Tag Archives: Actors
Ray Milland in ‘Bulldog Drummond Escapes’ (1937)
So many of the movies I’ve seen with Ray Milland have him playing the heavy. I’m not sure what movie I first saw him in, but I’m pretty sure whatever it was, he was not playing a nice person. So, … Continue reading
My Review of ‘The Man with the Golden Arm’ (1955)
I’m posting this as part of the Kim Novak Blogathon: A 90th Birthday Celebration! Hosted by The Classic Movie Muse. Today I’m going to review The Man with the Golden Arm. This movie was based on the novel by Nelson … Continue reading
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
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
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
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
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
Raymond Burr for the Prosecution
As a Canadian-born actor, it seems a little ironic that Raymond Burr would wind up playing the iconic American defense attorney Perry Mason. But, as one who grew up watching Burr as the good guy lawyer who (almost) never lost … Continue reading
My Tribute to Powers Boothe
It’s been days since the news came out that Powers Boothe is gone. According to Wikipedia, Boothe was the youngest of three boys who grew up on a cotton farm in Texas. He was the first in his family to attend … Continue reading





















