Saturday Night Movie - The Way Ahead 1944.
It is a British wartime propaganda film. It's message is straight forward: It is going to take all of us to win. The movie follows a group of men called up from civilian life. Suddenly thrust into the soldier's life, they don't like it. . .You follow their transformation from whiny recruit to cohesive rifle platoon. Led by their platoon leader David Niven and their platoon sergeant, a pre-war regular, they train and deploy to Tunisia. The movie ends in their first fight against the retreating Afrika Korps.
None of them are wounded or killed. The characters are simple, but the diversity would allow the British wartime audience to find someone they could connect and empathize with. Which is the intent.
Overall a good simple WW2 flick.
Showing posts with label The Saturday Night Movie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Saturday Night Movie. Show all posts
Monday, October 5, 2015
Saturday, August 22, 2015
Saturday Night Movie - The Rocketeer
Saturday Night Movie - The Rocketeer.
What a fun movie. It takes it's story from a comic, inspired by 1930s serials. Action, adventure, good good guys, really bad bad guys, Howard Hughes, Spruce Goose, Rocket packs, NAZIs! We had a lot of fun watching it.
What a fun movie. It takes it's story from a comic, inspired by 1930s serials. Action, adventure, good good guys, really bad bad guys, Howard Hughes, Spruce Goose, Rocket packs, NAZIs! We had a lot of fun watching it.
Saturday, January 31, 2015
The Saturday Night Movie - San Francisco
Tonight's The Saturday Night Movie is San Francisco (1936) starring Clark Gable, Jeanette MacDonald and Spencer Tracy. A fun movie, set in the Barbary Coast of old San Francisco in a time leading up to the film's climax, the 1906 Earthquake. Great singing, man Jeanette MacDonald could sing! Fun 1936 special effects for the earthquake. Some good historical bits: the Army taking charge, looters shot, and a couple of great shots of Marines on guard, patrol and demolition duty. Then a final scene of redemption for Clark Gable, Spencer Tracey the priest gets him and Gable gets the girl.
Saturday, January 17, 2015
The Saturday Night Movie - El Cid
The Saturday Night Movie is El Cid (1961), starring Charlton Heston and Sophia Loren.
"The fabled Spanish hero Rodrigo Diaz (a.k.a. El Cid) overcomes a family vendetta and court intrigue to defend Christian Spain against the Moors."
A great movie! Epic in duration, scope and stars. So many from that era were.
"The fabled Spanish hero Rodrigo Diaz (a.k.a. El Cid) overcomes a family vendetta and court intrigue to defend Christian Spain against the Moors."
A great movie! Epic in duration, scope and stars. So many from that era were.
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