The Nippu Jiji (Honolulu)
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James T. Hamada
Rating
Title/Year
Author
1
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
All these adventures are interestingly and charmingly depicted and sometimes you wish you were in this dreamland yourself.
Posted Oct 14, 2021
2
Room Service (1938)
William A. Selter directed with excellent results.
Posted Aug 18, 2021
3
A stirring and high-powered drama of the current Slno-Japanese war.
Posted Jun 23, 2021
4
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
Miss Hepburn scores heavily, giving the best performance of her career. Grant also licks. Our favorite Ruth Hussey, who heads the featured cast, also has a field day.
Posted Jun 10, 2021
5
The Women (1939)
The telephone scene is a magnificent piece of acting, direction and photography. To me it's better than the somewhat similar scene enacted by Luise Rainer in The Great Ziegfeld.
Posted May 24, 2021
6
The Power and the Glory (1933)
One of the best episodes is the childhood story presenting Tracy and Morgan as children. This is one of the most touching dramas seen In a long time.
Posted May 13, 2021
7
Modern Times (1936)
8
Hana-tsumi Nikki (1939)
Two girls and a teacher are the central characters who provide a simple but charming drama in Hana Tsumi Nikki.
Posted Apr 15, 2021
9
Soyokaze Chichi To Tomo Ni (1940)
Miss Takamine gives a charming and delightful performance as always and Fujiwara is a good character actor, convincing in drunken scenes.
Posted Apr 15, 2021
10
Machi (1939)
Obinata gives a stout performance, displaying a physique that is perfect for soldiering.
Posted Apr 15, 2021
11
Ren'ai Jinmeibo (1935)
The best performance Is given by Miss Hanayagi who brings a unique form of characterization to the screen.
Posted Apr 15, 2021
12
Misomerareta Seinen (1934)
The picture is a light comedy and satisfactory for light entertainment.
Posted Apr 15, 2021
13
It Happened One Night (1934)
It makes no difference where you see it, just so long as you see it. But if I were you, I'd see it now. And you've got to see it, for it's straight, genuine fun.
Posted Mar 31, 2021
14
Cavalcade (1933)
These early reels, even though boresome, have bits of incidents that are necessary parts of the epic. If you can withstand them, you'll be amply rewarded.
Posted Jan 12, 2021
15
Daughter of Shanghai (1937)
A thrilling romance based on the alien smuggling racket.
Posted Dec 11, 2020
16
Anne of Green Gables (1934)
This is a wholesome and Interesting picture In which Miss Shirley is surprisingly good.
Posted Nov 19, 2020
17
Night Alarm (1935)
Thrilling.
Posted Nov 19, 2020
18
One Year Later (1933)
[A] stirring picture.
Posted Nov 19, 2020
19
Star of Midnight (1935)
There are several bits of rowdy fun.
Posted Nov 19, 2020
20
A Night at the Opera (1935)
They call it A Night at the Opera, and what a night! But equally entertaining is what precedes that memorable night.
Posted Nov 19, 2020
21
Thunder (1929)
22
The Invisible Man Returns (1940)
Sir Cedric, who distinguished himself In "On Borrowed Time" and "The Hunchback of Notre Dame," turns In a fine performance but the most outstanding Is Vincent Price's voice.
Posted Oct 15, 2020
23
Stand Up and Fight (1939)
A stirring account of the rivalry between early railroads and stagecoach lines for the nation's commerce of the 1850's.
Posted Oct 14, 2020
24
Sweethearts (1938)
25
Jesse James (1939)
Tyrone Power heads a staggering cast as the heroic Jesse.
Posted Oct 14, 2020
26
Son of Frankenstein (1939)
The story of "Son of Frankenstein" isn't as absorbing as that of its father but is good enough to serve the purpose of this picture.
Posted Oct 14, 2020
27
The Raven (1935)
Lugosi and Karloff are terrifyingly effective us usual. Irene Ware and Lester Mathews provide the romantic interest.
Posted Oct 13, 2020
28
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
While thrills principally abound In the story it also contains comedy Interest and a most enchanting romance.
Posted Oct 7, 2020
29
The Mummy (1932)
[Director Karl Freund] employs some good moving camera tricks and presents tremendously effective full-sized close ups of Boris Karloff.
Posted Oct 6, 2020
30
The Invisible Man (1933)
James Whale's direction is excellent.
Posted Oct 5, 2020
31
White Heat (1934)
32
The Girl from Mexico (1939)
The Girl From Mexico isn't an Important picture. It's just a fill-in attraction pending the arrival of better films, and yet it has its diverting moments.
Posted Aug 27, 2020
33
Mexican Spitfire (1940)
The climax is a riotous slapstick but Charlie Chase or the Three Stooges are better at this sort of monkey business.
Posted Aug 26, 2020
34
Convention City (1933)
Believe you me, Menjou gives a knockout performance.
Posted Jul 1, 2020
35
Magnificent Obsession (1935)
It's a long film, slow In tempo, but is beautifully directed, acted and photographed.
Posted Jun 23, 2020
36
Second Fiddle (1939)
Second Fiddle is one of the most delightfully entertaining pictures that Sonja Henie has ever presented.
Posted Jun 23, 2020
37
Dark Victory (1939)
[A] dramatic triumph.
Posted Jun 23, 2020
38
Employees' Entrance (1933)
39
Yukiwariso (1939)
Its direction by Minoru Matsui, camera work and music are excellent.
Posted May 27, 2020
40
Sincerity (Magokoro) (1939)
The film is really good. Direction and camera work are generally exccellent. definitely of the Hollywood s type. Mlkio Naruse scripted and directed the picture.
Posted May 27, 2020
41
True Confession (1937)
The film is a nutty, lunatic comedy.
Posted May 5, 2020
42
Imitation of Life (1934)
Well acted and dramatically compelling.
Posted Apr 30, 2020
43
I Want a Divorce (1940)
Excellent both in quality and as entertainment.
Posted Apr 27, 2020
44
The Texas Rangers (1936)
The Texas Rangers is proof positive that westerns can be made into superlative entertainment if produced on a large scale with a good cast.
Posted Apr 24, 2020
45
The Plainsman (1936)
It's a picture that ranks the silent Covered Wagon and the talking Big Trail.
Posted Apr 22, 2020
46
An amusing but poorly photographed comedy.
Posted Apr 22, 2020
47
The picture ends with the story hanging up in the air.
Posted Apr 22, 2020
48
Island of Lost Men (1939)
The Island of Lost Men, to be frank about it, is simply a gangster flicker transferred to the Malay jungles.
Posted Apr 22, 2020
49
Miss Chiba, Okawa and Miss Hanabusa turn in performances that are among the finest seen on the Japanese talking screen.
Posted Apr 22, 2020
50
Anything Goes (1936)