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The Babe Ruth Story 1948 1 star

    N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Roy Del Ruth
Cast: William Bendix, Claire Trevor, Charles Bickford, Sam Levene, William Frawley, Paul Cavanagh, Mark Koenig, Mel Allen, Harry Wismer, Lloyd Gough

  William Bendix is a good George Herman "Babe" Ruth in this biography of the famed slugger but–the "Babe" is portrayed as a self-centered child who never was forced to grow up and take responsibility for his actions.

The Curse of Dracula 1958 2 stars

    N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: The Return of Dracula

Director: Paul Landres
Cast: Francis Lederer, Ray Stricklyn, Norma Eberhardt, Jimmy Baird, Mel Allen, Hope Summers

  The story of Dracula is updated to the modern era and features an upscale Count (Francis Lederer) leaving the Balkans to resettle in California where he finds the dining delightful.

Needful Things 1993 2 stars

    R, 120 min.
Genre: Horror / Drama / Thriller
Director: Fraser Clarke Heston
Cast: Max von Sydow, Ed Harris, Bonnie Bedelia, Amanda Plummer, J.T. Walsh, Duncan Fraser, Ray McKinnon, Valri Bromfield, Shane Meier, Mel Allen, William Morgan Sheppard, Don S. Davis, Campbell Lane, Eric Schneider, Frank C. Turner

  Stephen King's story is the basis for this film involving Leland Gaunt (Max von Sydow) opening up an antiques store, "Needful Things," in Castle Rock, Maine. Leland turns the once friendly residents against each other by convincing them to play pranks on each other. What they do not know is that they have sold their souls because Leland is really the Devil in disguise! Will Sheriff Alan Pangborn (Ed Harris) be able to step in and save the town?

Movie Quick Pick

1. The Babe Ruth Story (1948)
2. The Curse of Dracula (1958)
aka: The Return of Dracula
3. Needful Things (1993)

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