Dressed to Kill - 1946

Dressed to Kill - 1946

September 29, 2011
Basil Rathbone, Dressed to Kill, Edmund Breon, Mary Gordon, Nigel Bruce, Patricia Morison

“Dressed to Kill” (1946) is the final “Sherlock Holmes” film starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, capping a series of 14 movies. That’s ...

Any Number Can Play - 1949

Any Number Can Play - 1949

September 26, 2011
Alexis Smith, Any Number Can Play, Barbara Billingsley, Clark Gable, Darryl Hickman, Edgar Buchanan, Frank Morgan, Leon Ames, Lewis Stone, Marjorie Rambeau, Scotty Becket, Wendell Corey, Wiliam Conrad

"Any Number Can Play" (1949) is a spot-the-character-actor festival.  Shown recently on TCM, I came in late, after the opening cre...

Five Things You Like about Classic Films

Five Things You Like about Classic Films

September 22, 2011
trivia

JT Lynch photo Back in the early days of this blog, we put our heads together and came up with lists of things about old movies we liked (an...

An Ache in Every Stake - 1941

An Ache in Every Stake - 1941

September 19, 2011
An Ache in Every Stake, Bess Flowers, blogathon, Del Lord, The Three Stooges, Vernon Dent

“An Ache in Every Stake” (1941) presents The Three Stooges as icemen, who struggle to carry a block of ice up a long outdoor set of concret...

Guilty Pleasures Movie Blogathon

Guilty Pleasures Movie Blogathon

September 15, 2011
blogathon

This is to remind our readers of the Guilty Pleasures Blogathon sponsored by the Classic Movie Blog Association coming up next week.   My en...

Town Hall Theater - Woodstock, Vermont

Town Hall Theater - Woodstock, Vermont

September 12, 2011
movie theaters

This is the historic Town Hall Theater on the town common in Woodstock, Vermont.  First-run movies, state of the art screen and sound equipm...

The Toast of New York - 1937

The Toast of New York - 1937

September 08, 2011
Billy Gilbert, Cary Grant, Donald Meek, Edward Arnold, Frances Farmer, Jack Oakie, The Toast of New York

The Toast of New York (1937) turns character actor Edward Arnold into a romantic lead. This alone makes this uneven movie a delight. Based ...

Middle of the Night - 1959

Middle of the Night - 1959

September 05, 2011
Albert Dekker, Delbert Mann, Executive Suite, Fredric March, Kim Novak, Lee Grant, Martin Balsam, Middle of the Night, Paddy Chayefsky

Middle of the Night (1959) begins with a camera shot out the back of a moving truck in New York City traffic. It is early morning. The soft...