John Carradine In the Movies : From A to Z
Selecting John Carradine for this month’s A to Z feature should pose plenty of problems narrowing each letter of the alphabet to just one topic. According to the IMDB this […]
Spotlighting Susan Hayward Via The Movie Poster
Susan Hayward is one of a small group of actresses including Maureen O’Hara, Olivia de Havilland and Virginia Mayo who I was always aware of at a young age. It […]
The Magic Carpet (1951)
The film that Lucille Ball made for spite! This Sam Katzman production released through Harry Cohn’s Columbia Studios casts Lucy in this sword and sandals “epic” that wouldn’t even have […]
Charlton Heston : Hollywood’s Last Icon
by Marc Eliot Eliot has a large number of bios out including ones on Walt Disney, Clint Eastwood, Cary Grant and Steve McQueen among others. As a child of the […]
Bedevilled (1955)
MGM, Paris, Steve Forrest and Anne Baxter all collide in technicolor for this mixture of noir, religion and romance. It’s a tale that sees handsome, square shouldered and rock jawed […]
Four Frightened People (1934)
This deliciously fun Cecil B. DeMille film mixes great adventure with high camp and a stunningly beautiful Claudette Colbert. Four strangers are tossed together off the Malayan coast when the […]
Variety Girl (1947)
If you love playing spot the “star” when watching a classic feature this Paramount entry should do just the trick as it features a huge roster of faces from their […]
Ray Milland : Wide-Eyed In Babylon
Ray published his autobiography back in 1974 and having recently come across a hardcopy edition I thought it about time I give it a go. Like many film fans I […]
The Omega Man (1971)
When number 2 son Kirk suggested we watch the recent blu ray I had picked up of The Omega Man to replace my DVD copy there was really only one […]
