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 […]
Beware My Lovely Ida When Robert is On Dangerous Ground
Thanks to the fine folks at The Dark Pages, a newsletter that specializes in the world of Noir, my piece on Robert Ryan and Ida Lupino’s two duets was previously […]
The Lady Gambles (1949)
The lady in question? Barbara Stanwyck. Long before James Caan starred as the addicted, Gambler, or Philip Seymour Hoffman captivated me as a gambling junkie in Owning Mahoney, Miss Stanwyck, […]
The Disembodied (1957)
Voodoo rituals and a writhing Allison Hayes moving to the beat of the drums? Damned if I’m not about to volunteer to have my custom made voodoo doll stuck with […]
Kirk Douglas and the Leading Ladies
Yes I’ve been celebrating the films and career of Kirk Douglas since starting this online project 5 years ago so with December 9th upon us and the cleft chinned icon […]
Cry Wolf (1947)
This rather odd film comes by way of Warner Brothers that sees Errol Flynn playing against type opposite Barbara Stanwyck that given a tweak here and there could easily have […]
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 […]
Pearl of the South Pacific (1955)
Virginia Mayo and Dennis Morgan were a long way from the glory years at Warner Brothers by the time they teamed together here in the South Pacific. Or should I […]
Frontier Marshal (1939)
This 20th Century Fox production can make for a great example when film buffs are looking for a movie where we can play spot the star and drive regular folk […]
