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Category Archives: Blogathan
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
The Coffee Film Tag Challenge
Hi! Is it too late for me to do this? I hope not. And I also hope you like the coffee image I pulled off Unsplash (an awesome stock photo site). So … it all started with this comment I … Continue reading
Posted in Blogathan, Compilation
Tagged Blogathon, Mini-Reviews, Movie Challenge, movies, Roundup
6 Comments
Reel Infatuation with De Niro and Grodin in ‘Midnight Run’
Not long ago, someone asked me to recommend a good comedy. This movie was one that came right to mind. When I told this person that Robert De Niro was hilarious in it, the response was one of complete disbelief. … Continue reading
Posted in Blogathan, Buddy Film, Comedy, Crime Fiction, Crime Movies
Tagged Action Films, Action Movie, Action-Adventure, Adventure, Blogathon, Buddy Film, Comedy, Crime Film, Road Picture
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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
20 Comments
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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My Review of ‘The King’s Speech’ (2010)
In all honesty, I wasn’t sure how I’d feel about this movie before seeing it. I don’t watch a lot of historical drama, and I’m not into the whole Merchant Ivory oeuvre. But this film isn’t just any historical, nor … Continue reading
Posted in Blogathan, Drama, Movie Reviews
Tagged Blogathon, Drama, Historical, Historical Film, Movie Review
10 Comments
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
8 Comments
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
16 Comments
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
6 Comments