Philip Yordan‘s western novel Man of the West was brought to the screen in beautiful Cinemascope as Gun Glory (1957) with the great Stewart Granger taking on the lead role of Tom Early. It is 1880s Wyoming, and Early has just…
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“Boldly going where no coward has gone before!” Buck Fleming’s boy is an astronaut. He’s the pride of his father, mother, sweetheart, and the entire town of Sweetwater, Missouri. “A credit to his town, to the nation, and now the…
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In Charlie Chan in Egypt, the eighth installment of the 20th Century Fox Charlie Chan series, the famous Hawaiian detective sets off for Egypt to investigate the theft of archeological treasures….and unwraps a case of murder instead! Detective Chan (Warner…
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Michael Innes, who is best known for his novels featuring detective Sir John Appleby, was a prolific author for over fifty years (1930s-1980s). In 1953, he penned a little book entitled Christmas at Candleshoe which Walt Disney Studios subsequently produced…
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Espionage films were all the rage in the mid-1960s, a fever that had been ignited by Ian Fleming‘s James Bond spy series. George Segal investigated neo-Nazis in The Quiller Memorandum (1966), Michael Caine had starred in the Harry Carter films…
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Betty Grable and Don Ameche head south of the border in one of the most delightful Fox musicals of the 1940s – Down Argentine Way. Sparkling Technicolor, musical melodies to tickle your fancy, an amusing script, and Carmen Miranda chica-chica-booming…
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Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon were the epitome of enduring love. In the majority of their films together they played married couples, a husband and wife perfectly balanced :Garson’s dignified but gentle and kind nature opposite Pidgeon’s strong and stable…
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Gene Kelly was at the peak of his career in the early 1950s, making such memorable musicals as Summer Stock, An American in Paris, Singin’ in the Rain and Brigadoon. One side adventure he took away from musicals was a…
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A plain young woman and a scarred war veteran find love and beauty with each other inside The Enchanted Cottage. Guest writer Constance Metzinger opens the door to the 1945 RKO fantasy/romance starring Dorothy McGuire and Robert Young.
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Most avid James Bond fans, like my sister and I, can instantly recognize Bond actors when they appear in other films, no matter how brief their role may be. It’s a knack that comes from having seen the movies so…
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