I will preface this review with this comment: I did NOT like this movie. And that has absolutely nothing to do with the acting of Olivia de Havilland or any of the other stars in the movie. As a matter…
Read more →Pit of Despair: “The Snake Pit”
1940s Films
“Keeper of the Flame” Reunites Tracy and Hepburn for a Controversial Drama
It was January of 1943 that the moviegoing first had the opportunity to see Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn team up for the second time onscreen in Keeper of the Flame. Based on the novel by I.A.R. Wylie, the movie…
Read more →“Down Argentine Way” Is a Delightful Musical Experience
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…
Read more →Walter Pidgeon and Greer Garson: A Dynamic Duo
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…
Read more →A Look Back at the Life and Work of Choreographer Eugene Loring
Eugene Loring was never a household name and yet his unique style of dance was recognizable in many musicals of the 1940s and 1950s. His best-known works are Silk Stockings (1955) and Funny Face (1957), but it was through the…
Read more →Movie Trailer of the Day: It Happens Every Spring
We are less than a week away from the official start of the baseball season. Over the next seven days, we are planning on having several posts celebrating America’s pastime. To kick things off, let’s take a look at It…
Read more →“Too Late for Tears” Is a Femme Fatale Favorite
Things I have learned from watching film noir movies: 1. Never trust a woman. 2. If you meet a woman stranded on the side of the road, never trust a woman. 3. If you see a woman across a crowded…
Read more →Agnes Moorehead: Truly One of The Best
Agnes Moorehead was truly one of the best. She was a marvelous actress who covered every field of entertainment from performing in over one hundred films, doing dozens of radio programs, taking on numerous television work and acting in theater,…
Read more →Create-A-Caption: The Bishop’s Wife
The Bishop’s Wife is the motion picture equivalent of wrapping yourself up in a blank on a bone-chilling winter night — warm and welcoming and lovely. This 1947 Yuletide favorite stars Cary Grant as Dudley, an angel who is assigned…
Read more →Rita Hayworth in “Blood and Sand”
Rita Hayworth was the classic bombshell of a woman in the 40’s and 50’s. She was, by most every source I could find, one of the most popular pinup girls of WWII. Maybe even the most popular. Every soldier’s barracks…
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