September is already gone, and we're back with another Shamedown. As always, if anyone would like to know what a Shamedown is, CinemaShame's 2023 statement can be found here, and past Shamedowns can be found here. On with our show... Early in the Second World War Americans were very concerned with the presence of Japanese … Continue reading Shamedown #9: Submarine Alert
What We Carry With Us
John Garfield was a method actor before method acting was cool in Hollywood, and like James Cagney he was often pigeonholed as a tough guy and rogueish anti-hero, only in Garfield's case his persona had more of a jailbird or prisoner-of-war slant. The 1943 film, The Fallen Sparrow neatly falls into that trope with a … Continue reading What We Carry With Us
Taking Up Room 