographic work on The Pearl. He treats the eye with vast vistas, intriguing use of light and shadow, and fluid scenes.” – Variety Jul 19, 2021 Full Review The Hitch-Hiker (1953) 94% EDIT “The character studies are thorough, both in the acting, writing and direction conceptions. Talman's roadside murderer is a frightening, elemental portrayal.” – Variety Feb 24, 2021 Full Review Intruder in the Dust (1949) 93% EDIT “Guidance of the story keeps it alive with anticipation up to the climax.” – Variety Jan 28, 2021 Full Review Isn't It Romantic? (1948) 13% EDIT “Isn't It Romantic isn't. It's a seldom diverting mixture comedy and songs that misses.” – Variety Oct 29, 2020 Full Review Walk the Proud Land (1956) 0% EDIT “Cinemascope and Technicolor give the footage visual attractiveness. What's lacking, however, is excitement and story action.” – Variety Jun 15, 2020 Full Review Lady Godiva (1955) EDIT “Slow direction by Arthur Lubin and a wordy script with characters that never quite come alive are the chief drawbacks.” – Variety May 11, 2020 Full Review Untamed Frontier (1952) 17% EDIT “The plot is hackneyed, the playing unconvincing and the direction stereotyped.” – Variety May 8, 2020 Full Review The Cimarron Kid (1951) 60% EDIT “Neither the script nor Budd Boetticher's direction asks much of the players.” – Variety Apr 28, 2020 Full Review The Yellow Mountain (1954) EDIT “It has all the well-used ingredients of the commonplace western actloner, plus a color treatment end some familiar names.” – Variety Apr 27, 2020 Full Review The Redhead From Wyoming (1952) 50% EDIT “Plenty of violent gunplay, fast movement and a sensationally-gowned Miss O'Hara provide the excitement in the Leonard Goldstein production, as set up in the script by Polly James and Herb Meadow.” – Variety Apr 16, 2020 Full Review Wyoming Mail (1950) 86% EDIT “There's a lot of wild galloping over rough terrain, plenty of fisticuffs and gunplay, plus other thrills, and Russel Metty's capable camera captures all of the movement.” – Variety Apr 15, 2020 Full Review Outrage (1950) 61% EDIT “[Ida Lupino's] handling of the earlier sequences packs a hefty punch.” – Variety Jan 22, 2013 Full Review The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) 80% EDIT “Gloria Grahame registers big as Powell's flighty wife, whose easily-turned head quickly bows to Hollywood and the amatory opportunities arranged for her by Douglas with Gilbert Roland, the dashing Latin star. Roland is a flamboyant joy in the part.” – Variety Jul 6, 2010 Full Review Creature From the Black Lagoon (1954) 81% EDIT “Jack Arnold's direction has done a firstrate job developing chills and suspense, and James C. Havens rates a good credit for his direction of the underwater sequences.” – Variety Jul 6, 2010 Full Review Gun Crazy (1950) 91% EDIT “Fault is in the writing and direction, both staying on the surface and never getting underneath the characters.” – Variety Apr 27, 2009 Full Review The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) 83% EDIT “Director Jack Arnold works up the chills for maximum effect by the time Williams is down to two inches and the family cat takes after him.” – Variety Mar 26, 2009 Full Review The Lady From Shanghai (1948) 86% EDIT “Script is wordy and full of holes which need the plug of taut story telling and more forthright action.” – Variety Feb 11, 2009 Full Review Sabrina (1954) 89% EDIT “Script is long on glibly quipping dialog, dropped with a seemingly casual air, and broadly played situations. The splendid trouping delivers them style. Leavening the chuckles are tugs at the heart.” – Variety Oct 18, 2008 Full Review High Noon (1952) 94% EDIT “Zinnemann carefully and deliberately makes the most of the mood cast by the threat of impending violence.” – Variety Oct 18, 2008 Full Review Leave Her to Heaven (1945) 85% EDIT “Has emotional power in the jealousy theme but it hasn't been as forcefully interpreted by the leads as it could have been in more histrionically capable hands.” – Variety May 30, 2008 Full Review Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) 88% EDIT “A strong play to the sophisticated dialog and situations is given by Howard Hawks' direction and he maintains the racy air that brings the musical off excellently at a pace that helps cloak the fact that it's rather lightweight, but sexy, stuff.” – Variety May 13, 2008 Full Review
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