As we all know, 1939 was certainly jammed with classic hit movies, and one of the quieter ones in my opinion is Only Angels Have Wings. I first became aware of this film via the Lux Radio Theater version, but the movie itself is well-worth a watch, has a great cast, and is full of some … Continue reading Calling Barranca
The Time My Dad Ate Chinese Food With Cary Grant
The stereotypes a lot of people have of Californians, even to this day, is that we all live next door to movie stars or that movie stars are everywhere we look, but the reality is that while our odds are definitely better in that regard, it's still a matter of being in the right place … Continue reading The Time My Dad Ate Chinese Food With Cary Grant
Shamedown #8: The Amazing Adventure
August is over and September is upon us. Zoikes. It's hard to believe this is our eighth Shamedown of this year, isn't it? As usual, if anyone's fuzzy on what a Shamedown is they can find Cinema Shame's 2023 Call to Shame here. Past Shamedowns can be found here. In 1937 Cary Grant's star was on a … Continue reading Shamedown #8: The Amazing Adventure
Mr. Blandings and Mr. Breen
Surprise! Those of us who have big families or have lived in apartments and dorms know what it's like to not have a lot of space. Being on top of each other all the time is a constant occurrence, and it can be a pain in the neck. Ideally, though, when the going gets tough, … Continue reading Mr. Blandings and Mr. Breen
Curing Box Office Poison
Miss Hepburn is back... Joan Crawford wasn't the only Golden Age actress to garner the dreaded Box Office Poison label; Katharine Hepburn also got stuck with it. What's interesting is how differently these two women handled the setback. Joan's response was to smolder in her posh mansion while waiting for good parts to come along, … Continue reading Curing Box Office Poison
King Cole
I'm more of an Irving Berlin fan than a Cole Porter fan, to be honest, but I still like quite a few Porter songs. They're very catchy and endlessly singable, many with graceful, almost operatic melodies. Porter's 1946 biopic, Night and Day, is a delightful, almost non-stop revue of Porter's catalogue, set against the backdrop of his … Continue reading King Cole
Stage To Screen: Arsenic and Old Lace
Arsenic and Old Lace is a classic play and film, a slightly macabre mix of black humor and irony. Written by Joseph Kesselring, its original run on Broadway was 1,444 performances, and it still holds up today. The story initially seems very simple, but it likes to grab the viewer with lots of gotchas, done so … Continue reading Stage To Screen: Arsenic and Old Lace
Reblog: Screen Guild Theatre July 4th Triple Feature
Happy Independence Day to all my American readers! Hope you like Aurora's new post as much as I did. 🙂
Taking Up Room 