Sunday, December 31, 2017

Top Ten Posts of 2017

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As the year draws to a close, the Classic Film & TV Cafe traditionally ends it with a countdown of our ten most viewed posts. We publish...
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Thursday, December 28, 2017

Jane Powell and Howard Keel (But No Seven Brothers)

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Jane Powell and Vic Damone. Big, splashy Broadway-style musicals had peaked in popularity when MGM released Hit the Deck in 1955. So, k...
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Monday, December 25, 2017

Clu Gulager as a Detective in the Old West

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Star Clu Gulager. Charlie Cobb's business card states that he's the Operational Vice President, Western Territory, for Chicago-b...
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Thursday, December 21, 2017

Kirk Douglas Discovers a Lovely Way to Die

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Italian actress Sylva Koscina. Beautiful Italian actresses hit the peak of their popularity in Hollywood in the 1960s. Call it the ...
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Monday, December 18, 2017

The Movie-TV Connection Game (December 2017)

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Ronald Reagan and Kurt Russell. Seasons greeting to all! For those who have never played this game, you will be given a pair or trio of ...
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Thursday, December 14, 2017

Playing The Pajama Game

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John Raitt & Doris Day. New superintendent Sid Sorokin (John Raitt) has his hands full at the Sleeptite pajama factory. The company...
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Monday, December 11, 2017

George Gently: The Complete Collection

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Searching for that perfect gift for the mystery fan in your family? Then look no farther than Acorn TV 's boxed set of the superb Britis...
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Thursday, December 7, 2017

Irwin Allen's City Beneath the Sea

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Stuart Whitman as Admiral Matthews. Shortly before The Poseidon Adventure revived his big screen career, producer Irwin Allen made this ...
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Sunday, December 3, 2017

Seven Obscure Movies That I Curiously Remember (Vol. 4)

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1. The Sword and the Dragon (1956) - When I was a wee lad, I pestered my Dad until he took me to this movie because... well..it had a drago...
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Monday, November 27, 2017

Interview with Heather Menzies Urich

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Canadian-born Heather Menzies Urich had only one acting credit when she was cast as 13-year-old Louisa Von Trapp in the 1965 box office smas...
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Thursday, November 23, 2017

Elevators in Classic Movies

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“Take the stairs! Take the stairs! For God’s sake, take the stairs!” proclaimed the ad line to 1984’s The Lift . In general, that’s advice t...
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Monday, November 20, 2017

The Movie-TV Connection Game (November 2017 Edition)

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Welcome to this month's edition of the Cafe's most popular game (of all time even...and there have been other games). You will be g...
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Wednesday, November 15, 2017

Family Discord in Edward Dmytryk's "Broken Lance"

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The 1954 Western Broken Lance is a curious film that is both overly familiar and more nuanced than it first appears. Father Tracy and ...
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Monday, November 13, 2017

A Double Case of Murder on the Orient Express

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Albert Finney as Hercule Poirot. The 1974 adaptation of Agatha Christie's controversial mystery Murder on the Orient Express spawne...
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