Singing sensation Dick Powell and dancer Ruby Keeler were a match made in musical heaven and they had great success in the early 1930s as an on-screen duo. In 1934, Warner Brothers teamed them up in Flirtation Walk, a light-hearted…
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What would classics such as Gone with the Wind be without the likes of Thomas Mitchell or Hattie McDaniel? What would It’s a Wonderful Life be like without character actors Beulah Bondi, Henry Travers, Lionel Barrymore, or Samuel S. Hinds?…
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In this guest post, Constance Metzinger shares her thoughts on the 1962 adaptation of The Prince and the Pauper. Mark Twain had a knack for writing stories that appealed to the common people, especially to children. Most everyone has at…
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Joan Davis was a master of zany comedy. She was the feminine variant of Danny Kaye, Oscar Levant and Billy de Wolfe all rolled into one. But mostly she was uniquely Joan Davis: Rubber-faced, loose-limbed and shamelessly outrageous. A lost…
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In today’s guest post, Constance Metzinger analyzes the set design from the family favorite Lassie Come Home: For this month’s featured TV/Movie set I chose the classic Lassie Come Home, not because it’s a particularly noteworthy bit of set design, but rather…
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In this post, Constance Metzinger shares her opinions on the 1933 favorite The Private Life of Henry VIII. The name of Charles Laughton has become synonymous with that of King Henry VIII, a role that he portrayed both onscreen and…
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In this guest post, Constance Metzinger remembers the 1956 British film Now and Forever. “You can’t separate us! We love each other!” Lonely upper-class English schoolgirl Janette Grant (Janette Scott) falls in love with handsome Mike Pritchard (Vernon Gray), a…
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Silvana Mangano was a beautiful and talented actress who was popular in Italian films of the 1950s, when Italy was going through its post-war film renaissance. This sensuous bombshell ascended to stardom after a sizzling performance in the drama Bitter…
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R.D. Blackmore‘s classic novel Lorna Doone was brought to the big screen in 1934 for the first time as a talking picture. The thrilling romance was made into a silent film five times before ATP Studios made this production which…
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“Every second throbs with suspense and danger!” For once, those exclamatory theatrical heralds were right: Assignment in Brittany is packed to the brim with non-stop adventure. There is so much fast-paced excitement that if you do not have your ears…
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