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Donald Kirkley

Donald Kirkley's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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Ace in the Hole (1951) 88% EDIT “It is Mr. Douglas' best performance since The Champion, Miss Sterling is most effective, and there's a host of good secondary actors. It's an unusual picture, and one you won't soon forget. ” – Baltimore Sun Feb 3, 2026 Full Review The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) 93% EDIT “The picture opens a new field, that of well-written, carefully produced science-fiction. ” – Baltimore Sun Jan 15, 2026 Full Review Gaslight (1944) 94% EDIT “This is one of those rare cases in which a motion picture displays a marked superiority over the play which served as model. ” – Baltimore Sun Jan 13, 2026 Full Review A Place in the Sun (1951) 90% EDIT “The story is told very well indeed, under the brilliant direction of George Stevens, with appropriate settings and the help of an extraordinary fine cast.” – Baltimore Sun Jan 12, 2026 Full Review Alice in Wonderland (1951) 83% EDIT “The film has all the virtues of a better-class musicartoon, carried to feature length, and this means that it is far more entertaining and worthwhile than the average screen play.” – Baltimore Sun Jan 9, 2026 Full Review Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939) 95% EDIT “It is unique, intensely patriotic and absorbing.” – Baltimore Sun Dec 31, 2025 Full Review Born Yesterday (1950) 95% EDIT “As funny and delightful as was the stage play.” – Baltimore Sun Oct 13, 2025 Full Review The Gold Rush (1925) 98% EDIT “It is something which deserves to be seen, which deals in fundamental emotions, contains some truly great comedic episodes, and produces a most cheerful, happy effect in the spectator. Those who miss it will be, or should be, sorry.” – Baltimore Sun Jun 24, 2025 Full Review White Heat (1949) 94% EDIT “In its way, Mr. Cagney's portrayal is a very good one. He makes this monster seem real; and the picture, as a whole, is free from that tendency to glamorize crooks which is so often found in Hollywood melodrama.” – Baltimore Sun Apr 23, 2024 Full Review The Mad Miss Manton (1938) 84% EDIT “Although the story is strewn with corpses and has many suspenseful episodes, the atmosphere is that of an exciting parlor game and fun predominates.” – Baltimore Sun Apr 22, 2024 Full Review State Fair (1933) 100% EDIT “The fair used as a background Is a big one, and the atmosphere of the midway, the stock pens, the housewives' competition in mince pies and the track where the trotters race has been developed in a glamorous and colorful way.” – Baltimore Sun Nov 10, 2023 Full Review The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933) 86% EDIT “Director Frank Capra deserves much of the credit for this picture.” – Baltimore Sun Apr 25, 2023 Full Review Back to Bataan (1945) 86% EDIT “This one pulls no punches, wastes no time on subtleties, and its methods, if sometimes rather crude, art most effective.” – Baltimore Sun Feb 1, 2023 Full Review Frankenstein (1931) 94% EDIT “It will hold the spectator spellbound, most of the time, in his seat, and afterward come to him in nightmares. ” – Baltimore Sun Jan 17, 2023 Full Review The Lady Eve (1941) 99% EDIT “Mr. Sturges has turned out a beguiling mixture of farce, romance, and refined slapstick, and drawn sparkling light performances from two stars ordinarily identified with sterner stuff. He has filled an old bottle with heady new wine. ” – Baltimore Sun Dec 29, 2022 Full Review Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) 97% EDIT “Dopey, who is cross-eyed, smooth-faced, big-eared and silent, is nominated for the best comedy performance of the year.” – Baltimore Sun Dec 21, 2022 Full Review Gentleman's Agreement (1947) 82% EDIT “Gentleman's Agreement marks a great stride forward for the screen. No other photoplay that we can recall has handled a social problem with such searching candor and intelligence.” – Baltimore Sun Nov 16, 2022 Full Review The Maltese Falcon (1941) 99% EDIT “[Sydney Greenstreet's] picture debut is belated, but this performance leaves no doubt as to his ability to loom large in the Hollywood firmament, should he so desire.” – Baltimore Sun Nov 11, 2022 Full Review Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) 99% EDIT “It has much humor, sentiment and good nature, and a touch or two of pathos. It is a compendium of important small episodes in the lives of a group of believable and likeable people.” – Baltimore Sun Nov 10, 2022 Full Review King Kong (1933) 97% EDIT “The mechanical monsters are marvels of ingenuity and camera magic. Insofar as a reproduction can, they simulate life, and the combats between them are packed with action.” – Baltimore Sun Nov 10, 2022 Full Review Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) 97% EDIT “The film is very, very funny and offers a full share of high-grade romantic hokum for those who liked Mr. Deeds Goes to Town and the modified screen version of You Can't Take It With You.” – Baltimore Sun Nov 9, 2022 Full Review The Shop Around the Corner (1940) 99% EDIT “Underneath the gayety, there is a not unpleasant vein of a more serious nature, with now and then a touch of pathos.” – Baltimore Sun Nov 7, 2022 Full Review Java Head (1934) 71% EDIT “All the sympathy goes to [Taou Yuen], played with dignity and intelligence by Anna May Wong. ” – Baltimore Sun Oct 21, 2022 Full Review Shanghai Express (1932) 96% EDIT “From this point on the plot turns on time-worn melodramatic situation, but this is handled so cleverly and acted with such competence by [the cast] that it nevertheless holds attention.” – Baltimore Sun Oct 21, 2022 Full Review Lady From Chungking (1942) 80% EDIT “We must give the producers of The Lady from Chungking credit for good intentions and leave it at that. ” – Baltimore Sun Oct 20, 2022 Full Review
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