I Married a Witch

I Married a Witch 

United Artists

October 30, 1942

Fantasy, Comedy
DVD
C-

Interesting concept, based on the Thorne Smith novel The Passionate Witch, spoiled by weak acting and writing.  René Clair directed and co-wrote, so he shares much of the blame.

Nothing Sacred

Spoiler on the original poster!

Nothing Sacred
United Artists
November 25, 1937
Comedy, Romance
DVD
C+

I really don't know what I think of this movie and I was on the C/C+ fence in the first ten minutes and the last ten minutes.  Ultimately, I can marginally recommend it, for its cast and some of its script.  I like some of the offbeat humor, like the Calvin Coolidge joke (yes, I am the world's oldest 52-year-old), as well as its observations about the press.  Given the title, I guess I shouldn't be too shocked that a couple has a fistfight, while declaring their love, even though he keeps telling her to shut up and she's lied to him and the world, especially New York City, about having radium poisoning.  This is that odd movie that is a comedy and a romance without at all being a romcom, although, yeah, it's got a heck of a meet-cute.

William A. Wellman directed this eighteen years before Blood Alley.

Alexander the Great

Alexander the Great
United Artists
22 March 1956 (London premiere)
Historical Drama
DVD
D+

After the early scenes of Alexander as a baby, a very blond Richard Burton takes over the role.  Fredric March plays his father, Philip of Macedonia.  Robert Rossen wrote and directed.