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Episode 212 – The Lazarus Syndrome, part 2 (repeat)

Posted in drama, redux!, television on July 16th, 2019 by admin

While the evidence seems clear that Joe’s hospital roommate needs heart bypass surgery, Mac (Louis Gossett Jr.) can’t help but feel something doesn’t add up. Part 2 of 2. First posted May 8, 2012.

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William Blinn @ Archive for American Television
Trailer for “Brian’s Song”
Ronald Hunter Obituary @ Variety

Mac (Louis Gossett Jr. looks at Joe (Ronald Hunter) as he looks down into the operating theatre.

Episode 211 – The Lazarus Syndrome, part 1 (repeat)

Posted in drama, redux!, television on July 9th, 2019 by admin

Louis Gossett Jr. plays a hard-working doctor dealing with a disintegrating marriage and a patient (Ronald Hunter) whose journalistic instincts are causing trouble at his hospital. 1978. Part 1 of 2. First posted May 1, 2012.

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Original movie from Internet Archive
Movie info from IMDB
Louis Gossett Jr. Official Website
Enemy Mine @ IMDB
Vortigaunt @ Wikipedia

Wearing a turtleneck in the emergency room, Mac (Louis Gossett Jr.) uses defibrillators on Joe (Ronald Hunter).

Episode 210 – Judge Priest, part 2 (repeat)

Posted in redux! on June 25th, 2019 by admin

The Judge (Will Rogers) has his position on the bench threatened in an assault trial that will reveal a very big secret. Part 2 of 2. First posted April 23, 2012.

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Stepin Fetchit: Hollywood’s First Black Film Star @ NPR
Stepin Fetchit @ Wikipedia
“The Coon Caricature” via Ferris State University
Hattie McDaniel @ Wikipedia
Hattie McDaniel accepts her Oscar @ YouTube

The word "JUSTICE!" is written on an envelope.

The word “JUSTICE!” is written on an envelope.

Episode 209 – Judge Priest, part 1 (repeat)

Posted in redux! on June 11th, 2019 by admin

Will Rogers stars as a common-sense widower with his own way of running a courtroom in a post-Reconstruction Kentucky small town. 1934. Part 1 of 2. First posted April 16, 2012.

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Original movie from Internet Archive
Movie info from IMDB
Will Rogers @ Wikipedia
Official Site of Will Rogers
“Old Judge Priest” stories (as PDF, plain text, and for Daisy, Kindle and more) @ Internet Archive

Judge Priest (Will Rogers) reads a newspaper while presiding in his courtroom.

Judge Priest (Will Rogers) reads a newspaper while presiding in his courtroom.

Episode 208 – Time Table, part 2 (repeat)

Posted in redux! on May 29th, 2019 by admin

Charlie (Mark Stevens) heads for Mexico, but not for the purpose originally planned, as he tries to stay one step ahead of his own investigation. Part 2 of 2. First posted April 10, 2012.

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Review @ Noir of the Week (spoilers)
Alan Reed bio @ IMDB
Mark Stevens bio @ IMDB

Charlie (Mark Stevens) holds Linda (Felicia Farr) and a pistol as they hide around a corner.

Episode 207 – Time Table, part 1 (repeat)

Posted in redux! on May 14th, 2019 by admin

An insurance investigator (Mark Stevens) has to cancel his vacation when called to find the money stolen in a daring train robbery. But he’s a little more stressed about the case than he should be. 1956. Part 1 of 2. First posted April 3, 2012.

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Original movie from Internet Archive
Movie info from IMDB
Mark Stevens @ Wikipedia
Cleveland Play House
Jack Klugman @Wikipedia
Alan Reed @IMDB
History of The Flintstones @ YouTube

In a suit and hat, Charlie (Mark Stevens) stands by framed text, which says "There is no such thing as a Perfect Crime".

In a suit and hat, Charlie (Mark Stevens) stands by framed text which says “There is no such thing as a Perfect Crime”.

Episode 206 – The Fatal Glass of Beer (repeat)

Posted in comedy, redux! on April 30th, 2019 by admin

In this parody of melodramas set in the frozen North, prospector Snavely (W.C Fields) returns home via dogsled to his cabin, where he and his wife are reunited with their son who left for the city only to land in prison. 1933. First posted March 27, 2012.

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Original movie from Internet Archive
Movie info from IMDB
“Driven to Drink: The Films of W.C. Fields” @ Modern Drunkard
Review @ Booze Movies

Snavely (W.C. Fields) opens a cabin door and gets a cloud of snow blown at him.

Snavely (W.C. Fields) opens a cabin door and gets a cloud of snow blown at him.

Episode 205 – The Dentist (repeat)

Posted in comedy, redux! on April 9th, 2019 by admin

In this short, W.C. Fields has the title role as an irascible man dealing with a freakish golf game, strange patients and a daughter who wants to run off with the iceman. 1932. First posted March 19, 2012. 

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Original movie from Internet Archive
Movie info from IMDB
W.C. Fields @ Wikipedia
W.C. Fields bio @ The Canteen
The Dentist @ DoctorMacro.com

In his exam room wearing his white lab coat, The Dentist (W.C. Fields) holds a rifle to the long bushy beard of a patient in the chair.

In his exam room wearing his white lab coat, The Dentist (W.C. Fields) holds a rifle to the long bushy beard of a patient in the chair.

Episode 204 – Dirty Gertie from Harlem USA, part 2 (repeat)

Posted in drama, redux! on March 27th, 2019 by admin

A “voodoo woman” predicts doom for Gertie (Francine Everett), but who poses the greatest threat: Mr. Christian, Diamond Joe, the piano player, the two servicemen…or her own conscience? Part 2 of 2. First posted March 12, 2012.

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Francine Everett @ BlackPast.org
Francine Everett obituary @ New York Times
Cab Calloway singing “Blues In the Night” @ YouTube

On her balcony, Gertie (Francine Everett) stares into the sky fearfully.

On her balcony, Gertie (Francine Everett) stares into the sky fearfully.


Episode 203 – Dirty Gertie From Harlem U.S.A., part 1 (repeat)

Posted in drama, redux! on March 19th, 2019 by admin

A tropical island hosts a musical revue starring a glamorous but selfish exotic dancer (Francine Everett) haunted by past mistakes. 1946. Part 1 of 2. First posted March 5, 2012.

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Original movie from Internet Archive
Movie info from IMDB
Spencer Williams @ Wikipedia
Other “race films”: MFTB103/4 – The Duke Is Tops and MFTB 161/2 – Beware

Gertie (Francine Everett) stares at the camera, unsmiling, her raised hand wearing opera-length gloves.

Gertie (Francine Everett) stares at the camera, unsmiling, her raised hand wearing opera-length gloves.

Episode 202 – A Matter of Life and Death, part 3 (repeat)

Posted in drama, fantasy, redux! on February 26th, 2019 by admin

During his brain surgery, Peter (David Niven) goes on trial not just for his life, but for his love with June (Kim Hunter). Part 3 of 3. First posted February 27, 2012.

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The Powell and Pressburger Pages
A Matter of Life and Death @ Turner Classic Movies
Kim Hunter @ Wikipedia

Peter and June (David Niven, Kim Hunter) face The Judge (Abraham Sofaer) with his long white robes and wig, flanked by Frank (Roger Livesey) and Farlan (Raymond Massey).

Peter and June (David Niven, Kim Hunter) face The Judge (Abraham Sofaer) with his long white robes and wig, flanked by Frank (Roger Livesey) and Farlan (Raymond Massey).

Episode 201 – A Matter of Life and Death, part 2 (repeat)

Posted in drama, fantasy, redux! on February 19th, 2019 by admin

Peter (David Niven) meets June’s friend Frank (Roger Livesey), a village doctor with an expertise in neurology who tries to reconcile the world of Peter’s brain with the Other World where his trial is imminent. Part 2 of 3. First posted February 20, 2012.

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David Niven @ Wikipedia
David Niven @ BFI
“Stairway to Heaven” trivia @IMDB

Dwarfed by massive statues on one side, Peter (David Niven) and the Conductor (Marcus Goring) sit on the moving Stairway to Heaven.
Dwarfed by massive statues on one side, Peter (David Niven) and the Conductor (Marcus Goring) sit on the moving Stairway to Heaven.

Episode 200 – A Matter of Life and Death, part 1 (repeat)

Posted in drama, fantasy, redux! on February 12th, 2019 by admin

Celebrating our 200th episode, clips from past episodes, and we start a critically-acclaimed film about a doomed British airman (David Niven) whose life is saved by mistake and falls in love with an American radio operator before the mistake is realized. Part 1 of 3. 1946. First posted February 13, 2012.

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Original movie from Internet Archive
Movie info from IMDB
War, Love and Weirdness @ The Guardian
Article @ Turner Classic Movies
The BFI 100
Total Film‘s 50 Greatest British Films Ever

Against a blue sky, Peter (David Niven) holds June (Kim Hunter) and her bicycle which has a small U.S. flag flying from it.

Against a blue sky, Peter (David Niven) holds June (Kim Hunter) and her bicycle which has a small U.S. flag flying from it.

Episode 199 – Lonely Wives, part 2 (repeat)

Posted in redux! on February 5th, 2019 by admin

The morning after, Richard returns home and Felix is released from being locked up in his bedroom. But who spent the night with who’s wife? Part 2 of 2. First posted February 7, 2012.

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Esther Ralston Obituary @ The Independent
MFTB172 – To the Last Man, part 1
Maude Eburne @ Wikipedia

On a sofa, Madeline (Esther Ralston) rests her head on Richard's (Edward Everett Horton) shoulder as he bites his fingernail.

On a sofa, Madeline (Esther Ralston) rests her head on Richard’s (Edward Everett Horton) shoulder as he bites his fingernail.