Tom Tully - What a Character Blogathon

Tom Tully - What a Character Blogathon

Desember 05, 2020
Academy Awards, blogathon, Ginger Rogers, Humphrey Bogart, The Caine Mutiny, Tom Tully

Tom Tully was an actor of great depth, who exuded grace even in his most snide, sinister, and crusty roles, and yet who could display such u...

Upcoming blogathon...

Upcoming blogathon...

Desember 03, 2020

Join us and a crowd scene of other blogs this coming Saturday for the 9th Annual "What a Character!" Blogathon, hosted by Paula...

Holiday Inn on the Radio with Gordon MacRae

Holiday Inn on the Radio with Gordon MacRae

November 26, 2020
Gordon MacRae, Holiday Inn, radio shows, Thanksgiving

Wishing you here in the U.S. a very peaceful and pleasant Thanksgiving, and to you, our neighbors in Canada, Mexico, and around the world......

Hollywood Fights Fascism - now in print and eBook

Hollywood Fights Fascism - now in print and eBook

November 19, 2020
fascism, Hollywood Fights Fascism, World War II

Classic films were often extraordinary chroniclers of their own times.  Despite the cozy nostalgia that may come to mind when we think of cl...

The summer after that...

The summer after that...

Oktober 29, 2020
Claudette Colbert, Jennifer Jones, Shirley Temple, Since You Went Away, World War II

There is a scene in Since You Went Away (1944) of such gossamer poignance that we might miss the impact just because it is a fleeting, thro...

The Turning Point - 1952

The Turning Point - 1952

Oktober 22, 2020
Adele Longmire, Alexis Smith, Carolyn Jones, Danny Dayton, Don Porter, Ed Begley, Edmond O'Brien, The Turning Point, Tom Tully, Whit Bissell, William Holden

  The Turning Point (1952) depicts a government committee’s investigation of organized crime. In film noir style, it becomes a kind of anti...

Pre-order now - HOLLYWOOD FIGHTS FASCISM

Pre-order now - HOLLYWOOD FIGHTS FASCISM

Oktober 15, 2020
Hollywood Fights Fascism

  Pre-Order Sale on HOLLYWOOD FIGHTS FASCISM ! Past is prologue.  Our greatest gift from the Greatest Generation was freedom from fascism......