Tag: Charles Drake

REVIEW: A Night in Casablanca [1946]

Jared Mobarak

“I don’t even trust me” Even though I have never seen a Marx Brothers film, it’s pretty plain that A Night in Casablanca was a cash grab. Released five years after The Big Store (which at the time was billed as their final work), Chico had ultimately cajoled Groucho and Harpo to get back together with him for two more movies to pay off his gambling debts. They agreed, United Artists produced, and Groucho took it upon himself to use the media for added interest by pretending Warner Bros. was…

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REVIEW: All That Heaven Allows [1955]

Jared Mobarak

“To thine own self be true” I shouldn’t be surprised that it took almost a half-century for Douglas Sirk‘s 1955 social comment on suburban gossip and image amongst the wealthy elite, All That Heaven Allows, to be appreciated as the masterpiece it is considering those watching in theaters upon its release were exactly those types of people. This is an artist working with the time period in which he lives, mocking the people with the disposable income to see his film in order to turn the mirror on how vain…

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