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Fredric March
Opinion

A Shining Star: The Essential Fredric March

Aug 31, 2014 Jill Blake 10

The very first Fredric March performance I saw was actually during the “William Holden phase” of my classic film self-education. The film was the 1954 corporate boardroom drama Executive Suite. March has a supporting role as Loren […]

Movies

Roman Polanski’s Knife in the Water: Triangles to the Nth Degree

Oct 22, 2013 Diana Drumm 0

The motif of triangles in Roman Polanski’s Knife in the Water… Gah! Who am I kidding? If anyone tried to write on the literal and figurative triangles in this film, they’d wind up in the madhouse […]

Opinion

Clark Gable, My Passion For Living

Aug 25, 2013 Diana Drumm 4

Oh Clark Cable. I am writing this post about you and I hope fellow fans will read it so they know… My heart beats like a hammer and I DVR and I stammer every time […]

Gregory Peck
Opinion

Gregory Peck Always Makes Me Cry

Aug 15, 2013 Jill Blake 0

Alright, Jill. You can do this. DEEP BREATH. It’s Gregory Peck day on Turner Classic Movies and like any normal, well-adjusted individual, I’ve been digging through online image archives for sexy photos of the man. Don’t […]

Movies

Blu-ray Review: The Great Escape

Aug 9, 2013 Jill Blake 1

John Sturges’ The Great Escape tells the true story of the daring prison break attempt at the German Stalag Luft III prisoner of war camp in March 1944.

Opinion

Joan Fontaine: Hitchcock’s First Leading Lady in Hollywood

Aug 6, 2013 Diana Drumm 2

When you think of Alfred Hitchcock movies, what comes to mind? Knife jutting through a shower curtain? Cary Grant dodging a low-flying biplane? Birds, and lots of them? Equally iconic as these scenes, Hitchcock’s leading […]

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