Michael's Moviepalace: Viewing Classic Movies

Thursday, December 04, 2025

THE DEVIL BAT’S DAUGHTER (1946)

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In the small town of Wardsley, a young woman is found in the street, unconscious. She had just come to town and a cab driver took her to the...
Wednesday, December 03, 2025

CHARLIE CHAN IN PANAMA (1940)

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A group of travelers leave their ship, which is about to go through the Panama Canal, and instead take a sea plane that will get them to Pan...
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Sunday, November 30, 2025

JACK AND THE BEANSTALK (1952)

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This is the ur-text, so to speak, of my obsession with Thanksgiving fantasy films, that is, films that were run on local TV stations during ...
Saturday, November 29, 2025

THE SINGING PRINCESS (1952/1967)

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The title character in this animated feature set in Baghdad is Princess Zelia. As she has now reached marrying age, her father the Caliph ha...
Friday, November 28, 2025

MOTHER HOLLY (1965) / FRAU HOLLE (1954)

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A German town in a fairy tale past is, we are told by a narrator, old and tired, because there have been no children born there for years. T...
Thursday, November 27, 2025

THE FABULOUS WORLD OF JULES VERNE (1961)

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We are told that Simon Hart lived in a time of "great hope for human progress," which seems to be the late 19th century, with its ...
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Tuesday, November 25, 2025

SABU AND THE MAGIC RING (1957)

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In this B-movie Arabian Nights fantasy, Sabu is a lowly stable boy in Samarkand who takes care of the caliph's elephant. When a large ye...
Sunday, November 23, 2025

THE EMPEROR'S NIGHTINGALE (1951)

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A little boy, living in a big house and being raised by his old aunts because his father is always traveling, would seem to want for nothing...
Saturday, November 22, 2025

THE MALE ANIMAL (1942)

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It's homecoming weekend at Midwestern University and English professor Henry Fonda is unsettled for two reasons. First, a student of his...
Thursday, November 20, 2025

MOONLIGHT SONATA (1937)

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In a forest in Sweden, we see Eric (Charles Farrell) trying to tell Ingrid (Barbara Greene) how much he loves her. She replies that, though ...
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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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