Gallant Lady

Ann Harding stars as a woman who has to give up her kid for adoption.  Years later she finds an opportunity to get hitched to the now widowed father of the adopted kid.  Dickie Moore stars as this kid.  The reason to watch this is for Ann Harding.  She has a quiet sort of sophistication.  She starred in one of my favorite movies It happened on 5th avenue.

Track of the Cat

I share with my sister the movies we get off Netflix.  She likes to do themes every month.  This time it was a winter theme and with the icy setting it definitely delivered.  Two brothers are after a black panther and after it destroys one of them, it becomes personal for Mitchum.  Teresa Wright plays the spinster sister.  I became a fan of Diana Lynn after Bedtime for Bonzo.  This time she's given a more dramatic role.  I thought this movie was neat.

The Man who Could Cheat Death

This is a ok Hammer movie directed by Hammer regular Terence Fisher.  It's about a sculptor who is really a 104 years old.  He's found a way to stop the aging process using glands.  He tries to get the doctor Christopher Lee to help him but Lee won't bulge.  The lovely Hazel Court also stars as the love interest.  It was fun seeing Christopher Lee.  He's always delivers in Hammer movies.

The Weapon

A young boy and his playmates find a gun.  The boy accidentally shoots one of his friends and then makes a run for it, living homeless among London's streets.  His mother Lizabeth Scott and the police search for him.  It turns out this gun was also used in a crime ten years ago.  Lizabeth Scott is the best thing in this movie.  She's always a delight.  This movie had an interesting premise but it wasn't as good as I hoped it would be.  It was just ok.

I've always loved you

This is a pretty good late Frank Borzage movie.  It's about a gifted pianist and the maestro she has a crush on.  After a concert where she upstages him and the tension that follows, she quits and marries a farmer.  Years later the two are in another concert.  Can she prove her talent as a pianist still?  I saw this years ago and it was better the second time I watched it.

A Dangerous Profession

When I got this I thought it was going to be about Ella Raines being a prostitute.  But no it's about George Raft being a bail bondsman.  I'm a fan of Ella Raines.  She was superb in Phantom Lady.  However this movie was boring.  There's better noir and better Ella Raines' movies.

They call it sin

Loretta Young plays a pianist who goes after David Manners to New York.  He already has a girl so she has to make new plans.  She becomes a pianist for a show that her friend Una Merkel is in.  Only the boss is dishonest.  I liked the ending.  It was different from what I expected to happen.  Una Merkel was really fun as her friend.  She stole the show away from Loretta at times. This is a good precode.