“Watch on the Rhine,” “Hitler’s Madman” (Movie Reviews-8/28/43)

Microfilm-New York Times archives, Monterey Public Library | 8/28/43 | Bosley Crowther

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[Homer_J_Simpson]

Free Republic University, Department of History presents World War II Plus 70 Years: Seminar and Discussion Forum
First session: September 1, 2009. Last date to add: September 2, 2015.
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[Homer_J_Simpson]

“Hitler’s Madman” clips

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Netflix has “Watch On the Rhine” on DVD but not “Hitler’s Madman,” which is the story of Reinhard Heydrich and the destruction of Lidice. Due to poor queue management I did not receive “Watch on the Rhine” in time to review it for this post. We must rely on Bosley Crowther for that. That is what we pay him for, after all.

“Watch on the Rhine” original trailer

“Hitler’s Madman” original trailer

[Sporke]

I was amused to see “Hitlers Madman” posted by Homer J. Simpson. :-D

[JohnnyP]

Watch on the Rhine, one of our favorite movies.

[colorado tanker]

Heydrich, the "Madman," was the worst of the worst. He joined the SS as an early Nazi Party member. He organized Kristallnacht and the Einsatzgruppen on the Eastern Front. Heydrich chaired the Wannsee Conference that planned the Holocaust. He was a ruthless Jew hunter in the territories he governed.

Heydrich deserved a far worse death than he got.

[MinuteGal]

I enjoy reading each one of the movie ads you post, Homer.

What a bountiful buffet of great films of every genre was available to us as kids going to Saturday matinees at the local Bijou....clutching our dime to buy a ticket and our nickel to buy a yummy "all-day Holloway sucker"!

Today's yutes have little idea of what cinematic glory we enjoyed in our younger days. This week's most exciting movie news is of Tokyo Jane Fonda's role in a particularly dull social-justice movie....plus the announcement of yet another boring clod slated to star in a comic book-based Batman "epic" flick.

Thank heavens for the TV classic movies so we can regularly revert back to the fascinating days of hundreds upon hundreds of cinematic masterpieces to choose from....and to re-live them with or without a Holloway sucker.

Leni