The TCM Festival 2016 : Taking the TCM Tour
After receiving my invite for a TCM sponsored Starline Tours ride around Hollywood I didn’t hesitate to accept the invitation extended to those of us fortunate enough to be given […]
Philip Marlowe at the TCM Fest 2016.
Just before Elliott Gould takes to the stage to introduce his gumshoe role of Marlowe in Robert Altman’s The Long Goodbye, the festival will have just run the Bogart/Bacall/Hawks version […]
John Garfield on the Printed Poster
It isn’t easy to narrow the field of titles playing at the TCM festival but one title that’s playing is the final film of Noir favorite John Garfield. 1951’s He […]
Meet the Press …. A Poster Gallery
Here I am attending the opening Press conference in just a few hours at the TCM Festival in Hollywood so why not throw together a gallery of movie posters featuring […]
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 Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938)
When Edward G. Robinson’s soft spoken scientist catches Humphrey Bogart off guard he is quick to note, “a magnificent specimen of pure viciousness.” That he is but as usual, it’s […]
The Wreck of the Mary Deare (1959)
When Charlton Heston’s tugboat comes across a derelict ship drifting in a rough sea, the opening half hour of this Michael Anderson film takes on an eerie quality that works […]
The Man Who Turned To Stone (1957)
“There’s nothing to be afraid of. We’re not going to hurt you.” What would you say to that when the line is being delivered by perennial nasty Victor Jory? I’d […]
Recasting Michael Mann’s Collateral (2004) Decade by Decade
Having recently seen Michael Mann’s film Collateral for the first time I couldn’t help but think of taking the central plot and moving it through different eras of movie making. […]
