Only the Lonely (1991)
What happened when that fiery Irish gal Maureen O’Hara came out of a 20 year retirement to play John Candy’s overbearing mother with her fiery red hair now turned to […]
Singing With the Stars
Each and every time I wander through an antique store or mall looking for original movie posters and lobby cards I’m always reminded of one certainty. Very rarely do I […]
Looking Back at 2018 …. Where Does The Time Go?
Here I am a full 5 years into Mike’s Take On the Movies and hopefully still displaying a passion for classic movies from 1999 back to the silent era. I […]
Return From the Sea (1954)
Let me ask you this. Are you a fan of westerns, gangster films and low budget fodder from the 1970’s? If the answer is yes then surely I don’t have […]
99 River Street (1953)
Proving once again that he was an actor who perfectly fit the mold of the Noir leading man, John Payne, stars as an ex-boxer in a dead end marriage doing […]
Simba (1955)
The shocking scene that opens this tale of British farmers in Kenya sets the tone for what is to come in a harrowing struggle of racial tensions starring Dirk Bogarde and […]
Hidden Fear (1957)
It’s Noir time, Denmark style when John Payne takes his tough talking cop overseas for some location filming with Andre De Toth along for directing duties in this gritty effort. […]
The Crooked Way (1949)
This John Payne Noir effort could easily serve as an introduction to the genre for those unfamiliar with the flavor that us connoisseurs have come to expect from the shadowy […]
The Saxon Charm (1948)
While I’m not sure exactly why, I had somehow expected a screwball comedy going in to this feature starring Robert Montgomery as the title character. The opening scene did nothing […]
Back With Another Novel Idea……..
More movie tie ins down at the local book shop that you might have missed when that movie was playing at the local theater you couldn’t wait to check out. […]
Passage West (1951)
Action star John Payne gets the technicolor treatment from director Lewis R. Foster along with a brawling donnybrook against costar Dennis O’Keefe in this tale of the western frontier. Payne […]
John Payne Double Bill of “B”s ….. King of the Lumberjacks (1940) and Kid Nightingale (1939)
As I embarked on a life of film studies at an early age the only thing I knew about John Payne was that his name rhymed with the greatest cowboy […]
Ann Sheridan Poster Gallery
When you grow up trying to catch as many movies featuring the tough guys of the thirties and forties cinema on the late late show you start to notice the […]
Dan Duryea Poster Gallery
Looking back I think my earliest memory of Dan Duryea was probably watching westerns with my Father on Saturday afternoon television. Ride Clear of Diablo with Audie Murphy and Night […]
