Brian Donlevy

The Enduring Legacy of Preston Sturges Is Celebrated in Two New Releases

01.15.20 | Chris Cummins | Tags: Academy Award Winners, Alan Hale, Brian Donlevy, Frank Morgan, KL Studio Classics, Preston Sturges, William Wyler | 1 comment

Screenwriter, director and playwright Preston Sturges is a talent whose impact can still be felt in contemporary works. Having helped shape the screwball comedy format into a tried and true cinematic genre, Sturges had a knack for creating dialogue for…

Alan Ladd: A Ladd and His Gun

11.05.18 | Jim Brymer | Tags: 1940s Films, Alan Ladd, Bonita Granville, Brian Donlevy, Pamela Blake, Richard Denning, Robert Preston, The Glass Key, This Gun for Hire, Veronica Lake, William Bendix | 1 comment

For months I’ve been promising a fellow blogger that I was going to get around to doing this double feature, but I kept putting it off due to time and commitments to various blogathons. She is a big Alan Ladd…

“Life of The Party,” “Never So Few,” “The Day After,” and More New Releases

08.07.18 | Chris Cummins | Tags: Adrienne Barbea, Bill Murray, Brian Donlevy, Charles Bronson, Charles Durning, Charlotte Rae, Dan Duryea, Frank Sinatra, Gabrielle Union, George C. Scott, Giba Lollobrigida, Jenny Slate, John Carpemter, John Cusack, Jon Hamm, Liv Tyler, Maureen Stapleton, Maya Rudolph, Melissa McCarthy, Paul Henreid, Peter Lawford, Riverdale, Steve McQueen, Superman, Susan Sarandon, The Good Doctor, Tim Robbins, Zachary Quinto | no comments

So far, August isn’t joking around. We are only in the second week of the month and there are so many great vintage and recent theatrical films making their DVD and/or Blu-ray debut this week that it is mind-boggling. Looking…

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