Sullivan's Travels - 1941 - The Butler's Admonition

Sullivan's Travels - 1941 - The Butler's Admonition

Februari 22, 2020
blogathon, cartoons, Eric Blore, Jess Lee Brooks, Joel McCrea, Pluto, Porter Hall, Preston Sturges, Robert Grieg, Robert Warwick, Sullivan's Travels, Veronica Lake

Sullivan’s Travels (1941) is a madcap romp and not-so-incidental grim social commentary—a most striking combination.  Writer/director Prest...

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...

Union Pacific - 1939

Union Pacific - 1939

Mei 04, 2011
Akim Tamiroff, Anthony Quinn, Barbara Stanwyck, Brian Donlevy, Cecil B. DeMille, Evelyn Keyes, Henry Kolker, J M Kerrigan, Joel McCrea, Lynne Overman, Regis Toomey, Robert Preston, Union Pacific

“Union Pacific” (1939) is a Cecil B. DeMille spectacle on the joining of the transcontinental railroad, making this great big country a litt...

Trooper Hook - 1957

Trooper Hook - 1957

Januari 10, 2011
Barbara Stanwyck, Celia Lovsky, Earl Holliman, Jean Arthur, Joel McCrea, John Dehner, Rodolfo Acosta, Royal Dano, Shane, Susan Kohner, Terry Lawrence, Tex Ritter, Trooper Hook, Westerns

We’re going to spend this week talking about two films that both mythologize and yet seem to deconstruct how classic film depicted the Ameri...

War Stories Part 2 - "The More the Merrier"

War Stories Part 2 - "The More the Merrier"

Desember 06, 2010
Charles Coburn, George Stevens, Jean Arthur, Joel McCrea, Pillow Talk, Richard Gaines, Stanley Clements, The More the Merrier, World War II

Fair warning, I'm going to discuss pretty much the entire movie, so if you don't want to know the details, stick your fingers in you...