GREAT OLD MOVIES

Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway BONNIE AND CLYDE (1967). Director: Arthur Penn.  Bonnie and Clyde go on a crime spree robbing banks in the 1...

ANNE BANCROFT: A LIFE . Douglass K. Daniel. University Press of Kentucky; 2017.  Anne Bancroft was typical of a lot of what we might call ...

Cornel Wilde and Anne Bancroft TREASURE OF THE GOLDEN CONDOR (1953). Director: Delmer Daves.  In 18th century France Jean Paul (Cornel Wilde...

The cast of House of Gucci HOUSE OF GUCCI  (2021). Director: Ridley Scott. Maurizio Gucci (Adam Driver) is smitten with the outgoing and amb...

TALES OF MANHATTAN (1942). Director: Julien Duvuvier.  This very entertaining film is a series of tales connected by a tailcoat that prove...

Special projects have caught up with me temporarily.   GREAT OLD MOVIES  will return in May 2022, if not before.  For those who subscribe by...

Zero Mostel and Jack Gilford A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM  (1966). Director: Richard Lester. Music and lyrics by Stephen S...

Meredith Baxter A WOMAN SCORNED: THE BETTY BRODERICK STORY  (1992 telefilm). Director: Dick Lowry.  Betty Broderick (Meredith Baxter of The ...

Betty on trial: Meredith Baxter HER FINAL FURY: BETTY BRODERICK, THE LAST CHAPTER  (1992 telefilm). Director: Dick Lowry.  After shooting he...

POSTHUMOUS .  My latest thriller, for people who love movies, celebrities, psychos, and suspense fiction, is entitled POSTHUMOUS. Below is a...

Madeleine Stowe and Ed Harris  CHINA MOON  (1994). Director: John Bailey.  Kyle Bodine (Ed Harris of National Treasure: Book of Secrets ) is...

Grant, Lombard and Francis IN NAME ONLY (1939). Director: John Cromwell.  Alec Walker (Cary Grant) is trapped in a loveless marriage with h...

William Haines and Irene Purcell JUST A GIGOLO  (1931). Director: Jack Conway.  Lord Robert Brummel (William Haines) finds lots of female co...

WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO ORSON WELLES? A Portrait of an Independent Career . Joseph McBride. University Press of Kentucky.  What Ever Happened ...

THE BLACK ROOM (1935). Director: Roy William Neill. A dire prophecy hangs over a feudal kingdom: the younger brother will murder the older...

John Huston as Jake Hannaford THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WIND  (Released 2018). Filmed from 1970 - 1976. Director: Orson Welles. " He's ...

Constance Ford, Daniel O'Herlihy, Glynis Johns THE CABINET OF CALIGARI  (1962). Director: Roger Kay.  When her car breaks down, Jane Lin...

James Franciscus and Jack Klugman ONE OF MY WIVES IS MISSING  (1976 telefilm). Director: Glenn Jordan. Daniel Corban (James Franciscus) is o...

William Powell and Kay Francis FOR THE DEFENSE  (1930). Director: John Cronwell.  Bill Foster (William Powell of The Thin Man ) is a famous ...

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...