Claudette Colbert & her mother

"GONE WITH THE WIND" (1939) Review

Several years ago, I had come across an প্রবন্ধ that provided a তালিকা of old classics that the লেখক felt might be overrated. One of those চলচ্চিত্র turned out to be the 1939 Oscar winning film, "GONE WITH THE WIND". Not only did the লেখক accuse the movie of being both racist and sexist, he also claimed that the movie had not aged very well over the past seven decades.

Did I agree with the author? Well, let me put it this way. I would say that "GONE WITH THE WIND" has managed to withstand the tests of time . . . to a certain extent. As the লেখক had pointed...

"THIS GUN FOR HIRE" (1942) Review

In response to the success of Warner Brother's 1941 movie, "THE MALTESE FALCON", Paramount Pictures followed up with its own film noir flick with its adaptation of Graham Greene's 1936 novel, "A Gun for Sale". This film not only made Alan Ladd a star, despite receiving fourth billing; it also marked the first of his four চলচ্চিত্র with co-star Veronica Lake.

Set during the early months of America's participation in World War II, the movie opened with a hitman named Raven killing a chemist and blackmailer in San Francisco. Raven's employer, a nightclub owner named...