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  1. #LeonardMaltin gave Cuban Rebel Girls (1959 - AKA Assault Of The Rebel Girls and Attack Of The Rebel Girls) a BOMB (his worst rating). He noted that the film was shot on location during the Castro revolution.

    His final verdict:

    > Of interest only to see Flynn teamed with his final girlfriend, 16-year-old Aadland.

    I looked it up and #ErrolFlynn did have a relationship with Beverly Aadland from when she was around 15 till his death two years later. Their relationship is appearantly depicted in the #KevinKline/#DakotaFanning film The Last of Robin Hood (2013) which might be better than the Cuban Rebels Girls, but not much better.

    #Films #Movies

  2. In the 1990s my main guide to film was a copy of #LeonardMaltin's Movie Guide. I used it to find out about movies by my favorite actors and directors. I literally read through the entirety of my first copy and marked which films I'd seen.

    I didn't always agree with Maltin but if he gave a movie three and a half or four stars I thought it was worth tracking down while most movies he rated one and a half stars or BOMB (Bottom Of The Barrel) were safe to ignore (unless someone I trusted contradicted his opinion).

    I am curious if #FilmBuffs from the era (80s-90s) had the guide (poll) and also what they thought of it (comment).

    #Film #Films #Movies #Maltin #FilmCritics

  3. Tonight in 1974 — aired on CBS.

    won 2 Emmys for this TV movie called “one of TV’s all-time best” (based on the novel by Ernest J. Gaines)

  4. Tonight in 1974 — #TheAutobiographyOfMissJanePittman aired on CBS.

    #CicelyTyson won 2 Emmys for this TV movie #LeonardMaltin called “one of TV’s all-time best” (based on the novel by Ernest J. Gaines)

    #OnThisDay #1970s #1970sTV

  5. Tonight in 1974 — #TheAutobiographyOfMissJanePittman aired on CBS.

    #CicelyTyson won 2 Emmys for this TV movie #LeonardMaltin called “one of TV’s all-time best” (based on the novel by Ernest J. Gaines)

    #OnThisDay #1970s #1970sTV

  6. Tonight in 1974 — #TheAutobiographyOfMissJanePittman aired on CBS.

    #CicelyTyson won 2 Emmys for this TV movie #LeonardMaltin called “one of TV’s all-time best” (based on the novel by Ernest J. Gaines)

    #OnThisDay #1970s #1970sTV

  7. Tonight in 1974 — #TheAutobiographyOfMissJanePittman aired on CBS.

    #CicelyTyson won 2 Emmys for this TV movie #LeonardMaltin called “one of TV’s all-time best” (based on the novel by Ernest J. Gaines)

    #OnThisDay #1970s #1970sTV

  8. #LeonardMaltin declared 1973’s #ExecutiveAction a "bomb" in his Movie Guide, calling it an "excruciatingly dull thriller [that] promised to clear the air about JFK's assassination but was more successful at clearing theaters".

    Personally I think it's better than that, if nothing great. Got to see it in 35m several years ago as part of a ‘70s conspiracy thriller series.

    youtu.be/uNdI7J2wVl0