Thursday, September 28, 2017

Maureen O'Hara and Delmer Daves Team Up for Spencer's Mountain and Battle of the Villa Fiorita

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Henry Fonda and Maureen O'Hara. In the twilight of his career, talented writer-director Delmer Daves teamed up with Maureen O’Hara f...
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Seven Things to Know About William Smith--Actor, Bodybuilder, Poet (and more!)

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A few months ago, we reviewed the  Laredo TV series and were surprised by the number of William Smith comments. That inspired us to do some...
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Monday, September 25, 2017

The Movie-TV Connection Game (September 2017)

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Peter Cushing and Harry Hamlin. Welcome, big-brained game players! As always, you'll be given a pair or trio of films or performers,...
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Thursday, September 21, 2017

James Caan and Michael Mann Team Up for "Thief"

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James Cann as Frank. Michael Mann makes a remarkably self-assured debut as feature film director with his sleek 1981 drama Thief . After...
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Monday, September 18, 2017

The Greengage Summer

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Susannah York as Joss. Knowing my affinity for 1960s British cinema, my blogger friend Connie from Silver Scenes recently recommended T...
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Thursday, September 14, 2017

The TV Characters Quiz

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In a variation of our Movie-TV Connection Game, the questions in this new quiz provide three or more characters from a classic TV seri...
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Monday, September 11, 2017

Sandy Dennis Goes Up the Down Staircase

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I confess that I have never been a Sandy Dennis fan. Perhaps, it was her choice of roles, but her characters always came across as a contriv...
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Thursday, September 7, 2017

Seven Things to Know About Barbara Stanwyck

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1. Her real name was Ruby Catherine Stevens. Stanwyck's mother died from complications of a miscarriage, caused when a drunken stranger ...
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Monday, September 4, 2017

Dana Andrews vs. Hot Rods to Hell

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A dear friend was recently involved in a car accident en route to the airport for a vacation. Fortunately, no one suffered serious injuries-...
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Thursday, August 31, 2017

A Fever in the Blood

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Angie Dickinson and Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. As a fan of courtroom dramas and films about political intrigue, I was particularly pleased to ...
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Monday, August 28, 2017

The Five Biggest Movie Stars of the 1960s

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We love making lists at the Cafe, so why not create one for the five biggest movie stars of the 1960s? I know...how does one define "bi...
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Thursday, August 24, 2017

The Five Best Episodes of "The Loner"

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Lloyd Bridges as William Colton. We originally wrote a post about Rod Serling's 1965-66 Western TV series  The Loner  back in 2009. ...
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Monday, August 21, 2017

The Movie-TV Connection Game (August 2017)

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Fredric March and Robert Redford. Welcome to the first 2017 edition of our most popular game! As always, you'll be given a pair or t...
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Thursday, August 17, 2017

Seven Obscure Movies That I Curiously Remember (Volume 3)

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1. Johnny Nobody (1961) - In a small Irish village, a ranting atheist dares God to strike him dead--at which point, a mysterious stranger s...
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Monday, August 14, 2017

Cult Movie Theatre: The Green Slime

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Robert Horton as the stoic hero. What do you do when you learn that a six million ton asteroid is on a collision course with Earth and i...
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Thursday, August 10, 2017

A Shadow of Death Lingers Over "The Gunfighter"

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Released in 1950--the same year as Winchester '73 --Henry King's The Gunfighter  helped usher in the "adult Western" gen...
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Monday, August 7, 2017

The Falcon Goes on a Date...and then Strikes Back!

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George Sanders as The Falcon. A Date With the Falcon (1942) is a direct sequel to the series' first film, The Gay Falcon , with Wen...
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