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  1. Julian Shellhammer

    What was the last TV show you watched?

    Prairie Dog Manor. Am I hallucinating? Is this deep mockumentary? It's Disney nature film meets Andy Kaufman. Deep voiced narrator telling us what's going on in prairie dogs' heads as they battle for prairie dog dominance and multiple prairie dog wives. Didn't get through the first episode. We...
  2. Julian Shellhammer

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    A little whiles back, it was Impact (1949) with Brian Donlevy, Ella Raines, and Charles Coburn. I thought I had seen it years ago, and it wasn't until Ella makes her appearance as a spunky auto mechanic that I remembered it. Equal parts deliciously rotten unfaithful wife, mixed with courtroom...
  3. Julian Shellhammer

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Stolen Holiday (1937) starring Kay Francis, Claude Rains, and Ian Hunter (pre-Mott, clearly), about a French fashion model and a low-grade swindler who team up and make it big. She becomes the rage of the fashion world, and he goes on to swindle internationally. Then stuff happens. Big chunk of...
  4. Julian Shellhammer

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    We watched Enola Holmes as well and found it well done fun. Monday night it was Larceny, Inc., aka A Night Before Christmas (1942) with Edward G. Robinson, Jane Wyman, Broderick Crawford, Jack Carson, and many more. Robinson parodies his gangster image for laughs. There's a crime (well, sort...
  5. Julian Shellhammer

    What was the last TV show you watched?

    We got hooked on the BBC serialization of Martin Chuzzlewit from the mid-90s; about four episodes in. Paul Scofield as the elder Martin makes acting look like the easiest thing around - smooth, with never a false note. Don't tell us the ending - we hope a beam of light offers hope in the...
  7. Julian Shellhammer

    What Did You Drink Last Night?

    Right after dinner it was G&T, with Aviation as the G. Much later in the evening, just before turning in, JW Red.
  8. Julian Shellhammer

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Blood on the Moon (1948) with Robert Mitchum, Barbara Bel Geddes, and Robert Preston. It's directed by Robert Wise so we see a western noir. High contrast lighting, corruption in seats of power, and a lead character who can't seem to get a fair shake from either the law or the crooks. Or can he...
  9. Julian Shellhammer

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    The other night it was Murder, My Sweet. Crooner heart-throb Richard Powell breaks out of his typecast image and delivers in his PI role. It was brand new to the missus, who liked it. Also, Jewel Robbery from 1932, with William Powell and Kay Francis. Must be one them pre-codes folks talk...
  10. Julian Shellhammer

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    My Darling Clementine (1946), dir. by John Ford, with Henry Fonda, Linda Darnell, Victor Mature, Walter Brennan, and a good many more. Ford's telling of the gunfight a the OK Corral. Visually, sort of a noir western, with high contrast blacks and whites, but at the same time looks like an epic...
  11. Julian Shellhammer

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    San Quentin (1937) with Pat O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart, and Ann Sheridan. O'Brien is an Army captain hired to organize the the eponymous prison, Bogie is young guy who's gone wrong, and Sheridan is a nightclub singer involved with both. The ending seemed abrupt. Gun Crazy (1950) with Peggy...
  13. Julian Shellhammer

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Murder is My Beat (1955) with top billing for Paul Langton and Barbara Payton. It's draw for me was director Edgar Ulmer. Looooow budget, but interesting. Good cop goes rogue to clear the name of convicted chanteuse. Only if you've an hour and seven minutes to kill...
  14. Julian Shellhammer

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Bodyguard (1948) with Lawrence Tierney and Priscilla Lane. We watched the 62 minute version; there is supposed to be a 75 minute version somewhere. Some plot gaps, probably due to edits, did not slow down the story for us. Tough former cop Tierney reluctantly takes a bodyguard job, and...
  15. Julian Shellhammer

    What Are You Reading

    The Big Book of the Continental Op, a collection of the short stories by Dashiell Hammett, with contextual notes and background information. Hammett has long been a favorite of mine, and this collection is providing much enjoyable reading.
  16. Julian Shellhammer

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Love Affair (1939), dir. and story by Leo McCarey, with Irene Dunne, Charles Boyer, and many more. Remade by McCarey in 1957 as An Affair to Remember, which itself became sort of a running gag in Sleepless in Seattle. Lushly romantic; we enjoyed it. NB: IMDb mentions a 1994 remake by Warren...
  17. Julian Shellhammer

    What was the last TV show you watched?

    We watched four of the Agents of SHIELD: Final Mission episodes that had stacked up on the dvr and really enjoyed the time travel twist. The noir episode, with agent Coulson narrating in voice-over, was especially well-done. The 70s era, with its Quinn Martin intro and vibe was hilarious.
  19. Julian Shellhammer

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    The Magnificent Seven (1960). The Missus had never seen it, and was open to give it a try. She liked it. I kept hitting pause and comparing the remake to the original, until I finally gained control of myself and she was able to watch without the live commentary.
  20. Julian Shellhammer

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    I Confess (1953), dir. Alfred Hitchcock, with Montgomery Clift, Anne Baxter, Brian Aherne, and Karl Malden. The sanctity of the confessional versus committing crimes. Set in Quebec, if you are not paying attention at the beginning (as I was), you'd think it's in a French city. Less than prime...
  21. Julian Shellhammer

    What Did You Drink Last Night?

    Paddleford Creek bourbon, on the rocks. Light, smooth, no burn (at least to me). With so many bourbons out there, I might not buy another bottle until I've tried a few more.
  22. Julian Shellhammer

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Last night, it was Sands of Iwo Jima (1949 or 50, release dates vary at IMDb), with John Wayne, John Agar, Forrest Tucker, and a good many more. Republic Pictures production intercut with documentary footage from the battles of Tarawa and Iwo Jima. Remembered this from viewings as a kid. The...
  23. Julian Shellhammer

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Last week sometime, it was Woman on the Run (1950) with Ann Sheridan, Dennis O'Keefe, and quite a few supporting actors. A somewhat low budget, independent production, with parts filmed at Ocean Park Pier in Santa Monica, it's one of those well-crafted movies with not one wasted shot. Lots of...

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