Una Merkel's Roadside Tribute

Una Merkel's Roadside Tribute

April 18, 2011
42nd Street, The Parent Trap, Una Merkel

This is a roadside marker from Covington, Kentucky.  Una Merkel, screen comedienne we might remember as the wisecracking best friend from ...

More Niagara Falls Movies

More Niagara Falls Movies

September 16, 2010
42nd Street, Callaway Went Thataway, Eleanor Boardman, Gents Without Cents, Harry Houdini, James Murray, NIagara, Niagara Falls-1941, Slim Summerville, The Crowd, The Man From Beyond, Zasu Pitts

In keeping with our review of “Niagara” (1953) on Monday, let’s continue our visit at Niagara Falls with some other old movies. That magnifi...

All Aboard - Trains in the Movies

All Aboard - Trains in the Movies

Agustus 16, 2007
42nd Street, Movie Maniacs, Shadow of a Doubt, Since You Went Away, Sullivans Travels, The Great Train Robbery, The Harvey Girls, The Thin Man Goes Home, The Three Stooges, White Christmas

The movies began with “The Great Train Robbery,” (1903) a film that lasted all of ten minutes and gave birth to our fascination with the fli...