Raw Deal (1948)
Before director Anthony Mann joined James Stewart on a string of very Noir like westerns, he helmed a number of gangster oriented films in the genre itself including this first […]
Looking Back at The Year That Was … 2020
There’s little doubt that most everyone on Planet Earth was somehow affected by what we went through during the first pandemic in over one hundred years. I can only hope […]
Something to Live For (1952)
A trio of Oscar winners from the previous decade take center stage behind the direction of George Stevens, an Oscar winner himself in this straight drama of an alcoholic stage […]
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 […]
Lon Chaney Jr. In the Movies : From A to Z
Looking back, Lon Chaney Jr, is one of those actors I discovered more through books than I did actual movies as a child. What I mean by that are the […]
Richard Widmark In The Movies : From A to Z
From the moment he stepped on to movie screens in 1947, Richard Widmark, was branded a villain thanks to his Oscar nominated performance as a cold blooded killer in Kiss […]
The Texan (1930)
Serving as a fine follow-up to his 1929 success The Virginian, Gary Cooper, once again takes center stage in an all talking motion picture. Joining him under John Cromwell’s excellent […]
Pier 5, Havana (1959)
Lesser known “B” titles need love to so when I see the names Cameron Mitchell and Allison Hayes starring in a low budget effort from Edward L. Cahn, I’ve just […]
The Bandits of Corsica (1953)
Here’s a popcorn adventure for the Sunday matinee crowd that starred Richard Greene and drew me in for two simple reasons. The villains of this swashbuckler are played by Raymond […]
