The Fifth Instalment of “The Novel Idea”
As I continue to amass movie memorabilia, I commonly come across the novelizations of movies or novels rereleased with new cover jackets to capitalize on the film versions that are […]
Jerry Lewis Posters Keep Us Smiling
Upon hearing today of Jerry’s passing, I felt it appropriate to reach back and repost this earlier tribute I had done to spotlight the posters of Jerry Lewis movies. With […]
Now Playing August 4th, 1978
Once again my continuous hunting for movies and memorabilia has unearthed a newspaper during my recent summer vacation to western Canada. In an Edmonton antique mall I came across an […]
Time for a Holiday …. The Poster Gallery
I for one always take two consecutive weeks off my job every summer from the car dealership where I am employed here in Ontario, Canada and for the past four […]
Unearthing a Forgotten Drive-In
Out for the clichéd Sunday Drive, I dragged my “better half” to a flea market in nearby London Ontario recently and came up with just one dusty VHS tape of […]
Movie Poster Adventures with Audie Murphy
Audie Murphy. The hero of WW2 will always be for me a hero of Sunday afternoon matinees of the western variety that I watched with Dad. The Utica Kid, clad […]
More of Those On Screen Movie Dads
Let’s kick off this year’s look at movie Dad’s with three versions of The Champ. 1931 saw Wallace Beery and Jackie Cooper take to the screen. The next version switched […]
Price and Poe : The Poster Gallery
For the regular readers here at Mike’s Take, you know I love the works of my “friend” Vincent Price. Not just the films but the many other endeavors he took […]
Mom On the Movie Poster and More
For Mother’s Day it’s time to highlight the one who for most all of us is our first love. Is there a favorite on screen Mother that instantly comes to […]
Stanley Cup Playoffs : My Starting Line Up
Like any born and bred Canadian boy, it’s all hockey in my house when the puck drops in the quest for Lord Stanley’s Cup. The coolest looking trophy ever created and one […]
The Return of “The Novel Idea”
Ok. You might have figured it out by now but when I’m out hunting for VHS tapes, DVD’s and other odd bits of movie paraphernalia, I like to snap pics […]
The Long Shadow of JAWS in Movie Posters
When Steven Spielberg unleashed the terror of Peter Benchley’s novel upon innocent movie goers in the summer of 1975, it opened up a whole sub genre in horror of animals […]
Robert De Niro ….. Raging on a 27 by 41 Movie Poster
Imagine you were born in the mid 90’s. If you watched a fair amount of new films from then on and were of the opinion that movies older than you […]
James Cagney on the Marquee Poster
Surely you have a favorite Cagney film. I know I do and while I’ll admit to loving his Oscar winning turn in Yankee Doodle Dandy, I’ll have to go with White Heat. […]
Now Playing : A 1960’s Flashback
I love it when I come across old newspaper listings for what was playing at the theater. The ads feature great come on advertising lines and some pretty cool double […]
Movie Posters and Fellow Canadian, Donald Sutherland
Never missing an opportunity to reminisce about the movies and actors that populate them, when I think back to discovering who Donald Sutherland was and connecting the name to the […]
