Category Archives: Actors
My Book Review of ‘Kim Novak: Reluctant Goddess’
Hi! Today I’m doing a review of Kim Novak: Reluctant Goddess by Peter Harry Brown. And, as you can see, this was taken out on inter-library loan. And I can’t take that thing off, but you can see half her … Continue reading
Posted in Actors, Blogathan, Book Review
Tagged Actors, Biography, Book Review, Classic Hollywood
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This isn’t a Film Review. It’s a Tribute!
I just happened across this video interview of Audrey Hepburn. And, if I thought she was awesome before, I’m now even more impressed! I just hope this inspires you as much as it did me. 🙂 You’re welcome! 🙂 PS: … Continue reading
Walter Huston in ‘The Treasure of the Sierra Madre’ for the ‘O Canada! Blogathon’
How to describe this movie. It’s an adventure film. It’s a drama. It’s a Western (or neo-Western). It is also a classic film and, as it happens, one of the first Hollywood movies to be shot on location outside the … Continue reading
Episode 9 of ‘Buck Rogers’
Once again, it’s time for another episode of this amazing cool sci-fi series of episodic scenes that comprise the movie Buck Rogers! I think I used the word “comprise” properly, but feel free to criticize my apostrophe catastrophes. 🙂 Anyway, … Continue reading
Posted in Actors, Public Domain Movies, Saturday Matinee, Tributes
Tagged B-Movie, B-Movies, Captioned, In Memory, MST3K, Public Domain Films, RIP, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction
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The Day I Realized the ‘Perry Mason Guy’ Started as a Bad Guy
My first exposure to Raymond Burr was in his role as the Symbol of Justice that was Perry Mason. As a child, I was awed at his ability to dig the truth out of people by careful questioning and put … Continue reading
Posted in Actors, Blogathan, Film Noir
Tagged B-movies, B-Movies, Blogathon, Film Noir, Raymond Burr, Villains
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Bette Davis in ‘The Letter’ (1940)
This film was the perfect vehicle for an actress like Bette Davis. It opens on a moonlit night in the tropics of Malaya. We are on a rubber plantation where the native workers play music or sleep in their outdoor … Continue reading
Posted in 1940s Films, Actors, Blogathan, Film Noir, Movie Reviews
Tagged Actors, Film Noir, Movie Review
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Joseph Cotten in ‘Citizen Kane’
For the Joseph Cotten blogathon (hosted by Crystal at In The Good Old Days Of Classic Hollywood, I chose to write about him in Citizen Kane. Not just because the movie is (or was) considered the greatest film of all … Continue reading
Posted in Actors, Blogathan, Classic Movies, Drama, Mystery
Tagged Actors, Blogathon, Classic Movies, Drama, Mystery
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Bette Davis for the Defense
As a long-time Perry Mason fan, I know that Raymond Burr had taken time off from playing the eponymous defense attorney for various health reasons. However, until recently, I had no idea that Bette Davis (of all people) had played … Continue reading
Posted in Actors, Blogathan, Mystery
Tagged Bette Davis, Blogathon, Mystery, Perry Mason, Television
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Book Review: ‘Get Happy: The Life of Judy Garland’
This book is no hagiography. It reveals in great detail all that was amazing, inspiring, and outright maddening about its subject. And it starts before the woman who would become Judy Garland was born. Her parents, Frank and Ethel Gumm, … Continue reading
Posted in Actors, Blogathan, Book Review
Tagged Actors, Biography, Blogathon, Book Review, Judy Garland
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Elizabeth Taylor in ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’
Elizabeth Taylor is the kind of actress that could easily qualify as the number one representative of classic Hollywood stardom and financial success. Along with her considerable attributes as a businesswoman and humanitarian, Elizabeth Taylor was a stunning beauty. Taylor … Continue reading
Posted in Actors, Blogathan, Classic Movies, Drama
Tagged Black Comedy, Blogathon, Classic Movies, Comedy-Drama, Drama, Elizabeth Taylor
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I Found it at the Movies 