The second feature in our Jean Negulesco double bill is a tad less serious than the first. Negulesco’s film Johnny Belinda (1948) is the story of a poor, uneducated deaf-mute girl played by Jane… more →
OCD Viewerwrote 3 weeks ago: Richard Zanuck with son, Dean Zanuck… Turner Classic Movies will be airing films produced by R … more →
wrote 1 month ago: The second feature in our Jean Negulesco double bill is a tad less serious than the first. Negulesco … more →
wrote 1 month ago: This post is part of my rehash and continuation of the For the Love of F … more →
wrote 1 month ago: This post is part of my rehash and continuation of the For the Lo … more →
wrote 2 months ago: This week it’s time to step aside from attempts at humor and poking fun at the foibles … more →
wrote 3 months ago: “How Green Was My Valley”, a novel by British novelist, Richard Llewellyn was published … more →
wrote 3 months ago: I’ve been on a pre-Code jag lately. Mind you, I’ve watched movies all my life that were … more →
wrote 3 months ago: It’s “Argo” the big winner at the 24th Annual Produrcers Guild Awards with Ben Aff … more →
wrote 3 months ago: Sentimental, moralising Hollywood take on the Welsh valleys as seen by a young Roddy McDowall, where … more →
wrote 4 months ago: The PGA is the first of many nominations that will be announced in the next 2 weeks. Oscar ballots a … more →
wrote 4 months ago: “Your assignment tonight is strategic. You can’t give the enemy a break. Send ‘em to hell.” John W … more →
wrote 5 months ago: A journalist (arch-WASP Gregory Peck) passes as a Jew to get the inside story on anti-Semitism in Am … more →
wrote 5 months ago: Cast and Crew: Darryl F. Zanuck (Producer); Lyle Talbot, Louise Beavers What It’s About: Legendary … more →
wrote 5 months ago: Crayon portrait of Henry David Thoreau as a young man (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Some of my favorite … more →
wrote 6 months ago: Once again, my ego is crushed as an epic film disappoints me. I was so totally convinced that this … more →
wrote 6 months ago: (Image via worldscinema.org) The favorite film: The Grapes of Wrath, a 1940 drama based on the novel … more →
wrote 6 months ago: Cast and Crew: Darryl F. Zanuck (Producer); Jane Darwell, John Ireland, Linda Darnell What It’s Ab … more →
wrote 7 months ago: William A. Wellman’s The Iron Curtain was the first appearance of Dana Andrews and Gene Tierne … more →
wrote 7 months ago: “His ears are too big and he looks like an ape.” So said Darryl F. Zanuck after viewing … more →