If Mervyn LeRoy’s slick M-G-M romance Homecoming is to be believed, the entire European theater of operations in World War II was an elaborate backdrop for a passionate and illicit romance betwe… more →
OCD Viewerwrote 1 month ago: Charles Chaplin, actor, filmmaker & co-founded of United Artists (1889-1977) TCM will be showing … more →
wrote 1 month ago: This post is part of my rehash and continuation of the For the Lo … more →
wrote 2 months ago: Marines In Review By Dick Gaines December 5, 1997 big (Photo credit: GunnyG1345) Memory is a curious … more →
wrote 8 months ago: Lifeboat (1944). Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. Stars: Tallulah Bankhead, John Hodiak, Hume Cronyn, Walter S … more →
wrote 8 months ago: So I’ve realized its been six months since the last installment of “The Great L.A. Grave … more →
wrote 9 months ago: If Mervyn LeRoy’s slick M-G-M romance Homecoming is to be believed, the entire European theate … more →
wrote 1 year ago: “Dying together’s even more personal than living together.” … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Okay, I swear that this is the last time I’ll talk about my cats in hats. But do they not look … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Desert Fury (Lewis Allen, 1947) is the type of film that has to be seen to be believed–it … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Happy New Year everyone! I hope everyone has had a great, safe holiday season and are prepared for 2 … more →
wrote 1 year ago: According to John Hodiak, his film career was sheer luck. “I’ve always been a firm believer in the F … more →
wrote 1 year ago: In this delightful musical from 1946, Judy Garland plays Susan Bradley, a young woman from Ohio, tra … more →
wrote 1 year ago: For my first evening of birthday favorite films I chose: Battleground (1949) Van Johnson and John Ho … more →
wrote 1 year ago: For me, Lewis Allen’s Desert Fury is currently running neck and neck with Felix Feist’s … more →
wrote 2 years ago: Arch Oboler’s The Arnelo Affair is a crime melodrama with so much voiceover narration that mos … more →
wrote 2 years ago: Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s film noir dreamscape is a frustrating, haunting mystery of identity. … more →
wrote 2 years ago: Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s Somewhere in the Night looks like a noir, talks like a noir, and walks … more →
wrote 3 years ago: we're gonna need a bigger boat... PG? Tallulah Bankhead, John Hodiak, William Bendix, Hume Cron … more →
wrote 3 years ago: The other day, just for kicks, I was trying to make a mental list of all the directors, 30’s-60’s, w … more →