Remember the 1941 Abbott and Costello movie, Buck Privates? Maybe. Remember 1942's Private Buckaroo? No? There's a good reason for that. Two, actually. One, it stinks. Two, it has no plot, but we'll do our best. It all opens at a club, where Henry James is giving out with Helen Forrest and his orchestra on "You Made Me … Continue reading Songs, Schtick and Not Much Else
Bogart’s First Movie
Here we go... Maybe it's hindsight talking, but some actors or actresses jump off the screen at us, even in their very early roles. While their parts might be small, we can see they're going to have a big future. One of these is Humphrey Bogart, whose first film was 1936's The Petrified Forest, which brought … Continue reading Bogart’s First Movie
Taking Up Room 