Buffalo Bill (1944)
William A. Wellman directs and Joel McCrea takes the title role in this entertaining Hollywood version of the true story of Buffalo Bill Cody. True? I have absolutely no idea […]
Angels Over Broadway (1940)
Based on the title alone and the casting of the undeniably photogenic Rita Hayworth, I had myself convinced to give this musical from Columbia Pictures a shot. Turned out it […]
The Dark Mirror (1946) Miss Olivia … Day 2
Can the gentleness that Olivia de Havilland constantly brings to the screen really have gone bad? …. Sort of. In the same year that director Robert Siodmak directed the Noir […]
Theodora Goes Wild (1936)
Theodora played by beautiful Irene Dune lives in Lynnfield Connecticut. She’s a young lady raised in the midst of a whole troop of “cackling old hens.” Things are about to […]
Immortal Sergeant (1943)
“Henry Fonda was the gifted, tough and classy kind of leading man that I most enjoyed working with.” This from Maureen O’Hara’s autobiography “Tis Herself. Far from an all out […]
Joan of Paris (1942)
This RKO production is a first of sorts for various reasons. Paul Henried was making his Hollywood debut with this tale of five downed flyers trying to make contact with […]
Secret of the Incas (1954)
If ever there was an actor who could have played Indiana Jones in the fifties, it had to be Charlton Heston! Heston plays a very Indiana Jones like character here […]
