Silverscreen standards: Destry rides again (1939) The western was new territory for leading man James Stewart in 1939 when he starred in director George Marshall's star-studded, action-packed version of The Oater. Destry rides again, but the film would propel Stewart into a genre in which he clearly felt at home. He would star in iconic westerns over...
Western Roundup: The Furies (1950) This month my Western RoundUp column takes a look at it The Furies (1950), an Anthony Mann western starring Barbara Stanwyck at the helm of a top cast. When I wrote about it Forty guns (1957) here last May, I wasn't planning to do a series on Stanwyck's 50's westerns later this...
Silents are Golden: Silent Superstars - The Early Heartthrob Sessue Hayakawa The typical handsome silent movie lead was a strong, dependable, clean guy with names like Harold Lockwood and Earle Williams. The popularity of Rudolph Valentino in the '20s also sparked a craze for "exotic" Latino lovers. But modern film fans might be surprised to learn that...
Classic Film Journeys: Lori Nelson Lori Nelson Dixie Kay Nelson was born on August 15, 1933 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She was the daughter of the superintendent of the American Metal Mine Company and the great-grandniece of John J. Pershing. Nelson's time in the entertainment industry began when she was two years old, appearing in local...
Pat Boone shares memories of "Journey to the Center of the Earth" at TCM Cruise The importance of horror and sci-fi films from the classic film era tends to be eclipsed compared to today's big-budget CGI films. So when you learn that a 1959 sci-fi flick helped save the day when a big-budget epic sucked dry a...
Noir Nook: Three starring Richard C In previous posts here at Noir Nook, I've mentioned the classic film zoom meetup group I've been attending since spring 2020. One of our last films was 20th Century Fox scream of the city (1948) with Victor Mature and Richard Conte. I've seen this movie many times but when I watched...
Silverscreen standards: I know where I'm going! (1945) Like Joan, the heroine of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's 1945 jewel, I know where I'm going!, I thought I knew where I was going as a young woman, but fate changed the course of my journey. My empathy for Wendy Hiller as the ambitious, pragmatic Joan only partially...
Classic Film Journeys: Clifton Webb Clifton Webb Clifton Webb was a gifted actor of Hollywood's Golden Age who achieved success in various film genres. He was born Webb Parmelee Hollenbeck on November 19, 1889 in Indianapolis, Indiana, to Jacob and Mabel Hollenbeck. His parents separated shortly after Webb's birth. A few years later, Webb's mother took the...
Western RoundUp: Final resting places, leading ladies In my recent Western RoundUp column, I shared photos of the final resting places of a number of Western buddies and supporting Western players. This column focused on male actors, and this time we're going to share the tombstones of a baker's dozen leading actresses from "A" and "B" westerns....
"I would be very happy to see you do something stupid." The private investigator struggled to gain a foothold in the swinging sixties. The cast, as far as Hollywood is concerned, had all but died out in the previous decade (with a few exceptions: kiss me deadly most notable). The first half of the 1960s was all...
The band's track "Future Days" has an important connection to the video game and the TV series Pearl Jam...
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