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Una O’Connor: Sharp-Tongued Screen Servant
She was Maid Marian’s lady-in-waiting, met the Invisible Man and the Frankenstein Monster, and worked with the likes of Alfred Hitchcock, John Ford and Billy Wilder. She was rubber-faced character actress Una O’Connor, our latest Scene Stealer,
Read more →Alice’s Adventures In Filmland 1903-1949
Last fall, on this very web site, I wrote a pair of articles detailing the various cinematic and TV depictions of The Wizard of Oz over the past 100 years or so (take a look for yourself, they’re still there: The Wizard…
Read more →Keye Luke: Number One Chan Man
One of the most thankless recurring roles in movies must have been as one of Charlie Chan’s would-be detective offspring. After all, how many ways can an actor say “Gee whiz, pop!”? For the venerable Keye Luke, however, playing “number-one son” Lee…
Read more →Wallace Shawn: The Arthouse’s Favorite Dinner Guest?
It is, to borrow a phrase from one of his better-known movie roles, “inconceivable” that filmgoers of all ages aren’t familiar with at least the voice, if not the leprechaun-like face, of comedic mainstay Wallace Shawn. Fans of art films know…
Read more →The King at 75: The Films of Elvis Presley 1976-2007
As most people know, Elvis Presley’s last feature film was in 1969 and he passed away eight years later. But what sort of movies might he have made if he hadn’t died? Let’s explore an alternate history of The King’s big-screen career post-1977.
Read more →My Dear Watsons
It is, perhaps, appropriate that the friend and confidante of the world’s greatest detective, Sherlock Holmes, should–like the man whose exploits he chronicled–also be the subject of several mysteries surrounding his personal life. Was Dr. John H. Watson born in England or, as…
Read more →Jingle Blahs: Cinema’s Most Downbeat Christmas Scenes
It’s okay, there’s no one looking. You can admit it. You’re no Grinch, but you find the unending store and media bombardment of holiday tunes and images over the last couple of months more than a little wearying. And as much as…
Read more →Did Six Classic Comedy Teams Have the Last Laugh in Their Final Films?
It’s an all-too-common occurrence in sports: A talented player or group of players achieves great success, but stays in the game a little too long, and instead of ending on a high note (like, say, Ted Williams’ homer in his final at-bat…
Read more →Stephen Stucker: Johnny, What Can You Make Out Of This?
In a movie like 1980’s Airplane!, where the jokes are zooming past viewers at a rate of several per minute and the starring cast includes veteran stars the likes of Lloyd Bridges, Leslie Nielsen and Robert Stack, it takes a…
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