Scrooge (1951)
Apr 16, 1999Miser's Redemption
This is usually regarded as one of the best versions of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, a British-made production starring Alistair Sim
Noel Langley
The Search for Bridey Murphy (1956)
Jan 2, 2014Hypnotic Regression to Past Lives/"True Story"
Dramatic recount of a true-life sensation during the 1950s when an amateur hypnotist claimed that he had regressed a housewife to recall her past life in 19th Century Ireland. The film has an earnestly prostheletysing belief in its own case but sceptical examination pulls holes in its credibility
Snow White and the Three Stooges (1961)
Nov 30, 2009Idiots Enact a Fairytale
The Three Stooges are transplanted into a retelling of the fairytale, although their slapstick inanity feels drowned out amid the maudlin banality and Cinemascope spectacle