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Mei 09, 2020
Beverly Washburn, trivia

Just a few odds and ends today...first, Happy Mother's Day to all moms! Second, I was recently contacted by actress Beverly Washburn, wh...

Extras - A Life in the Background

Extras - A Life in the Background

Januari 18, 2018
Ann Dvorak, Bess Flowers, Beverly Washburn, extras, Gilbert Roland, Joan Crawford, Joel McCrea, John Wayne, Ramon Novarro

Extras line up for a job in Meet John Doe (1941) Spotting familiar “extras” is fascinating to classic film buffs, and is something we can’t...

Beverly Washburn's Reel Tears

Beverly Washburn's Reel Tears

Januari 11, 2018
Beverly Washburn, book review, Here Comes the Groom, Jack Benny, Old Yeller, Shane, television, The New Loretta Young Show

Beverly Washburn’s memoir, Reel Tears - The Beverly Washburn Story chronicles the career and private life of an actress remembered primarily...

February is Children's Dental Health Month

February is Children's Dental Health Month

Februari 17, 2011
Bette Davis, Beverly Washburn, Gary Cooper, Jane Wyman, Jean Arthur

February is National Children’s Dental Health Month. Most small children have some idea of what the tooth fairy looks like, but most would b...

Shane - 1953

Shane - 1953

Januari 13, 2011
Alan Ladd, Ben Johnson, Beverly Washburn, Brandon De Wilde, Edgar Buchanan, Elisha Cook Jr., Ellen Corby, Emile Meyer, Jack Palance, Jean Arthur, Shane, Trooper Hook, Van Heflin, Westerns

Shane (1953) elevates to godlike stratosphere the beauty of restraint. This is going to be another very long post. So much for restraint. C...

Here Comes the Groom - 1951

Here Comes the Groom - 1951

Januari 06, 2011
Alan Reed, Alexis Smith, Beverly Washburn, Bing Crosby, Charles Lane, Dorothy Lamour, Franchot Tone, Frank Capra, Here Comes the Groom, Jacques Gencel, Jane Wyman, Minna Gombell, Robert Keith

“Here Comes the Groom” (1951) can be viewed through a prism of different spectrums, first and foremost perhaps, as the first in the last han...