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 […]
Wild Bill Wellman ; Hollywood Rebel
By William Wellman Jr. What do you know about Wild Bill? Me? I think of airplane pictures and tough guy actors that populated his films. Titles like Wings and The […]
Classic Monsters and Movies in Mars, PA. …….. Day 1
“What are some of the movies you’ll be seeing?” That was one of the skill testing questions I was asked at the Peace Bridge border crossing as I made my way […]
Mike’s Take on The Movies Goes to Mars ……… Again.
I’m off to Mars, Pennsylvania once again for another weekend of classic monsters. I fully intend to sit in and watch titles like 1945’s The Body Snatcher with a group […]
Witness to Murder (1954)
“Mr. Richter wouldn’t murder anybody. He’s one of our best tenants.” What if I told you that Mr. Richter was played by George Sanders in this black and white thriller […]
Raton Pass (1951)
Almost as if she’d been stolen away from the set of a Noir feature, this Warner Brothers’ western casts Patricia Neal as a woman who will leave lovers in her […]
Barbara Stanwyck Double Bill …. Ten Cents a Dance (1931) and Ladies They Talk About (1933)
“All you need is a ticket and some courage.” 1931 marked the year that actor Lionel Barrymore directed his final film, Ten Cents a Dance for Harry Cohn’s Columbia Studios. […]
The Violent Men (1955)
This classy western from Columbia Pictures featured a top cast of well known names directed by the sure hand of Rudolph Mate’. Glenn Ford peaking in popularity poles takes the […]
Arizona (1931)
One might easily assume that this early John Wayne feature is another of his low budget Monogram westerns that have fallen into public domain and can be found in any […]
Joan Blondell : A Life Between Takes ….. by Matthew Kennedy
Ask me to conjure up an image of Joan Blondell and it’s the short matronly older lady with blonde hair and slightly bulging eyes. In other words her character Lady […]
