Gary Dennis’ New York City Movie Place

I find myself saddened by the passing of this great actor and by all accounts a decent man. He once said “I made a half assed career out of playing violent characters” but he hated violence. He was quoted “I am an ardent supporter of gun control. It seems incredible to me […]

What Cecil B. DeMille did for the Bible, Cleopatra and the North West Mounted police he also did for the circus. The Greatest Show On Earth is the story of circus people, their hardships and their meshugas, and the inner workings of a circus. The circus in question is the actual Ringling […]

In honor of their founding year, Symphony Space is showing what they consider the best pictures of 1978. Personally, I love the almost harsh contrast between these two pictures; one a realistic look a woman who’s life crumbles and the struggle to rebuild it and the shenanigans of southern California high school students in […]

In Caine Mutiny Mr. Bogart plays the quintessential Navy Captain who is losing his marbles. In one of the most tragic and sympathetic performances of a man breaking down sanity-wise on a witness stand, Mr. Bogart moved the studio crew to a thunderous round of applause when the scene was finished. The film […]

The picture stars Fredric March (in a role originally intended for Spencer Tracy) as a not such a pushover middleaged uppermiddle class business man who’s home is invaded and family held hostage by a gang of escaped convicts. Humprey Bogart in a role originated by Paul Newman on Broadway shines in his last tough guy […]

[ March 12, 2008; 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. ] This was a big favorite at Movie Place and was on the screen quite a bit. Nothing better than a revenge on the mob picture. Teenaged Tolly Devlin sees four gangsters beat his father to death. He saw who did it but clams up when questioned by the police. He ain’t seen […]

[ March 28, 2008; 9:15 am to 11:00 am. ] This picture falls into a category that we made up at the store.� It is called tawdry noir.� This picture is the epitome of tawdry noir.� It is also a great movie and was a regular on the screen at Movie Place.
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The story follows three kids and the paths they take.� […]

[ March 22, 2008; 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] The Bad and The Beautiful was a constant on the screen at Movie Place. I could watch it over and over. It is up there in number of repeated viewings with Sweet Smell Of Success Some of you know how I feel about Sweet Smell Of Success. It was […]

[ March 4, 2008; 12:00 am to 1:30 am. ] This is one of my favorite pre code pictures and was a constant in the Movie Place viewing schedule. It’s got everything a pre code picture should have – sex (pre-marital, illicit and adulterous), violence and drug abuse. The production code would have forbidden all that good stuff. As movies […]

[ March 23, 2008; 9:30 pm to 11:30 pm. ]