The Best Years of Our Lives - 1946

The Best Years of Our Lives - 1946

Mei 30, 2019
Dana Andrews, Fredric March, Harold Russell, Hoagy Carmichael, Myrna Loy, Roman Bohnen, Teresa Wright, The Best Years of Our Lives

The Best Years of Our Lives , released in 1946 was, essentially, about 1946, illustrating a year ironically more tenuous than celebratory,...

Old Uniforms Never Die

Old Uniforms Never Die

Maret 15, 2018
Dana Andrews, Fredric March, Ginger Rogers, Harold Russell, Joseph Cotten, Judy Garland, Robert Walker, World War II

The uniforms are one of the most iconic images we remember from classic films.  They are the identification of The Greatest Generation.  For...

Middle of the Night - 1959

Middle of the Night - 1959

September 05, 2011
Albert Dekker, Delbert Mann, Executive Suite, Fredric March, Kim Novak, Lee Grant, Martin Balsam, Middle of the Night, Paddy Chayefsky

Middle of the Night (1959) begins with a camera shot out the back of a moving truck in New York City traffic. It is early morning. The soft...

Executive Suite - 1954

Executive Suite - 1954

September 06, 2010
Barbara Stanwyck, Dean Jagger, Executive Suite, Fredric March, June Allyson, Labor Day, Louis Calhern, Nina Foch, Paul Douglas, Robert Wise, Tim Considine, Walter Pidgeon, William Holden

We mark Labor Day in the U.S. today with a look at Executive Suite (1954). It’s not just a retro look, but an echo from America’s mighty i...

The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934)

The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934)

Mei 03, 2007
Charles Laughton, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Fredric March, Norma Shearer, Robert Browning, Rudolf Besier, Sidney Franklin, The Barretts of Wimpole Street

“The Barretts of Wimpole Street” (1934) does two things very well. First, it (or rather Rudolf Besier’s stage play which it closely follows...

Wyler's Moments of Silence

Wyler's Moments of Silence

Maret 27, 2007
Audrey Hepburn, Bette Davis, Fredric March, Greer Garson, Gregory Peck, Teresa Wright, The Little Foxes, William Wyler

Director William Wyler is often described as being without a particular trademark or style, compared to directors such as Alfred Hitchcock o...

Best Years of Our Lives - PT 2

Best Years of Our Lives - PT 2

Maret 13, 2007
African-American actors, Fredric March, Hoagy Carmichael, Ray Collins, red states and blue states, Roman Bohnen, The Best Years of Our Lives, World War II

The minor actors in “The Best Years of Our Lives” tell us even more about the three veterans. Fred’s father, played by Roman Bohnen, has a ...