Blogs about: John Huston
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Movie Quote of the Day – The African Queen, 1951 (dir. John Huston)
Charlie Allnut: How’d you like it? Rose Sayer: Like it? Charlie Allnut: White water rapids! Rose Sayer: I never dreamed. . . Charlie Allnut: I don’t blame you for being scared – not… more →
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The African Queen
wrote 9 hours ago: BBBBB Directed by John Huston United Kingdom/USA, 1951 Exceptional World War I adventure begins when … more →
From my DVD collection: The Maltese Falcon
wrote 1 day ago: The Maltese Falcon (1941) by John Huston Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre, and Sydney Greens … more →
Green Flash's West Coast IPA & Chinatown
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wrote 2 days ago: Hey there, Drinkers! Tonight we head to the coast with Green Flash’s West Coast IPA and the cl … more →
The African Queen: Katharine Hepburn as Rose Sayer
wrote 1 week ago: In (admittedly belated) celebration of Katharine Hepburn’s birthday (May 12, 1907), and following on … more →
THE MALTESE FALCON
wrote 1 week ago: Circle Of Lies. USA Release: 3 October 1941, 101 min. Director: John Huston Starring: Humphrey Bo … more →
Just For Openers
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wrote 1 week ago: The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel. That’s one of the great … more →
Movie Quote of the Day - The African Queen, 1951 (dir. John Huston)
wrote 1 week ago: Charlie Allnut: How’d you like it? Rose Sayer: Like it? Charlie Allnut: White water rapids! Ro … more →
Satur-daze
wrote 1 week ago: This is the third time I have tried to write this blog; Google chrome keeps crashing, and I’m … more →
A Month of Roger Ebert's Great Movies, part two
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wrote 2 weeks ago: As a tribute to the late Roger Ebert, some members of the Letterboxd community are spending May visi … more →
MARY ASTOR - the stuff that dreams are made of
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wrote 2 weeks ago: “A painter paints, a musician plays, a writer writes – but a movie actor waits.” M … more →
Script: The Maltese Falcon
wrote 2 weeks ago: The Maltese Falcon was written by John Huston based on the novel by Dashiell Hammett. It’s con … more →
My Favorite John Huston Films
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wrote 2 weeks ago: * * * * (Out of * * * *) 1. The Dead (1987) 2. The Maltese Falcon (1941) 3. Fat City (1972) 4. … more →
Yes
wrote 2 weeks ago: I watched Director Joseph Strick’s 1980s adaptation of James Joyce’s Ulysses a little wh … more →
Let There Be Light & No Academy Awards
wrote 3 weeks ago: I’ve been watching a lot of Paul Thomas Anderson lately. There Will Be Blood. Punch-Drunk Love … more →
Hollywood Forever Confederates
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wrote 3 weeks ago: During a recent trip to southern California, I visited the Hollywood Forever Cemetery (formerly Holl … more →
Heaven Knows Mr.Allison (1957)
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wrote 3 weeks ago: It was too good an opportunity to pass up, to recreate the magic that made The African Queen (1951) … more →
Banned Books That Shaped America: Fahrenheit 451
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wrote 3 weeks ago: The Library of Congress created an exhibit, “Books that Shaped America,” that explores b … more →
The Deserter(La Spina Dorsale Del Diavolo)1971
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wrote 3 weeks ago: Technically, THE DESERTER fits the mold of a spaghetti western(and is so listed on the Spaghetti Wes … more →
The Battle of San Pietro
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wrote 4 weeks ago: Probably the most realistic depiction of World War II combat put to film, The Battle of San Pietro, … more →
