Grab the Kleenex... There was no shortage of tearjerker movies during the World War Two period, and one of the most successful was 1943's The Human Comedy. The public loved it. The critics loved it. It was also reputed to be Louis B. Mayer's favorite movie. How does it hold up today? Surprisingly well in a … Continue reading Close To Home
My Favorite Shirley Temple Movie
Here we go... I've never been a huge fan of Shirley Temple's early films, but The Little Princess is one of my favorites (Another is Heidi). No offense to anyone who likes them, but they're just not my taste. In 1939 Shirley Temple turned eleven, no longer a poppet but not yet a teenager, although she … Continue reading My Favorite Shirley Temple Movie
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
Taking Up Room 