Monday, June 28, 2021

The Alternate TV Series Title Game (Volume 4)

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Here are the rules: We will provide an "alternate title" for a classic television series and ask you to name the actual show. Most...
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Monday, June 21, 2021

James Stewart Sings--and Plays the Accordion--in Night Passage

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Night Passage  (1957) should have been the sixth Western starring James Stewart and directed by Anthony Mann. The duo's earlier collabor...
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Monday, June 14, 2021

The Friends of Eddie Coyle

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The 1970s was a fantastic decade for gritty, urban crime dramas. Audiences were treated to fine films like The Taking of Pelham One Two Thre...
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Monday, June 7, 2021

Burt Reynolds' Unofficial Remake of a Film Noir Classic

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Burt Reynolds as Sharky. After placing a civilian in harm's way, big city detective Tom Sharky is "demoted" from narcotics...
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Monday, May 31, 2021

The Alternate Movie Title Game (Jack Lemmon Edition)

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Here are the rules: We will provide an "alternate title" for a Jack Lemmon film and ask you to name the actual film. Most of these...
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Monday, May 24, 2021

Van Cleef Seeks Revenge; Holden Steals Cattle!

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Lee Van Cleef as Ryan. Death Rides a Horse  (1967).   As young Bill Meceita watches a vicious outlaw gang slaughter his family, he notes a d...
Saturday, May 15, 2021

Celebrate National Classic Movie Day with the 6 Films - 6 Decades Blogathon!

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Tomorrow marks the celebration of National Classic Movie Day and, as is tradition, we're hosting a blogathon to highlight this annual Ma...
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My Picks for the 6 Films - 6 Decades Blogathon

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For my entry in the 6 Films - 6 Decades Blogathon , I chose a favorite film from each decade from the 1920s through the 1970s. My criterion...
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Monday, May 10, 2021

Love, Hogs, and Mincemeat at the State Fair!

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Ann-Margret and Pat Boone. This bright 1962 remake of the Rodgers-Hammerstein musical State Fair (1945) was clearly intended to attract the ...
Monday, May 3, 2021

Seven Things to Know About Burgess Meredith

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1. In  So Far, So Good: A Memoir , Burgess Meredith wrote: "Well, everybody was taking parts in Batman — from Frank Sinatra to Otto Pre...
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Monday, April 26, 2021

Peter Falk Channels Bogie in Neil Simon's The Cheap Detective

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A befuddled Lou Peckinpah. Following the success of his romantic comedy The Goodbye Girl (1977), Neil Simon returned to the zany spoof formu...
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Monday, April 19, 2021

Five Easy Pieces: When Good Performances Aren't Enough

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Jack Nicholson as Bobby Dupea. The years have not been kind to Five Easy Pieces  (1970), which earned four major Oscar nominations and w...
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Sunday, April 18, 2021

The Alternate Movie Title Game (Burt Lancaster Edition)

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Here are the rules: We will provide an "alternate title" for a film that starred Burt Lancaster and ask you to name the actual fil...
Monday, April 12, 2021

The Alternate Movie Title Game (Olivia de Havilland Edition)

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Here are the rules: We will provide an "alternate title" for a film that starred Olivia de Havilland and ask you to name the actua...
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Monday, April 5, 2021

Hoosiers: A Tale of Inspiration and Second Chances

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Gene Hackman as Coach Norman. Second chances, the popularity of small town sports, and teamwork are the themes that underlie Hoosiers , a su...
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Monday, March 22, 2021

Seven Things to Know About Julie Newmar

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1. Born as Julia Chalene Newmeyer in 1933, she was billed as Julie Newmeyer in her first major screen role in Seven Brides for Seven Brother...
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Monday, March 15, 2021

Lemmon and Ford: Life as a Cowboy Through the Eyes of a Tenderfoot

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Jack Lemmon and Glenn Ford. The incredibly versatile Delmer Daves directed three of my favorite Westerns from the 1950s, a decade in whi...
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Monday, March 8, 2021

Rodgers & Hammerstein Films: Ranked Best to Worst

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Deborah Kerr and Yul Brynner. 1. The King and I   (1956) - Yul Brynner's Oscar-winning per-formance as King Mongkut of Siam anchors this...
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