Mean Johnny Barrows (1976)
Having cemented his image of the tough no-nonsense hero on screen by the mid seventies, Fred “The Hammer” Williamson, went one step further and made his directorial debut with this […]
Whispering Smith (1948)
Clearly at the top of his game, Paramount star Alan Ladd, takes on the title role in this technicolor western that employs plenty of action and one character actor after […]
Fort Massacre (1958)
Continuing his long run of westerns, Joel McCrea, heads a roster of well known faces in this sturdy effort from director Joseph M. Newman. One that sees McCrea playing against […]
Virginia Mayo Goes West Part 2
Next up are a pair of westerns that saw Virginia reteam with two well known leading men of the era with whom she had starred with in earlier outdoor adventures. […]
Johnny Apollo (1940)
Under Henry Hathaway’s direction screen idol, Tyrone Power, turns from cute college boy to a life of crime with gangster pal Lloyd Nolan calling the shots. Can the love of […]
Lex Barker Tackles Tarzan … Part 1
When Johnny Weissmuller retired from his loin cloth duties as the Lord of the Apes, producer Sol Lesser and RKO studios thought it best to continue on by hiring the […]
Theatrical Flashback : Now Playing October 11th 1952 … and then some…..
I love it when I locate an old newspaper to see what was playing at the local theater. In this case it’s a paper out of Brantford, Ontario Canada. A […]
The Badlanders (1958)
This article on The Badlanders was published in The Dark Pages celebration on the film The Asphalt Jungle. Read on to find out……. In 1941 Humphrey Bogart starred as gangster […]
Saskatchewan (1954)
Break out the bright red uniforms of the Canadian Mounties because Alan Ladd has come north and enlisted. He’s sure to tangle with an incompetent commander, a blood brother who has […]
