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Len G. Shaw

Len G. Shaw's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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Gaslight (1944) 94% EDIT “It is the dead-pan viciousness of Boyer and Miss Bergman's restrained study of mental dissolution that make Gaslight one of the most compelling melodramas that can be recalled. ” – Detroit Free Press Jan 13, 2026 Full Review National Velvet (1944) 98% EDIT “A cinematic treat with its heart-warming story, its breathtaking presentation of the Grand National Sweepstakes, and its pictorial gorgeousness of land and sea, in soft technicolor tones that captivate the eye. ” – Detroit Free Press Mar 26, 2024 Full Review State Fair (1933) 100% EDIT “A pleasant and satisfying little picture, devoid any smashing moments, but always running along smoothly and agreeably, and giving Rogers opportunity to provide one of those 100 percent rural types... which he always seems perfectly at home.” – Detroit Free Press Nov 10, 2023 Full Review The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933) 86% EDIT “It is rich pictorially, the photography is excellent and the story is told connectedly and entertainingly.” – Detroit Free Press Apr 24, 2023 Full Review The Dark Angel (1935) 94% EDIT “Emerges even better than was the case when it stirred the emotions of filmgoers as a silent some years ago. ” – Detroit Free Press Mar 10, 2023 Full Review Back to Bataan (1945) 86% EDIT “Wayne, physically fitted for the role, plays the colonel! forth-rightly, with a restraint and quiet determination that makes for an-impressive performance. Anthony Quinn comes off with great credit as a Filipino soldier.” – Detroit Free Press Feb 1, 2023 Full Review The Lady Eve (1941) 99% EDIT “Fortunate, too, are Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda to be in such select company; for while their ability is unquestioned, the seriocomic situations with which The Lady Eve is so generously endowed are shaped into superlative smartness. ” – Detroit Free Press Dec 29, 2022 Full Review King Kong (1933) 97% EDIT “Trickery? Nothing else, of course. But it is so ingenious, and on such a stupendous scale as the studios seldom if ever before yielded. It doesn't matter how the "shots" were made. You will be too busy wondering what is to happen next to Fay Wray.” – Detroit Free Press Nov 10, 2022 Full Review The Shop Around the Corner (1940) 99% EDIT “They make a pleasing pair of battlers, Stewart very earnest and diffident, Miss Sullavan saucy and sweet to behold. Morgan gets his share of honors as the crabbed but warm-hearted shopkeeper” – Detroit News Nov 7, 2022 Full Review Cobra Woman (1944) 73% EDIT “Give Maria Montez, Jon Hall and Sabu a bit of a story whipped up with a lot of Hollywood ingenuity in the way of scenic embellishments and weird goings on and you are sure of some fantastic screen adventures. ” – Detroit Free Press Sep 20, 2022 Full Review Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) 96% EDIT “Laughton provides the finest exhibition of concentrated cussedness that has crossed a screen in the memory of this observer. He reveals what a fine actor he is by burnishing his role at every point with the little details that make for perfection. ” – Detroit Free Press Jul 27, 2022 Full Review The Lost Weekend (1945) 97% EDIT “Whatever may be one's individual reaction to this sordid story of a dipsomaniac's five-day debauch, there is no gainsaying that The Lost Weekend... is a movie masterpiece when considered both as to its daring story and technical treatment.” – Detroit Free Press Feb 1, 2022 Full Review Leave Her to Heaven (1945) 85% EDIT “[Ellen] is a fascinating figure, even with all her repellant attributes, as played by Gene Tierney, who bites deep into the role, and turns in the most deeply emotional characterization with which she has been identified to date.” – Detroit Free Press Sep 29, 2021 Full Review The Wizard of Oz (1939) 98% EDIT “There is so much to be said in commendation of The Wizard of Oz that your correspondent, who dates back to when the L. Frank Baum story was the eighth wonder of the stage, finds himself a bit bewildered in selecting a spot from which to take off.” – Detroit Free Press Apr 30, 2021 Full Review Rebecca (1940) 98% EDIT “It is a sensitive, beautifully projected portrayal that hints at more good opportunities for Miss Fontaine.” – Detroit Free Press Apr 12, 2021 Full Review It Happened One Night (1934) 98% EDIT “Gable plays the determined and resourceful newshound in his accustomed forthright manner, with a restraint that helps to make the story believable.” – Detroit Free Press Mar 31, 2021 Full Review Casablanca (1942) 99% EDIT “While Casablanca Is fast-moving, and the intrigue between the Germans and the French holds attention, with plenty of dramatic high spots, it is the individual performances that give the picture its real distinction.” – Detroit Free Press Feb 10, 2021 Full Review Imitation of Life (1934) 88% EDIT “It is the work of Miss Beavers [and] Fredi Washington that gives the picture its greatest grip on the emotions.” – Detroit Free Press Jan 30, 2021 Full Review Stormy Weather (1943) 95% EDIT “Miss Home is a sirenic songbird who hits the heights with her rendition of Stormy Weather, in a mixture of melody and merriment crammed with talent that never lets the slight story take attention from the noisier goings-on.” – Detroit Free Press Jan 28, 2021 Full Review Journey Into Fear (1942) 73% EDIT “The picture gets into its most exciting pace in the concluding moments.” – Detroit Free Press Dec 31, 2020 Full Review Cat People (1942) 92% EDIT “Simone makes her way through his combination of phantasy and reality, and comes off creditably in a part that calls for emotional repression.” – Detroit Free Press Dec 30, 2020 Full Review Cabin in the Sky (1943) 81% EDIT “The superb artistry with which [Ethel Waters] is so richly endowed is constantly in evidence, not only in her interpretation of the songs but in the emotional power she displays, as well as the gayer manifestations.” – Detroit Free Press Dec 16, 2020 Full Review Tevye (1939) 92% EDIT “To watch the impersonation of an aged father given by Schwartz is a liberal education in the finer points of acting.” – Detroit Free Press Dec 11, 2020 Full Review Maedchen in Uniform (1931) 100% EDIT “It is a revealing, true to life picture of healthy and exuberant youth expressing itself amid unwholesome surroundings with carefree gayety and a native wisdom wholly foreign to the headmistress and her cringing subalterns.” – Empire Magazine Nov 18, 2020 Full Review
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