Veronica Lake sells shoes - Screen Guide March 1942

Veronica Lake sells shoes - Screen Guide March 1942

Juli 22, 2021
advertising, Screen Guide, Sullivan's Travels, Veronica Lake

This ad from Screen Guide , March 1942, is a typical marvel of Hollywood merchandizing.  A photo of Veronica Lake is pasted in the corner of...

Podcast - Discussing THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES

Podcast - Discussing THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES

Juli 08, 2021
podcast, The Best Years of Our Lives

  A few months ago I had the pleasure of talking about one of my favorite movies -- The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) with Paul Francis Su...

Bing Crosby & Paul Robeson sing "Ballad for Americans"

Bing Crosby & Paul Robeson sing "Ballad for Americans"

Juli 04, 2021
Bing Crosby, Independence Day, Paul Robeson

  For Independence Day, Bing Crosby and Paul Robeson both give us the "Ballad for Americans" from 1940.  Happy Fourth of July!

Canada Carries On - Proudly She Marches - 1944

Canada Carries On - Proudly She Marches - 1944

Juli 01, 2021
newsreels, World War II

For Canada Day today, which celebrates the 1867 founding of the Canadian Confederation, we have a view of Canada's women service personn...