Lionel Barrymore - The Spirit of Christmas Past and Present

Lionel Barrymore - The Spirit of Christmas Past and Present

Desember 20, 2019
A Christmas Carol (1938), Dr. Kildare series, Franklin Roosevelt, It's a Wonderful Life, John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Louis B. Mayer, radio shows, Reginald Owen

Lionel Barrymore was Ebenezer Scrooge for a generation.  For another generation, he became Mr. Potter, perhaps a deeper, more disturbed, and...

Clark Gable's Big Hands

Clark Gable's Big Hands

Maret 14, 2011
Clark Gable, Franklin Roosevelt, Grauman's Chinese Theater, Hollywood history, W.S. Van Dyke II

One of the first things people do when visiting the stars’ handprints and footprints in cement out front of the (now) Mann’s Chinese Theater...

Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) - Part 2

Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) - Part 2

Juli 04, 2007
Betsy Ross, Clinton Rosewood, Fay Templeton, Franklin Roosevelt, George M. Cohan, James Cagney, racism, Rosemary DeCamp, Theodore Roosevelt, Walter Huston, World War II, Yankee Doodle Dandy

The Fay Templeton number of “So, Long Mary” in the “Forty-Five Minutes from Broadway” scene is an excellent parody of small town American am...

Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) - Part 1

Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) - Part 1

Juli 03, 2007
Fay Templeton, Franklin Roosevelt, George M. Cohan, Independence Day, James Cagney, Jeanne Cagney, Michael Curtiz, Rosemary DeCamp, vaudeville, Walter Huston, William Cagney, Yankee Doodle Dandy

For Independence Day here in the U.S., today and tomorrow will be a nod to “Yankee Doodle Dandy” (1942) a fast-paced film that captures thre...

Mrs. Miniver and Propaganda

Mrs. Miniver and Propaganda

Maret 22, 2007
Franklin Roosevelt, Henry Wilcoxon, Mrs. Miniver, Nazis, propaganda, The Wilcoxon Speech, William Wyler, Winston Churchill, World War II

Reviews of “Mrs. Miniver” almost always mention the word “propaganda” in the first line. I find this odd, since just about every film made ...