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TAKING A WALK ON THE FILMIC SIDE, TRANSITING THE VINTAGE ROADS.
Friday, August 30, 2024
10th Anniversary at Lake Powell: June Allyson & Dick Powell (Modern Screen)
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The Powell family sets out for an angling afternoon. The Powells have a lake right on their property so all they have to do is roll out ...
Sunday, August 25, 2024
The hypnotic sensibility of Taxi Driver (1976)
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The hypnotic sensibility of Taxi Driver attempts to incubate the viewer in a limbo state between sleeping and waking. Paul Schrader, the scr...
Monday, August 19, 2024
The Myth of Raymond Chandler's "unsolved" murder in The Big Sleep (1946)
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Every time The Big Sleep is mentioned one of the biggest myths of the story tends to also be mentioned: That Chandler wrote such a convolut...
Saturday, August 10, 2024
Hollywood's Glitz, Triumphs & Tragedies
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Lucille Ball fared well in her show Lucy goes to a Hollywood Premiere (February 7, 1966). The script was weak but enlivened by the guest ap...
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Monday, July 29, 2024
Dick Powell & June Allyson: A Marriage on the Rocks (Modern Screen magazine)
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The Powell marriage is in bad trouble. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise—not that they’re likely to. Around Hollywood everyone is talking ...
Sunday, July 28, 2024
Ann Sheridan: Hollywood's Oomph Girl
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While her movie fame has been eclipsed by the mega-watt glare of Bette Davis, Katharine Hepburn and Joan Crawford, Ann Sheridan is no less r...
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