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SYLVIA SCARLETT(1935):
Katherine Hepburn plays Sylvia(also known as Sylvester)
whose father has just lost his wife(and her mother), his
job and his life's work!! So the two escape on a ship, where
they run into Cary Grant(who's quite a little sneak)!! The
father befriends Grant, and he has also swiped some lace
from where he use to work! Grant's character turns him
in to the port authorities, and he loses everything!! Turns
out that Grant is a scam artist, and recruits the two into
working with him!!
I've never been a big fan of Katherine, and this really
doesn't do much to change that opinion!! However,
Grant and Gwenn do a bang up job here!! There's a
considerable amount of humor here, but the problem
is that everyone talks with an accent, and it makes it
rather difficult to understand them!! And there doesn't
seem to be any actual good guys here!!!!! B+
A review from IMDb.com:
The sheer bizarreness of Syliva Scarlet is largely what
keeps the film afloat. Watching it you certainly must
question what everyone involved was thinking.
Sylvia "Sylvester" Scarlet (Hepburn) is supposedly
french and can speak only a little English, or so the
movie claims, despite the fact that she speaks perfect
English throughout the entire film, nor are the reasons
why Sylvia must dress in drag really make much sense,
but I digress, I could go on listing the inconsistencies
present in this film. It's not hard to see why this film
became a cult classic instead of falling into obscurity,
Katharine Hepburn cross dressing, homosexual
undertones, Cary Grant sprouting a cockney accent.
I'm not sure if I can even distinguish the film's moments
of humor between intentionally and unintentionally
funny. Either way, the whole thing is ridiculous,
funny stuff. In fact I could have given this film a
higher score, but I felt the romance dominated
second half slowed the film's pace, I guess you
could say the film started to drag. Sylvia Scarlett
is one of those films which has to be seen to be
believed. The first film of the Kate and Cary
quadrilogy can be classified as many things,
but "forgettable" isn't one of them. - mmallon4
Cast of Sylvia Scarlett:
Katharine Hepburn ... Sylvia Scarlett a.k.a. Sylvester
Cary Grant ... Jimmy Monkley
Brian Aherne ... Michael Fane
Edmund Gwenn ... Henry Scarlett
Robert Adair ... Turnkey (uncredited)
Bunny Beatty ... Maid (uncredited)
May Beatty ... Older Woman on Ship (uncredited)
Daisy Belmore ... Fat Woman on Beach (uncredited)
Carmen Beretta ... Woman (uncredited)
Nina Borget ... Minor Role (uncredited)
Thomas Braidon ... Minor Role (uncredited)
Elsa Buchanan ... Minor Role (uncredited)
Colin Campbell ... Minor Role (uncredited)
Patricia Caron ... Minor Role (uncredited)
Harold Cheevers ... Bobby (uncredited)
E.E. Clive ... Customs Inspector (uncredited)
Edward Cooper ... Customs Inspector (uncredited)
Adrienne D'Ambricourt ... Stewardess (uncredited)
Kay Deslys ... Minor Role (uncredited)
Nola Dolberg ... Woman in Bathing Suit (uncredited)
Elspeth Dudgeon ... Older Woman (uncredited)
Harold Entwistle ... Conductor (uncredited)
Gaston Glass ... Purser (uncredited)
Daisy Goodill ... Minor Role (uncredited)
Robert Hale ... Minor Role (uncredited)
Alec Harford ... Man Taking Half a Crown (uncredited)
Peter Hobbes ... Steward (uncredited)
Olaf Hytten ... Customs Inspector (uncredited)
Lilyan Irene ... Minor Role (uncredited)
Lorimer Johnston ... Minor Role (uncredited)
Connie La Mont ... Girl at Park Scam (uncredited)
Gwendolyn Logan ... Concerned Woman (uncredited)
Elsie Mackay ... Minor Role (uncredited)
Ella McKenzie ... Minor Role (uncredited)
Dennie Moore ... Maudie Tilt - the Maid (uncredited)
Frank Moran ... Minor Role (uncredited)
Edmund Mortimer ... Park Scam Onlooker (uncredited)
Leonard Mudie ... Train Steward (uncredited)
George Nardelli ... Frenchman (uncredited)
Natalie Paley ... Lily Levetsky (uncredited)
Lionel Pape ... Sergeant Major (uncredited)
Lennox Pawle ... Drunk (uncredited)
Ethel Rawson ... Minor Role (uncredited)
Harrington Reynolds ... Minor Role (uncredited)
Roger Roughton ... Minor Role (uncredited)
Violet Seton ... Minor Role (uncredited)
C. Montague Shaw ... Minor Role (uncredited)
Dina Smirnova ... Russian (uncredited)
Pat Somerset ... Minor Role (uncredited)
Jacques Vanaire ... Steward (uncredited)
Michael Visaroff ... Purser (uncredited)
EXTRAS ON DISC:
LAS ANGELES: "WONDER CITY OF THE WEST":
A look at Las Angeles, circa 1944!!
ALIAS ST. NICK:
Cartoon from the 40's!
GUNGA DIN(1939)
This is about the British and their battle in India to
try to keep the peace there. They come up on a fanatical
faction whose only belief is in killing!! Gunga Din(Sam Jaffe)
is a servant who really wants to be a soldier, but everyone
just puts him off! He turns out to be the biggest hero
of them all!!!! This is a great war movie(of which I don't really
care for that genre) and more about comraderie than war
and one of Cary Grants very best movies!! A
A review from an IMDb.com customer:
In 19th century India, three British soldiers and a
native water bearer (Sam Jaffe) must stop a secret
mass revival of the murderous Thuggee cult before
it can rampage across the land.
Time gave "Gunga Din" a positive review. However,
they also noted that the film was part of a recent
Hollywood trend of manufactured screwball comedies,
re-releases, remakes, and thinly disguised remakes;
comparing "Gunga Din" to several previous films
such as "Lives of a Bengal Lancer", "Charge of the
Light Brigade", and "Drums". Although they were
not wrong, it is interesting to note that today (2015)
it is really only "Gunga Din" that is remembered,
with maybe "Bengal Lancer" a distant second.
In the 1984 film "Indiana Jones and the Temple of
Doom" the events in "Gunga Din" are alluded to
by the character Captain Blumburtt. Also many
of the events and scenes in the film are taken
directly from "Gunga Din", including giving the
Thuggee leader a shaven head and similar look.
Others have suggested the film was an influence
on "Star Wars", and that can certainly be seen
to a point. - gavin6942
Cast of Night And Day:
Cary Grant ... Cutter
Victor McLaglen ... MacChesney
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. ... Ballantine
Sam Jaffe ... Gunga Din
Eduardo Ciannelli ... Guru
Joan Fontaine ... Emmy
Montagu Love ... Colonel Weed
Robert Coote ... Higginbotham
Abner Biberman ... Chota
Lumsden Hare ... Major Mitchell
John Alban ... (uncredited)
Charles Bennett ... Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
Joe De La Cruz ... (uncredited)
George Du Count ... Pandu Lal (uncredited)
Ann Evers ... Girl at Party (uncredited)
Richard Farnsworth ... Bit Part (uncredited)
Olin Francis ... Fulad (uncredited)
Bryant Fryer ... Scottish Sergeant (uncredited)
Sam Harris ... (uncredited)
Jamiel Hasson ... Thug Chieftain (uncredited)
Cecil Kellaway ... Mr. Stebbins (uncredited)
Frank Leyva ... Merchant (uncredited)
Audrey Manners ... Girl at Party (uncredited)
Joe McGuinn ... (uncredited)
Fay McKenzie ... Girl at Party (uncredited)
Lal Chand Mehra ... Jadoo (uncredited)
Thom Metzetti ... (uncredited)
Art Mix ... (uncredited)
Clive Morgan ... Lancer Captain (uncredited)
Satini Pualoa ... (uncredited)
George Regas ... Thug Chieftain (uncredited)
Allen Schute ... (uncredited)
Reginald Sheffield ... Rudyard Kipling - Journalist (uncredited)
Paul Singh ... (uncredited)
Leslie Sketchley ... Corporal (uncredited)
Tom Tamarez ... (uncredited)
Carlie Taylor ... (uncredited)
Roland Varno ... Lt. Markham (uncredited)
Bruce Wyndham ... (uncredited)
EXTRAS ON DISC:
COMMENTARY:
By Rudy Behlmer(Warner Home Video)!
ON LOCATION WITH GUNGA DIN:
With the talents of Pandro Berman(Exec. in charge
of Production, RKO Studios), William Goldman(Screenwriter),
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.(Actor), George Stevens, Jr.(Filmmaker/
Founder, The American Film Institute) discussing not only
the location, but the actors and director of this great film!!
THE FILM FAN:
Cartoon from the 40's with Porky Pig!
DESTINATION TOKYO(1943):
In this one, Cary is playing a decorated submarine captain
who's just been handed out secret orders!! The first 20 minutes
or so are pretty light hearted! Then it gets serious as they
are given orders to head to Tokyo!!
Along with Cary are Whit Bissell(The Time Machine[1960],
Star Trek: TOS[episode "The Touble With Tribbles"]), Benson
Fong(40's Charlie Chan movies) & John Forsythe(My Three Sons,
Charlie's Angels)! A
A review from the IMDb:
This movie is a great example of a thriller, not
looking to be a non-fiction account of a WWII sub,
just a great story with a group of true professionals.
Cary Grant was so compelling in this role that Tony
Curtis said he based his famous part in Some Like
It Hot on Cary Grant's performance in this picture,
and that Curtis always wanted to do a movie with
Grant on a submarine from that moment
forward---and of course got his wish with Operation
Petticoat. A previous reviewer slammed this movie
for its anti-Japanese propaganda. Perhaps a slight
bit of history would help. Statisitically, an American
POW was FOUR times likely to die as a prisoner
of the Japanese than of the Germans. The end
of the war saved the lives of thousands of Americans
because their treatment in Japanese camps was
so horrifying. Six foot tall sailors weighing 100
pounds was not an uncommon site. The same
Japanese military also starved its own people
in places like Okinawa to feed itself, and I would
hope that all people would now be familiar with
the 'rape of Nanking,' so what was called propaganda
was more just the way of the world at the time.
This is one reason that the people who fought
for America during World War II are revered
and treasured so much. - ss5921
Cast of Destination Tokyo:
Cary Grant ... Capt. Cassidy
John Garfield ... Wolf
Alan Hale ... 'Cookie' Wainwright
John Ridgely ... Reserve Officer Raymond
Dane Clark ... Tin Can
Warner Anderson ... Andy
William Prince ... Pills
Robert Hutton ... Tommy Adams
Tom Tully ... Mike Conners
Faye Emerson ... Mrs. Cassidy
Peter Whitney ... Dakota
Warren Douglas ... Larry
John Forsythe ... Sparks
John Alvin ... Sound Man
Bill Kennedy ... Torpedo Gunnery Officer
George Anderson ... Officer (uncredited)
Warren Ashe ... Major (uncredited)
Joy Barlow ... Wolf's Girl (uncredited)
Harry Bartell ... Crewman (uncredited)
Whit Bissell ... Yo Yo (uncredited)
Carlyle Blackwell Jr. ... Man on Phone (uncredited)
Danny Borzage ... Crewman (uncredited)
William Challee ... Rocky the Quartermaster (uncredited)
Cliff Clark ... Hornet's Admiral (uncredited)
Bob Creasman ... Sailor (uncredited)
Warren Cross ... Sailor (uncredited)
Angelo Cruz ... Second Japanese Float Pilot (uncredited)
Deborah Daves ... Debby Cassidy (uncredited)
Michael Daves ... Michael Cassidy (uncredited)
Jimmy Evans ... Sailor (uncredited)
Benson Fong ... Japanese (uncredited)
Wing Foo ... Japanese at Listening Post (uncredited)
John Forrest ... Sailor (uncredited)
Roland Got ... Japanese Officer (uncredited)
Kirby Grant ... Hornet's Captain (uncredited)
Herbert Gunn ... Pete - Lieutenant (uncredited)
Eddie Hall ... B-25 Crewman (uncredited)
William Hudson ... 'Copperfin' Intercom Man (uncredited)
Charles Anthony Hughes ... Naval Air Officer (uncredited)
Bill Hunter ... Market Street 'Commando' (uncredited)
Ted Jacques ... Sailor (uncredited)
Mary Landa ... Tin Can's Girl in Photo (uncredited)
Paul Langton ... 'Copperfin' Crewman-Barber (uncredited)
Eddie Lee ... Japanese at Listening Post (uncredited)
George Lee ... Japanese on Beach (uncredited)
James B. Leong ... Japanese (uncredited)
George Lloyd ... 'Copperfin' Chief Petty Officer (uncredited)
Bob Lowell ... Radio Operator (uncredited)
Cy Malis ... Sailor (uncredited)
Lou Marcelle ... Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Ralph McColm ... Ensign (uncredited)
Jack Mower ... Admiral's Aide (uncredited)
Maurice Murphy ... Toscanini (uncredited)
William J. O'Brien ... Chief of Naval Operations (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor ... Navy Officer in Conference (uncredited)
Eleanor Parker ... Mike's Wife on Record (voice) (uncredited)
Paul Parry ... Sailor (uncredited)
Hugh Prosser ... PBY Seaplane Pilot (uncredited)
George Robotham ... Crewman (uncredited)
Dorothy Schoemer ... Saleslady (uncredited)
Bernard Sell ... Sailor (uncredited)
Charles Sherlock ... 'Copperfin' Helmsman (uncredited)
Larry Steers ... Army Officer in Conference (uncredited)
Mark Stevens ... Admiral's Aide (uncredited)
Charles Sullivan ... 'Copperfin' Ballast Operator (uncredited)
Ya Sing Sung ... Japanese on Beach (uncredited)
John Sylvester ... Sailor (uncredited)
Frank Tang ... First Japanese Float Pilot (uncredited)
Charles S. Thompson ... Rear Admiral (uncredited)
Sailor Vincent ... Crewman (uncredited)
Wally Walker ... Crewman (uncredited)
Jay Ward ... Crewman (uncredited)
Russ Whiteman ... Yeoman 1st Class (uncredited)
John Whitney ... Communications Officer (uncredited)
Alan Wilson ... Sailor (uncredited)
Bruce Wong ... Japanese Antenna Man (uncredited)
Duke York ... Duke - 'Copperfin' Crewman (uncredited)
EXTRAS ON DISC:
The Gem Of The Ocean
A short about a man trying to blackmail a woman who's
brother is in trouble!! There's more to the story, but really
it's just a short musical with a very thin plot line!! B
A review from IMDb.com:
This largely forgotten short, which features a very young
Sheldon Leonard as a "man of mystery" was recently
released on DVD as an additional feature for the film
"Operation Tokyo". The package says it is a "wartime
short", but that is not true, for "Gem of the Ocean" was
made years before the war started. It is surprisingly
entertaining, though "dated". What is remarkable are
the marvelous art deco sets of the several production
numbers. If you like the Busby Berkeley films, you will
love this one! - inoldhollywood
Cast Of The Gem Of The Ocean:
Jeanne Aubert ... Mademoiselle
Eton Boys ... Singing Bartenders
Dick Barstow ... Male Dancer
Edith Barstow ... Female Dancer
Michael Bartlett ... Mr. Hemming
Ralph Riggs ... Christopher
Fred Harper ... Drunk
Sheldon Leonard ... Pasha
ARSENIC AND OLD LACE(1944):
Cary Grant plays a play critic who's getting married! But it's
his two aunts(who serve much more than just tea to their
guests) who are really the stars of this one, along with
several really kookie characters: the colonel(Cary Grant's
brother) , the cops, the drop ins, ect!!! The only really sane
person in this is the girl who Cary's to marry!! A
A review from IMDb:
Cary Grant should have had his second Academy Award
before he filmed Arsenic and Old Lace. After, he should
have taken home his third for best Actor in one of his
best comedic performances in his amazing career. Arsenic
and Old Lace takes place pretty much in one location.
A stage comedy, the movie does justice to its original
theatrical version. Cary Grant makes you laugh, even
an audience 50 and 60 years after its original release.
The story of innocent guilt and laughable situations,
other movies like What's Up Doc, Marvin's Room,
and even Lake Placid (with its moments of ignorance
and bliss) have all stolen moments of Arsenic and
Old Lace. No one but Cary Grant could have starred
in this movie. A delightful performance and an over
the top comedic talent was showcased in this
comedy classic. - caspian1978
Cast of Arsenic And Old Lace:
Cary Grant ... Mortimer Brewster
Priscilla Lane ... Elaine Harper
Raymond Massey ... Jonathan Brewster
Jack Carson ... O'Hara
Edward Everett Horton ... Mr. Witherspoon
Peter Lorre ... Dr. Einstein
James Gleason ... Lt. Rooney
Josephine Hull ... Abby Brewster
Jean Adair ... Martha Brewster
John Alexander ... 'Teddy Roosevelt' Brewster
Grant Mitchell ... Reverend Harper
Edward McNamara ... Brophy
Garry Owen ... Taxi Cab Driver
John Ridgely ... Saunders
Vaughan Glaser ... Judge Cullman
Chester Clute ... Dr. Gilchrist
Charles Lane ... Reporter
Edward McWade ... Gibbs
Spencer Charters ... Marriage License Clerk (uncredited)
Jimmy the Crow ... Graveyard Raven (uncredited)
Sol Gorss ... New York Pitcher (uncredited)
Herbert Gunn ... Undetermined Supporting Role (uncredited)
Roland Jones ... Undetermined Supporting Role (uncredited)
Hank Mann ... Photographer at Marriage License Office (uncredited)
Spec O'Donnell ... Young Man in Line (uncredited)
Lee Phelps ... Umpire (uncredited)
Don Phillips ... Undetermined Supporting Role (uncredited)
Raymond Walburn ... Drummer at baseball game (uncredited)
Leo White ... Man in Phone Booth (uncredited)
Jean Wong ... Young Woman in Line (uncredited)
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