GREAT OLD MOVIES

Marvel Marceau and Marcel Marceau SHANKS  (1974). Directed by William Castle. Subtitle: William Castle Presents a Grimm Fairy Tale . Deafmut...

VALENTINO  (1978). Director: Ken Russell.  Ken Russell takes the life of Rudolph Valentino (Rudolf Nureyev) and gives it the usual camp-gro...

SOMEWHERE IN THE NIGHT (1946). Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Screenplay by Howard Dimsdale and Mankiewicz.   " Time doesn't chan...

Walter Abel and Ann Harding THE    WITNESS CHAIR      (1936). Director: George Nichols Jr.  Stanley Whit-taker (Dou-glass Dumbrille) is foun...

THE SHAGGY DOG (1959). Director: Charles Barton.  Fred MacMurray's career was given a new lease on life when he signed to do this sill...

Doomed lovers: Boyer and Darrieux MAYERLING       (1936). Director: Anatole Litvak. French-language version with sub-titles. Rudolph (Charle...

Chris Noth and Kevin Spacey Gifted, Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey is accused of almost molesting someone at a drunken bash many years ago...

Rutherford and real-life husband Stringer Davis MURDER AHOY  (1964). Director: George Pollock. When one of the board members of a trust that...

HILDA CRANE (1956). Director: Philip Dunne.  After two disastrous marriages and what she considers "failure" in New York City, H...

TUGBOAT ANNIE (1933). Director: Mervyn LeRoy.  Annie Brennan (Marie Dressler) lives and works on her tugboat, along with her often-drunk a...

Dick Van Dyke and Kathleen Quinlan THE RUNNER STUMBLES     (1979). Produced and directed by Stanley Kramer. Based on the play by Milan Stitt...

The Martian Ambassador MARS ATTACKS! (1996). Director: Tim Burton.  " They blew up Congress, ha, ha, ha!" -- Grandma. President Da...

CHARLES BOYER: THE FRENCH LOVER . John Baxter. University Press of Kentucky; 2021.  This is an absorbing study of the life and career of Cha...

Margaret Rutherford and Robert Morley MURDER AT THE GALLOP   (1963). Director: George Pollock. Jane Marple (Margaret Rutherford) is up to he...

Sam Waterston as Jack McCoy LAW AND ORDER . NBC TV series   1990 - 2010.   Jack McCoy: " I don't think he's going to   confess....

Charles Boyer and Bobby Driscoll THE HAPPY TIME  (1952). Director: Richard Fleischer. Produced by Stanley Kramer. Three brothers -- (Jacques...

MIKE NICHOLS: A LIFE . Mark Harris. Penguin Press/Random House; 2021.  In this first-class biography of the actor-director, who worked in th...

On the set of I Love Lucy BEING THE RICARDOS  (2021 Amazon streaming video). Written and directed by Aaron Sorkin.  While preparing an episo...

Warren Beatty and Jack Nicholson THE FORTUNE   (1975). Director: Mike Nichols.  In the 1920's Nicky Wilson (Warren Beatty) wants to marr...

LITTLE SISTER: My Investigation into the Mysterious Death of NATALIE WOOD . Lana Wood (with Lindsay Harrison). HarperCollins; 2021.  I admit...

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HITCHCOCK AND THE CENSORS . John Billheimer. University Press of Kentucky; 2019.  This fascinating volume looks at the work of the brilliant...

ROUND UP OF NEW AND RECENT FILMS PART EIGHT Changing Lanes  (2002). Director: Roger Michell. A corporate lawyer (Ben Affleck) and a re...