CinemaClassics-HD: The Long Gray Line *** (1955, Bio)
Aspect ratio 2.55 : 1
Summary: John Ford pours on the sentiment like syrup in The Long Gray Line, a tribute to the traditions of West Point. Tyrone Power ages 50 years to play real-life West Point legend Martin Maher, the scrappy Irish immigrant who rises from "another Mick waiter" to hot-tempered cadet to one of the best-loved instructors of the institution. Power is at his best as the charming rogue with a thick brogue, who ages into a feisty, gray-haired foster father to the cadets he and his fiery Irish wife (Maureen O'Hara) adopt over the years, among them Harry Carey Jr. (as young Dwight D. Eisenhower). Ford claims he didn't care for CinemaScope, but you wouldn't know it from the handsome, lush images that fill the frame. It lolls along at a lazy 140 minutes, balancing the respectful tributes with boisterous humor and boyish pranks but always centered by the generous heart of Maher. --Sean Axmaker
CinemaGunslingers-HD: La Belva (1970, Westerns)s
Summary:
An above average Italian western featuring a nicely sinister performance by Klaus Kinski. Kinski is a sadistic sex mad bandit who's after dollars as well as women.
The plot is engaging and the acting above average, so this one is easy to recommend to fans of the genre or the man Kinski.
Fast paced and fun. Probably even better with original soundtrack, though!
Released on video in Finland in the early eighties.
CinemaClassics-HD: The Second Face **+ (1950, Drama)
Aspect ratio 1.37 : 1
Summary: A dress designer with a grotesque face decides to have plastic surgery and turns into a post-operation beauty, who soon draws the attention of her employer. Ella Raines, Bruce Bennett, Jane Darwell and Rita Johnson star. 77 min.
