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1.Cat Ballou starring: Jane Fonda, Lee Marvin, Michael Callan, Dwayne Hickman, Nat 'King' Cole directed by: Elliot Silverstein June 23, 1994
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This film is a strange one for me as I remember I actually hated it the first time I watched it years back but when I started looking seriously at old films and especially Westerns I began to appreciate "Cat Ballou" a lot more and now after seeing this a few times, I have to say that this is an excellent, hilarious spoof on Westerns and the jokes age very well even to today. As a big fan of all kinds of music myself, I really appreciated the role that Nat King Cole in one of his last performances ever before his death by lung cancer together with Stubby Kaye in the hilarious sung narrative that runs throughout the film. It's amazing what was accomplished on clearly a tiny budget and I thought the cast was very good and especially Lee Marvin was the alcoholic gunfighter. The dvd ... Read More

2.China Gate starring: Gene Barry, Angie Dickinson, Nat 'King' Cole, Paul Dubov, Lee Van Cleef directed by: Samuel Fuller January 01, 1998
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I'm giving this VHS version 4 stars instead of the 5 it really deserves because the current cropped VHS version does a grave injustice to Samuel Fuller's visual style and his creative use of cinemascope. When the film was available on 16mm I used to run it in my Samuel Fuller class to show students the type of innovative work several films exhibited in the 1950s. As it stands at the moment, the VHS cropped, pan and scan version represents a travesty of an outstanding film. As the other reviewer has noted, CHINA GATE is one of the first American films to deal with the Indo-China conflict that formed the prequel to the Vietnam War. But the casting of Angie Dickinson and Lee Van Cleef as Eurasians is not as bizarre as several reviewers noted. Lucky Legs (Dickinson) has been abandoned ... Read More

3.Small Town Girl (1953) starring: Jane Powell, Farley Granger, Ann Miller, S.Z. Sakall, Robert Keith directed by: László Kardos February 24, 1995
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When will MGM get their finger out and release "RICH YOUNG & PRETTY" and "SMALL TOWN GIRL" on DVD, after all this is the 21st century, we now have a better viewing medium than VHS tapes. These would have to be two of the least known but best loved movies that came out of the '50's. For those that havent yet seen these movies, beg borrow or steal them to see great dancing, fantastic singing, and so so acting, but are must have in any collection.

4.Istanbul starring: Errol Flynn, Cornell Borchers, John Bentley, Torin Thatcher, Leif Erickson directed by: Joseph Pevney March 26, 1996
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1957's ISTANBUL came late in Errol Flynn's career and perhaps that's why I like it. It combines Errol Flynn's tried and true histrionics now tempered with a world-weary demeanor with new cinematic filmmaking of the 1950s including Cinemascope under Joseph Pevney's taught direction and William Daniels evocatively suspenseful cinematography. I truly enjoy the more relaxed pace of this film of mystery and foreign intrigue. Unfortunately this is yet another film that failed to launch the career of Cornell Borchers (NEVER SAY GOODBYE with Rock Hudson).

5.Nat King Cole Story starring: Nat King Cole November 08, 1991
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1957's ISTANBUL came late in Errol Flynn's career and perhaps that's why I like it. It combines Errol Flynn's tried and true histrionics now tempered with a world-weary demeanor with new cinematic filmmaking of the 1950s including Cinemascope under Joseph Pevney's taught direction and William Daniels evocatively suspenseful cinematography. I truly enjoy the more relaxed pace of this film of mystery and foreign intrigue. Unfortunately this is yet another film that failed to launch the career of Cornell Borchers (NEVER SAY GOODBYE with Rock Hudson).

6.The Incomparable Nat King Cole, Vol. 1 starring: Nat King Cole September 24, 1991
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Many music DVDs offer poor value, but not this one. The number of songs is large and the performances are of excellent quality. A tremendous buy for Cole fans.

7.Pistol Packin Mama:Mission of a B-17 starring: Ruth Terry, Robert Livingston, Wally Vernon, Jack La Rue, Kirk Alyn directed by: Frank Woodruff February 28, 1992
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I WAS A PART OF THE CREW THAT WENT DOWN WITH BETTY BOOP ON FEB. 25. I AM 80 YEARS OLD. I HAVE WRITTEN THE REST OF THE STORY ABOUT THE GREAT LADY. DELBERT

8.Milton Berle The Second Time Around - Carnival of Comedy starring: Milton Berle, Nat"King"Cole, Steve Allen, Frank Sinatra, Martha Raye July 24, 1990
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I WAS A PART OF THE CREW THAT WENT DOWN WITH BETTY BOOP ON FEB. 25. I AM 80 YEARS OLD. I HAVE WRITTEN THE REST OF THE STORY ABOUT THE GREAT LADY. DELBERT

9.Cole & Mills Bros. starring: Nat King Cole March 21, 1989
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I WAS A PART OF THE CREW THAT WENT DOWN WITH BETTY BOOP ON FEB. 25. I AM 80 YEARS OLD. I HAVE WRITTEN THE REST OF THE STORY ABOUT THE GREAT LADY. DELBERT

10.The Blue Gardenia starring: Anne Baxter, Richard Conte, Ann Sothern, Raymond Burr, Jeff Donnell directed by: Fritz Lang November 11, 1998
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I thought "The Blue Gardenia" was a great movie. I loved the acting. I loved the music. I loved the atmosphere. Anne Baxter is a personal favorite. She never disappoints.

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