Remember that TV show, Early Edition? The one about the guy who always got tomorrow's news a day early? Well, 1944's It Happened Tomorrow is a pretty similar concept, and as King Solomon once said, there's nothing new under the sun. It all opens in the then-present day, when Lawrence and Sylvia Stevens are celebrating … Continue reading You Saw It Here First
Linda’s Paycheck Movie
Here's Miss Linda... I'll be honest: The only Linda Darnell movie I've ever seen up until now was The Song Of Bernadette, a film that was not without scandal. Right before that, however, Darnell made 1943's City Without Men, a movie that seemed to have a lot going for it but didn't make as big of a … Continue reading Linda’s Paycheck Movie
Page To Screen: The Song of Bernadette
1943's The Song Of Bernadette turned Jennifer Jones into an Oscar winner. She was twenty-five at the time and it was her first starring role. How this film came about is a story in and of itself, of course. A Czech Jew named Franz Werfel, who was fleeing the Nazis, sheltered for a time in … Continue reading Page To Screen: The Song of Bernadette
Taking Up Room 