The Road to the Wall was 1962 short documentary film about the construction of The Berlin Wall produced by Robert Saudek and narrated by James Cagney. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short and like a lot of US government films of the era, has a distinct reds-under-the-bed tone.
NORTH BY NORTHWEST, alongside FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT (strange choice- I know) probably ranks as my favorite Alfred Hitchcock film. While it’s not as deep as VERTIGO, or as chilling as PSYCHO, it’s probably the most fun film Hitchcock ever made. It’s a perfect blend of suspense, comedy, adventure and romance, anchored by a career best performance from star Cary Grant- who, to this day,...
To show you just how much a late bloomer I was as a film buff, when I first read about the first archetypal screen gangster, James Cagney, I confused him with Jackie Gleason’s Honeymooners’ co-star Art Carney. After reading about Peggy Noonan’s express in her wonderful What I Saw at the Revolution her “intuition” that the [...]
I've been a movie fan ... including an old movie fan ... for years. Ever since the mid-70s, when I'd get off work after midnight and go home after playing 5 hours of rock-and-roll on the radio. Too wired up to sleep, I'd turn the TV on and watch movies until I fell asleep. I got to watch a lot of old movies then. One of the Savannah TV stations (WTOC) had decided to go 24 hours, and did that by showing...
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In a stunning convergence of teeth and propellers, Hilary Swank's Amelia arrives in theaters this weekend, inspiring Pete Chianca to look back at some other noteworthy biopics.
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alas, this darling actress named alice white, was sitting very pretty till a personal scandal ruined her career. charlie chaplin, james cagney, and bette davis all worked with alice. she has 44 screen credits and one of her last films was the entertaining 'flamingo road' starring joan crawford.
"We must find another brain." Well, Colonel Klink has been replaced. I found a place that sells cheap refurbished computers to the local college crowd, and got myself a pretty good deal on a nice-looking machine with ten times the hard drive space. What's more, the techie simply plugged in poor old Klink's entire brain as a spare drive--which was a nice easy way to carry over all my files,...
Four more films to see on Wednesday, the second-to-last full day of the 28th annual Vancouver International Film Festival. Arrived early for the passholder's line-up, just before 9:30 a.m., and stood in line to make sure that VanRamblings secured...
Now Playing the International Film Festival Circuit Photo Slideshow Getting my name on the blackboard once in the second grade (for ironically talking about movies) is the only time I’ve ever ventured into the realm of rebelliousness. Still, like most American kids who grew up playing cops and robbers as well as a majority of film buffs who have a special place in their heart for Film Noir, the...
By Freda Bauer We have some film reviewed in the following paragraphs. If you want to locate a movie download site do a search online. There are a lot of different phrases you can use, try "Downloadable DVDs", "Movie Downloading", or "New Movie Download". Singles: Life in the Seattle dating scene ain't simple. Energetic comedy drama with some appealing performances (particularly...
USS Arizona BB 39 USS Maine ACR 1 Arizona's anchor in Wesley Bolin Plaza, Phoenix Last week I was in Phoenix, Arizona and had meetings in the State Capitol where there is a small museum dedicated to the USS Arizona which I have mentioned before. http://legatuswargamesarmies.blogspot.com/2007/10/arizona-in-arizona.html What I hadn't seen before was one of the 16,000lb anchors from the Arizona on display...
There are funny men, and then there are legends; Don Rickles is firmly in the latter category, having kept America laughing for over 50 years. Now he is bringing laughter to bergenPAC on October 13th with his one-of-a-kind humor. Rickles took his first step toward national fame in 1957 when Frank Sinatra wandered into the small Hollywood nightclub where Rickles was performing. The still-unknown Rickles...