Wednesday, September 26, 2012

The Five (OK, make it seven) Best Classic TV Doctors

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Change of seasons creating havoc with your allergies? Sprained an ankle from stepping in a rabbit hole while mowing (been there, done that)?...
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Sunday, September 23, 2012

Mary Rose--the Hitchcock Movie That Never Was

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Alfred Hitchcock saw the original London stage production of Mary Rose  in 1920--and would be infatuated with it for years. Written by...
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Thursday, September 20, 2012

Studio One's "The Defender" Examines the Drama Outside the Courtroom

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Shatner and McQueen. A courtroom drama in which the verdict doesn't matter? That's the case with "The Defender," a 1...
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Monday, September 17, 2012

DVD Spotlight: David Janssen as "Harry O"

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One of the most distinctive private eyes of the 1970s has finally made his DVD debut with Warner Archive's release of season 1 of Harr...
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Thursday, September 13, 2012

Alastair Sims Hosts an Evening of Revelations in "An Inspector Calls"

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A well-to-do British family of four, the Birlings, is seated around a dinner table in 1912. Each is dressed to the nines and the family is c...
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Henry Fonda Uses the Phone, John Huston Gets Confused, and Shelley Winters Sports a Giant Sombrero

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Henry Fonda calling his agent after appearing in Tentacles . Kirk Douglas did it. Ditto for Walter Pidgeon. Even John Wayne and Ray M...
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Monday, September 10, 2012

Ray Milland vs. an Army of Frogs

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Frogs. They can be irritating if you're trying to fall asleep on a summer night with the windows open. They can be yucky, too, if ...
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Wednesday, September 5, 2012

The Five Best James Garner Performances

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Yes, I know, the "Five Best" lists were supposed to end in August, but that was before I saw a James Garner movie last weekend. Su...
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Sunday, September 2, 2012

Between Two Worlds and Outward Bound: One's a Classic, One's Not

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The following review contains plot spoilers. John Garfield learns his destiny. Long ago, when I could still be surprised by a classi...
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Wednesday, August 29, 2012

The John Wayne Movie That Katharine Ross Called "the Biggest Piece of Crap I've Ever Done"

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Here are some interesting tidbits about Katharine Ross's title quote. She made it  during  the production of Hellfighters (1968), whic...
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Sunday, August 26, 2012

The Five Coolest Cars on Classic TV

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Classic television and memorable cars have a long history together. Who can forget My Mother the Car , in which Jerry Van Dyke's mom was...
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Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Damon and Pythias: How Far will a Friend Go?

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When it was first released,  Damon and Pythias  (1962) was no doubt lost among the dozens of Italian sword-and-sandal films produced in th...
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