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SHADOWPLAY (Free subscription) | 03/15/2010
Uncle Sam’s little Nephew John. John Huston clearly picked up some theatrical mannerisms from his celebrated dad, the soft-show shuffle man turned classical actor Walter Huston (one of my favourite performers EVER). Son John is a fascinating bastard. There are plenty of filmmakers who just seem mean, and some who seem mean because they sincerely believed it’s [...]...
Divers and Sundry (Free subscription) | 03/03/2010
The Outlaw is a 1943 Western directed by Howard Hughes and starring Jane Russell , Jack Buetel , Walter Huston and Thomas Mitchell . It was apparently quite controversial in its day, showing too much of Jane Russell to get past the censors. It's available online at the Internet Archive and at googlevideo: Rotten Tomatoes gives it a rating of 89%. TCM has an overview.
threedonia.com (Free subscription) | 02/02/2010
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) Spirited musical biography of the song-and-dance man who kept America humming through two world wars. Cast: James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston, Richard Whorf Dir: Michael Curtiz BW-126 mins, TV-G. 12:15 PM EST. TCM Another banner day on TCM. Earlier tomorrow check out The Champ with the Mighty Mighty Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper [...]
