Classic movie reviews, movie articles, movie information from 1960 to 1969, the end of Golden Age of Hollywood.
In today’s guest post, Jim Brymer shares his thoughts on the 1963 comedy classic It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. Stanley Kramer was a well-known director in his day, one who specialized in “message” films — meaning that there…
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PUT THE MASK ON NOW!!! Not to be confused with the Jim Carrey film of the same name, The Mask is a mind-blowing 3-D horror flick from Canada that was originally released in 1961. The film concerns a psychiatrist who…
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Part live-action, part animation, all entertainment. That is a pretty accurate description of 1964’s The Incredible Mr. Limpet. The movie stars Don Knotts as Henry Limpet, a glasses-wearing Brooklyn bookkeeper/icthyophile who is stuck on land after being declared 4F by…
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All of us have favorite films that are a little extra special to us because we grew up with them. The Parent Trap, featuring Hayley Mills, is one of those films for my sister and I. It was a favorite to…
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Preface: It may seem incongruous to the theme of my blog, but the truth of the matter is that, up until this blogathon, I have never watched 2001: A Space Odyssey in its entirety. I tried to watch it one…
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I confess that I have never been a Sandy Dennis fan. Perhaps, it was her choice of roles, but her characters always came across as a contrived combination of exaggerated emotions. But after recently watching Up the Down Staircase (1967),…
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The 1962 laugh riot Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation is a Jimmy Stewart masterpiece. In the film, Stewart shines as a loving husband and father who takes his family on a seaside holiday, only to be plagued by a lothario…
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1962’s Carnival of Souls is a perfect example of a slow burn cult film. Despite a limited budget and a short original theatrical run, the film — about a church organist whose life takes a turn for the bizarre following…
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You’ve never been on a trip like this before! Quick, name a madcap travel romp of the 1960s? It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World? Perfect! The Great Race? Indubitably! But let me tell you about my favorite of these…
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1963’s acclaimed romantic dramedy Love with the Proper Stranger stars Natalie Wood as Angie Rossini, a “good Italian girl” who becomes pregnant after a one-night stand with Rocky Papasanso (Steve McQueen). Initally, Angie desires only to track down Rocky to…
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