Posted inBlog Films of 1948: Act of Violence Posted by Stokes November 11, 2024 With just 21 feature-length credits, director Fred Zinnemann’s batting average was awfully high, thanks to…
Posted inBlog Films of 1948: Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House Posted by Stokes November 11, 2024 Let me admit upfront that this Cary Grant comedy isn’t Philadelphia Story-great, nor did it…
Posted inBlog The “Perfect” Couple Posted by Stokes November 11, 2024 They called her “The Perfect Wife.” Best known for playing William Powell’s partner in crime-busting…
Posted inBlog Some Don’t Like “Some Like It Hot…” Posted by Stokes November 11, 2024 ...and by “some,” I mean “me.” I know, I know. I should be crazy about…
Posted inBlog Holden & Stanwyck Posted by Stokes November 11, 2024 Without Barbara Stanwyck, there would be no William Holden. He admitted as much at the…
Posted inBlog Big-Screen Screwball Queen Posted by Stokes November 11, 2024 Screwball comedies ignited movie screens in the depths of the Depression – and the star…
Posted inBlog What a Character! Posted by Stokes November 11, 2024 So there you are, watching a classic movie, when suddenly, a familiar man or woman…
Posted inBlog Oscar’s “Maine” Man Posted by Stokes November 11, 2024 Decades before Cambridge whiz kids Ben Affleck and Matt Damon went Hollywood, another New Englander…
Posted inBlog Cary, Cary, Cary Posted by Stokes November 11, 2024 Let’s bust two Cary Grant myths and confirm another, shall we? He never said “Judy,…
Posted inBlog The Idols of March: Jean Harlow Posted by Stokes November 11, 2024 Most articles about her open with some variation on “Before Marilyn Monroe, there was Jean…