Hollywood Fights Back - A Radio Protest

Hollywood Fights Back - A Radio Protest

November 16, 2017
blacklist, Dana Andrews, Dorothy McGuire, Hollywood Fights Back, HUAC, Humphrey Bogart, Jane Wyatt, Judy Garland, Lauren Bacall, Myrna Loy, Paul Henreid, The Best Years of Our Lives, William Wyler

Hollywood Fights Back was a radio program broadcast in two parts in the autumn of 1947. Some 50 Hollywood stars, writers, directors, as well...

Preview of coming attractions...

Preview of coming attractions...

November 02, 2017
blogathon

Seventy years ago today - November 2, 1947 - the second of two half-hour radio programs aired called Hollywood Fights Back .  It was a caval...

Phantom of the Opera - 1943

Phantom of the Opera - 1943

Oktober 26, 2017
Ann Blyth, Claude Rains, Deanna Durbin, Edgar Barrier, Hume Cronyn, Jane Withers, Leo Carrillo, Lon Chaney, Margaret O'Brien, Nelson Eddy, Phantom of the Opera 1943, Susanna Foster, Wilbur Evans

Phantom of the Opera (1943) is a musical, a Technicolor feast for the eyes. There is a horror story in here, too, but it is cloaked in unde...

The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima - 1952

The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima - 1952

Oktober 12, 2017
Anne Whitfield, Gilbert Roland, J. Carrol Naish, Jack Kruschen, Mae Clark, Sammy Ogg, Sherry Jackson, Susan Whitney, The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima, The Song of Bernadette

Tomorrow, Friday, October 13 th , marks the 100 th anniversary of the “Miracle of the Sun,” the final apparition in Fátima, Portugal, of th...

A few thoughts on Ken Burns documentaries

A few thoughts on Ken Burns documentaries

Oktober 05, 2017
classic film fans, Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, Peter Coyote, Robert Ryan, television

The Vietnam War documentary by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick  that was shown on PBS the previous two weeks is a triumph of historical reportage...