Recommendations For TCM’s Summer Under the Stars …. August 2020 …. Part 2
On to the balance of the TCM’s Summer Under the Stars with my suggestions for each “star” being celebrated with a 24 hour salute. August 16th …. Cary Grant (1904-1986) […]
Now Playing …. July 14th, 1970.
Yes indeed, it’s time to once again climb aboard my custom designed time machine with this latest trip scheduled to make a stop in Winnipeg during the movie going season […]
Valdez Is Coming (1971)
Bigger than life screen legend, Burt Lancaster, plays it decidedly low key in this filmed in Spain western that sees him playing the title character. A man who won’t take […]
The Girl In Black Stockings (1957)
While the advertising campaign was clearly built around the one and only Mamie Van Doren’s sex appeal, this low budget Bel Air Production has her billed below the title in […]
July 2020 in Review
Movies, Movies, Movies and ….. “Let’s play ball.” Yes there’s finally a sport attempting to make a go of it in this world turned upside down. So I fully expect […]
Harakiri (1962)
Up to this point in time I’d only seen one of director Masaki Kobayashi’s films. One that comes with my highest recommendation, Samurai Rebellion, starring the legendary Toshiro Mifune. With […]
Appreciating the Randolph Scott / Budd Boetticher Westerns
Like a fine wine, Randolph Scott westerns, particularly those directed by Budd Boetticher have only gotten better as the years have passed by. Their reputations and stature only increasing with […]
Olivia de Havilland (1916-2020)
And so I believe ends the final connection that we classic film buffs have to the era of the 1930’s when movies were still relatively new and the first icons […]
John Saxon (1935-2020)
Just got the news while watching a Boetticher/Scott western. John Saxon is gone. Another actor I’ve been following since childhood and there aren’t too many left that I can say […]
Recommendations For TCM’s Summer Under the Stars …. August 2020 …. Part 1
Each year the month of August brings the TCM Summer Under the Stars spotlight where 24 continuous hours are devoted to one actor or actress. Sure we get some of […]
