Wretched Refuse of Your Teeming Shore - Since You Went Away (1944)

Wretched Refuse of Your Teeming Shore - Since You Went Away (1944)

Agustus 15, 2019
Albert Basserman, Carl Sandburg, Claudette Colbert, Craig Stevens, David O. Selznick, Emma Lazarus, fascism, Jennifer Jones, Nazimova, Since You Went Away, World War II

Since You Went Away (1944) is a tribute to the American home front during World War II, its cozy, meandering plot glowing with quiet moment...

Phone Call from a Stranger (1952)

Phone Call from a Stranger (1952)

April 19, 2018
Beatrice Straight, Bette Davis, Craig Stevens, Evelyn Varden, Gary Merrill, Keenan Wynn, Michael Rennie, Phone Call from a Stranger, Shelley Winters, Ted Donaldson

Phone Call from a Stranger (1952) is engrossing for the work of its cast, the sensitive and shrewd viewpoint of the director, and mostly fo...

Alexis Smith

Alexis Smith

Oktober 13, 2011
Alexis Smith, Barbara Rush, Bing Crosby, Cary Grant, Craig Stevens, Here Comes the Groom, Jack Warner, Night and Day, Paul Newman, San Antonio, The Age of Innocence, The Young Philadelphians

Alexis Smith had a rare opportunity to stretch her acting muscles in “The Constant Nymph” (1943), discussed here in Monday’s post. She rema...