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Canadian Pacific (1949)
Hollywood Baloney
This movie is a joke. Its only redeeming feature is the spectacular scenery and Nancy Olson. The rest is a typical B movie Western a really ugly mess. Randolph Scott is laughable as the old surveyor for the CPR and grandpa to Nancy Olson. I guess they researched the history of the building of the railroad and saw there weren't enough bad guys and wild Indians involved and they ignored the Northwest Mounted Police who kept the peace unlike the murdering US cavalry. I wonder what the critics thought of this mess when it first came out. Probably thought it was a real story based on fact. What did they know about the Canadian west?
Star of Midnight (1935)
What Happened to Mary Smith?
The only reason to watch this mess is the star of the film, William Powell. A young Ginger Rogers is nice to look at but comes across as a pretty lightweight Myrna Loy. It's hard to believe they end up married in the film. She looks more like Clay Dalzell's daughter. The ending makes no sense. The whole incentive of the plot is the search for Mary Smith alias Alice Markham. She ends up a throwaway line at the end of the movie. Who found her and where was she? How did she end up at the police inspector's house? Were they engaged in a bit of rumpy pumpy? Why did she go to the bank and open an account when she had insisted on being paid in cash? The whole movie was an excuse to pair William Powell and a young Ginger Rogers.
3022 (2019)
Might Have Been....
Three words sum up what stuck with me after watching this film. "Smoking in Space?" Was a French company involved in the making of this movie? The French love to smoke and just couldn't see the stupidity of showing space travellers dependent on limited life support having a drag on a cigarette. This could've been a decent sci-fi flic.
Come and Get It (1936)
Edward Arnold Totally Miscast
Hard to understand why roly-poly Edward Arnold was cast as a boss of lumberjacks in "Come And Get It". They must have issued a casting call for the shortest guys in Hollywood to play the lumberjacks so Arnold wouldn't be dwarfed by them. He looks like he'd be huffing and puffing just walking downhill. Who did he pay to get the part? He was especially creepy as the stalker of his best friend's daughter.
On the other hand, Frances Farmer was an excellent choice to play Lotta. Considering the period the film was made, she came off as authentic in the role of beer hall floozy. Even the way she walked and carried herself in a hall full of drunken men made you think Ms Farmer knew who she was supposed to be.
As for Walter Brennan, he seemed to really enjoy his work and made the most of his part. The most ludicrous scene in the whole movie however was his character leaping into the outstretched arms of his old friend. Have to admit I've never seen two grown men do anything like that. They must have been really close friends up in the remote timber country.