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...

Blogathon!

Blogathon!

Februari 20, 2020

Come back Saturday the 22nd when we visit the Butler and the Valet in Sullivan's Travels (1941) as part of the Butlers & Maids Bloga...

Requiescat in pace - Kirk Douglas

Requiescat in pace - Kirk Douglas

Februari 06, 2020
Barbara Stanwyck, Kirk Douglas, Requiescat in pace

It is rare these days for the world of the classic film fan to intersect with news of modern pop culture, for our heroes were of the past, i...

A Face in the Crowd - 1957

A Face in the Crowd - 1957

Januari 16, 2020
A Face in the Crowd, Andy Griffith, Anthony Franciosa, Budd Schulberg, Elia Kazan, Lee Remick, Marshall Neilan, Patricia Neal, Percy Waram, Walter Matthau

A Face in the Crowd (1957) chronicles its era, lambastes it, and foreshadows future evils of an unchecked demagogue. Perhaps it also mark...

Public Domain Day - 2020

Public Domain Day - 2020

Januari 02, 2020
Betty Bronson, Buster Keaton, Erich von Stroheim, Girl Shy, Harold Lloyd, Hot Water, It's a Wonderful Life, Peter Pan 1924, Public Domain Day, The Thief of Bagdad 1924

January 1st has become yet another reflection of our media-conscious society in its being heralded as Public Domain Day.   This achieved wid...

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...

Anne Shirley in Screen Guide

Anne Shirley in Screen Guide

Desember 05, 2019
Anne Shirley, John Payne, Screen Guide

Anne Shirley from Screen Guide , May 1942.  A brief blurb laments her recent divorce from John Payne, but supports the young mother and work...