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Bucket List Update
Academy Award Nominated Movies
1940 Kitty
Foyle: The Natural History of a Woman
starring: Ginger Rogers,
Dennis Morgan, James Craig, Ernest Cossart, Gladys Cooper…
plot – A
wealthy man dates and eventually weds a girl from
a lower class. His family is not happy about
the wedding. They divorce and she finds a
doctor, until her ex returns.
This was a really good movie. It was predictable because of the rich man/poor girl stories. I did enjoy the movie, however.
1938 The
Citadel
starring: Robert Donat,
Rosalind Russell, Ralph Richardson, Rex Harrison, Emlyn Williams
plot – A young doctor
begins his first job in Wales in a mining
town. In his spare time he studies the persistent
cough of many of the men. He thinks
something in the mines is making the tuberculosis
worse. He meets resistance from everyone.
He moves to London to a better location,
but begins to lose his goals and ambition
and more importantly his values.
This was a pretty good old movie. I loved his beginning ambition
and desire to better the world around him. It was hard to see him change and
value the almighty dollar more than his original goals.
1943 Watch
on the Rhine
starring: Bette Davis, Paul
Lukas, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Lucile Watson, Beulah Bondi
plot – An American woman
and her family come to the USA
to visit. Her husband is a German whose is an
engineer by trade. A Romanian count negatively
impacts their visit with her family.
This was an okay movie, because it was pretty predictable. The DVD
also had several bumpy spots that broke up the most important parts of the
movie. Another one checked off the list.
1942 Wake
Island
starring: Brian
Donlevy, Macdonald Carey, Robert Preston, William Bendix, Albert Dekker, Walter Abel, Rod
Cameron, Bill Goodwin, Damian O’Flynn, Frank
Albertson
plot – Our Marine forces
are deployed to Wake Island. A new
strict Major is sent to the island to prepare the
forces for war. The men dislike all the rules and
regs., and don’t want to change at all. The Japanese
attacks and the men show their courage
and bravery.
This was a really good movie. I liked that it included a little
humor before the war began and showed how the Marines rose to the challenge
when overrun by the Japanese.
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