Two-Gun Man from Harlem - 1938

Two-Gun Man from Harlem - 1938

Januari 16, 2012
B-westerns, Clarence Brooks, Herb Jeffries, Jess Lee Brooks, Mae Turner, Mantan Moreland, Marguerite Whitten, Matthew Stymie Beard, Spencer Wiliams, Two-Gun Man from Harlem

“Two-Gun Man from Harlem” (1938) creates a world for us that is both strange and familiar, an image placed over another image. We see a sepa...

California Conquest - 1952

California Conquest - 1952

Januari 12, 2012
Alfonso Bedoya, California Conquest, Cornel Wilde, John Dehner, Teresa Wright

“California Conquest” (1952) features Teresa Wright as a pants-wearing, deadeye shot in the days before California’s annexation to the U.S. ...

The Chicago Theatre

The Chicago Theatre

Januari 09, 2012
downtown movie houses, Frank Sinatra, movie theaters, Norma Talmadge, The Sign on the Door

The Chicago Theatre, so grand and magnificent a building it was dubbed “the Wonder Theatre of the World” at its opening in 1921. The first o...

Meet Me in Las Vegas - 1956

Meet Me in Las Vegas - 1956

Januari 05, 2012
Agnes Moorehead, Cara Williams, Cyd Charisse, Dan Dailey, Frankie Laine, Hermes Pan, Jerry Colonna, Jim Backus, Lena Horne, Meet Me in Las Vegas, Paul Henreid, Sammy Davis Jr.

Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956) is a fun and frothy pastiche uniting the two themes upon which the reputation of that town is built: gambling, ...

Las Vegas Story - 1952

Las Vegas Story - 1952

Januari 02, 2012
Brad Dexter, Hoagy Carmichael, Jane Russell, Jay C. Flippen, Las Vegas Story, Robert J. Wilke, Robert Stevenson, Victor Mature, Vincent Price, Will Wright

“Las Vegas Story” (1952) is like the seductively slow Mona Lisa smile of its star, Jane Russell: both sly and simple, secretive and open. It...