The General (1926)
Buster Keaton directed it with Clyde Bruckman. Keaton stars as Johnnie Gray, a Western and Atlantic.
1920sBuster Keaton directed it with Clyde Bruckman. Keaton stars as Johnnie Gray, a Western and Atlantic.
1950sThe studio, MGM, cut the film roughly in half after disastrous preview screenings. Lillian Ross's book Picture, a long-form New Yorker series about the making of the film, has become more famous than the film itself.
1940sThe 8 rating is honest evaluation. It's a Wonderful Life is the gold standard for American Christmas filmmaking.
1970sYoung Frankenstein is one of the great American comedies and the highest achievement in Mel Brooks's filmography. Mel Brooks directed and cowrote the screenplay with Gene Wilder.
AmbiguityCat People is one of the most influential psychological horror properties in American cinema history. The 1942 RKO production directed by Jacques Tourneur.
1960sJohn Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Henry Fonda, Sean Connery, Richard Burton. The Longest Day is the gold standard for D-Day filmmaking.
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