"Little rabbit-face guy." :)
"...authorities are investigating the possibility that a bomb jammed in the plane's bay might have detonated in flight. " JFC
"T'is one gal up inna bleachehs t'eh, screamin'n hawlehrin', cawlin'a secon' baseman 'OL' MAN' an' 'GRAN'PA' and yellin' "PUT IN PETEY,"...
Skyscraper Souls from 1932 with Warren William, Maureen O'Sullivan, Verree Teasdale and Hedda Hopper
In the 1920s and early 1930s, until the Depression put an end to the frantic building of skyscrapers, the public was fascinated with the new vertical behemoths.
The construction of marque...
The Most Dangerous Game from 1932 with Joel McCrea, Fay Wray and Leslie Banks
One of the joys of early 1930s movies is their, often, concise storytelling as seen in The Most Dangerous Game's runtime of sixty-three taut minutes that rips along from setup, to climax, to conclusion with little...
Some of you may remember that a few years back I purchased "Terry and the Pirates: The Master Collection" published by Clover Press.
From the Clover Press' site: The Library of American Comics and Clover Press are proud to publish Terry and the Pirates: The Master Collection. Reproduced from...
The Driver from 1978 with Ryan O'Neil, Bruce Dern and Isabelle Adjani
Is it neo-noir or just a crime drama? With all but no backstory to the characters, who are nameless throughout, a surreal world of crime and policing and a city as a kind of urban jungle, if The Driver isn't neo noir, what...
I knew the two events were in the same zip code time-wise, but clearly had forgotten they were the same day. Jesus.
That second arrow picture is burned into my brain synapses.
I don't have it anymore as it was given to Goodwill in a move, but this is what my copy look liked. It was a cheap paperback that I bought in the late 1980s/early1990s and read on a few long train rides. I probably read ten or so Saint books before I moved on, but I enjoyed "living in his world"...
The Stories of John Cheever published in 1978
At nearly seven-hundred pages and with nearly seventy short stories, The Stories of John Cheever avers he was a prolific writer in the middle of the twentieth century. It helps that he was writing at a time when there was still a profitable market...
The Moon and Sixpence from 1942 with George Sanders, Herbert Marshall, Steven Geray, Doris Dudley, Florence Bates and Molly Lamont
The Moon and Sixpence is based on a W. Somerset Maugham novel that is loosely based on Paul Gauguin's life. "Influenced by" might be a better description as, at...
Katz is as corrupt as they come, but he's also morally confused.
Like Fitz could fit in that Uncle Sam suit, please.
Jessica would have loved the sexual norms of the 1970s.
Ace of Aces from 1933 with Richard Dix and Elizabeth Allan
Ace of Aces is a thoughtful 1930s anti-war film set during WWI. It has plenty of early talkie clunkiness, but even today, it still packs a powerful punch.
Richard Dix plays a sculptor scornful of the patriotic fever sweeping the USA...
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