Espionage Agent (1939)
I’ve always suspected that if someone began attending movie theaters in the late 1940’s on into the fifties, there’s a good chance they’d have no idea that western favorite Joel […]
Street People (1976)
“One is polished, polite and persuasive. The other is cool, capable and crazy. They both have a way with women.” It’s Roger Moore and Stacy Keach according to the trailer […]
King of Hockey (1936)
Take any number of cocky Cagney features from Warner Brothers in the 1930’s and change the locale from the military or the world of car racing to the hockey rinks […]
Whispering Smith (1948)
Clearly at the top of his game, Paramount star Alan Ladd, takes on the title role in this technicolor western that employs plenty of action and one character actor after […]
Thunder Birds (1942)
Not to be confused with the animated series of the 1960’s this spectacular example of technicolor was aimed at movie going audiences during WW2 and served as both big screen […]
Recommendations For TCM’s Summer Under the Stars …. August 2020 …. Part 2
On to the balance of the TCM’s Summer Under the Stars with my suggestions for each “star” being celebrated with a 24 hour salute. August 16th …. Cary Grant (1904-1986) […]
Olivia de Havilland (1916-2020)
And so I believe ends the final connection that we classic film buffs have to the era of the 1930’s when movies were still relatively new and the first icons […]
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 […]
Highway 301
If Steve Cochran learned anything playing opposite James Cagney’s Cody Jarrett in the 1949 gangster classic, White Heat, it’s how to kill indiscriminately and in a cold blooded fashion on […]
