Category Archives: Uncategorized

Because of my interest in the Rank Organisation, I watched a service comedy tonight from 1958 called “The Square Peg,” starring Norman Wisdom and Honor Blackman.  Wisdom stars as Norman Pitman, a British council road builder during World War II … Continue reading →

William Wyler’s “The Westerner,” made by the Samuel Goldwyn Company in 1940, stars Walter Brennan as hanging Judge Roy Bean, who was based on a real person that idolized British actress Lily Langtry.  Brennan’s Bean hangs horse thieves in a desolate … Continue reading →

“Masculin Feminin,” a 1966 film directed by Jean-Luc Godard, plays around with the documentary style so much that I find it surprising that the film does not seem like a documentary at all.  Godard films young people in long static … Continue reading →

Ninon Sevilla stars as Elena in “Aventurera,” a 1950 Mexican film that remains a fascinating example of Mexican cinema.  Sevilla reminds me of a Cuban Alice Faye, who famously played in the movie “Weekend in Havana,” which also stars Carman … Continue reading →

I enjoyed a wonderful fantasy film from 1958 called “tom thumb.”  This title, left uncapitalized, stars Russ Tamblyn as the title character and Terry-Thomas and Peter Sellers as the villains who trick Tom into burglarizing the village treasury.  Alan Young,  better known as Wilber … Continue reading →

When I watch films like “Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House,” (1948) and “The Egg and I,” (1947), I’m reminded of a lost world where there once existed a major difference between people from the city and people from the … Continue reading →

For a wonderful movie experience, get a copy of “Dumbo,” the terrific animated film from the Walt Disney Studios.  Today’s audiences don’t all think alike, but back in 1941 when Disney made this film, an almost universal feeling of uncertainty … Continue reading →

After watching so many World War II American movies, I watched a Japanese wartime film called “The Most Beautiful”  (1944), about a group of women who join the war effort to make precision optic gunsights.  Since this is about what … Continue reading →