Michael's Moviepalace: Viewing Classic Movies

Sunday, April 05, 2026

THE BIBLE IN THE BEGINNING (1966)

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In the 1960s, Italian producer Dino De Laurentiis decided to make a series of movies based directly on the books of the Bible. This film, ba...
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Friday, April 03, 2026

PROJECT MOON BASE (1953)

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In 1970, a trip directly from the earth to the moon is considered too dangerous for humans, but a three-person crew is about to take off fro...
Thursday, April 02, 2026

ORPHEUS (1950)

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The poet Orpheus is at a poet's café in Paris, feeling ignored by the newer, hipper poets (I'm tempted to call them "beatniks...
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Wednesday, April 01, 2026

CHARLIE CHAN AT THE WAX MUSEUM (1940)

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Based on the testimony of detective Charlie Chan, Steve McBirney is sentenced to death for murder, but he manages to shoot his way out of th...
Tuesday, March 31, 2026

YOUNGBLOOD HAWKE (1964)

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We first see young Arthur Hawke in late December, working as a coal truck driver for his family's Kentucky business. He has just gotten ...
Monday, March 30, 2026

EL aka THIS STRANGE PASSION (1953)

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During a symbolic foot-washing ceremony at a church in Mexico City (probably for Maundy Thursday during Easter week), the wealthy Francisco ...
Saturday, March 28, 2026

BAIT (1954)

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An urbane older man (Sir Cedric Hardwicke) tells us he's famous then ushers us into a projection room. He's the devil, though he adm...
Friday, March 27, 2026

CHARLIE CHAN SHORT TAKES 1935

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CHARLIE CHAN IN SHANGHAI (1935) On a ship to Shanghai, detective Charlie Chan (Warner Oland) plays leapfrog with a group of children and sin...
Thursday, March 26, 2026

EASY TO LOVE (1934)

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Married couple Adolphe Menjou and Genevieve Tobin enjoy evenings out with friends Edward Everett Horton and Mary Astor, who seem to have a c...
Wednesday, March 25, 2026

MY SISTER EILEEN (1942)

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This property has a long history. Ruth McKenney wrote a series of stories which appeared in The New Yorker in the 1930s about herself and he...
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I've been a teacher, bookseller, and library cataloger but I am now retired. I have a husband, Don, whom I've been with for 35 years. In addition to movies, I love reading (literature, mysteries, history), cooking, and gin.
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