by Lesley Gaspar | Jan 18, 2022 | 1960s, Academy Awards, Adolph Deutsch, Billy Wilder, Blogathons, Classic movies, Joseph LaShelle
Why do I watch The Apartment whenever it’s on, and why, after all these viewings, do I get a little bit excited every time it’s on the schedule? Same reason I watch a lot of movies the same way. I watch them the same way I listen to music I love, which is to say, not...
by Lesley Gaspar | Dec 5, 2021 | 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, Actors, Blogathons, Classic movies, Jack Carson
First, pick a Jack. Jack #1: Sad Sack Jack Never nominated, he worked a lot but wasn’t taken seriously, was given few chances to stretch beyond comedies. He was a depressive who drank too much and was awkward and distant in intimate relationships. Died at 52, weeks...
by Lesley Gaspar | Oct 31, 2021 | 1940s, Bernard Herrmann, Classic movies, film noir, Orson Welles, Uncategorized
NOTE: Dear reader, I know you’ve all been in tech hell once in a while. Unfortuately, I have been all week, and while I won’t bore you with the dull, frustrating details, the upshot is, I got o photos for this post, so it is incredibly dreary to look at....
by Lesley Gaspar | Dec 5, 2020 | 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, Academy Awards, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Blogathons, Classic movies, Mary Astor, Pre-Code films, Silent film, Women's Pictures
Mary Astor is almost one-stop shopping for a classic film buff. She started working in her teens and was the sole support of her greedy, abusive parents, whom she eventually had to sue for her independence, so she checks that box (see Jackie Coogan, Baby Peggy, Dickie...
by Lesley Gaspar | Jan 24, 2020 | 1950s, Blogathons, Classic movies, Dennis Hopper, Elizabeth Taylor, George Stevens, James Dean, Rock Hudson, Sal Mineo
Oh boy, I get to write about Giant! Or rather the marriage therein, between Texan Bick Benedict (Rock Hudson), rich, powerful, and beautiful scion of a 595,000 acre ranch, and Leslie Lynnton (Elizabeth Taylor), daughter of an old money Maryland family. Giant spans 25...
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