Word: technicolorful
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...formula is wooden, the acting is not. Both hero and villain tend to be human and at times very funny, while the small part players are much more than dummies. There is enough action and suspense to satisfy anyone, and Technicolor makes the best of the beautiful Columbia River basin. Bend of the River is undoubtedly one of the best Westerns in a long time, and anyone who likes the formula should not miss...
...American in Paris. Imaginative boy-meets-girl musical in Technicolor, with songs by George Gershwin, dances by Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron (TIME...
Rancho Notorious (RKO Radio) is not meant to be taken seriously-even though it begins with a rape-murder and ends with Marlene Dietrich dying nobly for her fellow man. Director Fritz Lang has shaped his Technicolor western in the form of a cowboy ballad: the plaintive lyrics, sung by William Lee, set the stage for Arthur Kennedy's far-ranging manhunt of the foul fiend who dishonored and killed his sweetheart (Gloria Henry...
...movie is not great art, but it is great fun. Essentially it is one long, exciting, old-fashioned movie chase. Filmed in the Belgian Congo and Uganda by Director John Huston, it tells its adventure yarn in a blaze of Technicolor, fine wild scenery and action. While hippos gambol in the shallows and crocodiles gape evilly from mudbanks, Bogart and Hepburn fight each other, the elements and the Germans. They are shot at by natives, drenched by torrential downpours, devoured by mosquitoes and blood-sucking leeches, felled by malarial fevers. They triumph over heat, hardship and heartbreak only...
...Tall Men is full of fighting men and soft, shapely women. It's also got some crisp dialogue, and it was filmed in Technicolor. It is no secret why some of us like this type of picture. Ten Tall Men is merely an excellent example of good, colorful escapism with very little reality or plot to confuse the moviegoer...