The Horses of Stagecoach Stagecoach is the classic western based the de Maupassant story, Boule de suif, which is the classic doxy story. The great Indian chase of the hurtling stagecoach is the most classic scene of this classic film.[…]↓ Lese den Rest dieses Eintrags …
Archiv für November, 2018
Alan and the Key The Princeton Playhouse was the home of the Technicolor A-films. The Garden Theater was the home of B-films. There were matinees of Frankenstein, Sherlock Homes, Tarzan and western films in the Garden Theater. The Garden is[…]↓ Lese den Rest dieses Eintrags …
The Bogart Butt When I was a kid, I saw Bogart as a private eye, reporter, sea captain or gangster on the lam. He had something that the other tough guys, Edward G., Cagney and Ladd didn’t have – the[…]↓ Lese den Rest dieses Eintrags …
Too Much Cotton Orson Weles reaped great praise for Touch of Evil, a sloppy job compared with Kane, but nevertheless with moments of greatness like all post-Kane films. A corpulent Welles plays a, dishevelled cop, but he felt needed a[…]↓ Lese den Rest dieses Eintrags …
APHORISMS by Žarko Petan Translated by Herbert Kuhner I’m a fatalist; I love femme fatales. The male dream: a virgin with experience. The ideal women: hot in winter, frigid in summer. A nudist fell in love with a nudist upon[…]↓ Lese den Rest dieses Eintrags …
Larry and Orson We Americans who strive for elegance are invariably cowed by our British lingual non-compatriots. The most beautiful British voice and delivery belong to Laurence Olivier. He is matched by our Orson. The most beautiful American voice and[…]↓ Lese den Rest dieses Eintrags …
“Blackface” is not a slur. Entertainers who put on black paint were not putting African Americans down. In the Twenties and Thirties those who didn’t need paint stepped forward to do their own thing in spite of Jim Crow and[…]↓ Lese den Rest dieses Eintrags …
A Princess There was a beautiful princess who went to Hollywood and became the most elegant and attractive actress in the history of cinema. She acted well in every film she was in and each one was a box office[…]↓ Lese den Rest dieses Eintrags …
I Prefer Buster Charlie came first and then came Buster. Charlie pratfell and caused pratfalls, and he battered around with the heavies. Charlie had a mean streak but Buster was gentle. When the Looney Tunes cartoon characters came on the[…]↓ Lese den Rest dieses Eintrags …
Zarah Dietrich stayed in the States. Goebbels tried to get her back, but is it was no go. She had a glorious career and was a foe of the Third Reich. Although Hollywood had beckoned, Zarah Leander didn’t get on[…]↓ Lese den Rest dieses Eintrags …
Rocks and Rifle Bullets President Donald Trump: “They want to throw rocks at our military. Our military fights back. I told them to consider it a rifle.” (in other words, if a kid throws a rock, shoot him!) “Migrants” are[…]↓ Lese den Rest dieses Eintrags …