The Intriguing Everyman: Cult Star Stuart Whitman
There is a rugged sensuality about Stuart Whitman with his thick black hair and that sexy cleft in his strong chin. I’ve been totally gone gaga over the man for as long as I can remember. Although he...
View ArticleTHE PRICE OF DECADENCE AND LIBERATION: Seduction and Isolation: A Dual...
L’Avventura 1960: Antonioni’s Haunting Exploration of Alienation and Desire in Post-War Italy READ PART 1 QUEENS OF EVIL 1970, HERE SPOILER ALERT! Michaelangelo Antonioni made the statement at Cannes:...
View ArticleChapter 5 – Queers and Dykes in the Dark: Classic, Noir & Horror Cinema’s...
There is only one possible end. We are monsters. I don’t like monsters. Diabolique, directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot, based his film on Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac’s novel “Celle qui n’était...
View ArticleJohn Carradine “I am a ham!” Part 2
Carradine found himself accepting ludicrous parts in Poverty Row and low-budget chillers in order to fund his ambitious theatrical productions, by the 1960s he was degraded by taking on roles just to...
View ArticleBRIDES OF HORROR – Scream Queens of the 1960s! 🎃 Part 4: The Dark...
BARBARA STEELE – BLOODY WELL BELOVED – The role Barbara Steele plays in the legacy of Italian Gothic cinema of 1960s achieving cult status, is arguably her most recognizable contribution to the...
View ArticleWhat A Character Blogathon 2021: Actresses of a Certain Character
I’m an ordinary person in an ordinary life-Mildred Dunnock Once again my favorite blogathon has rolled around, giving me the chance to pay tribute to the great character actors who add a certain depth...
View ArticleThe Film Score Freak –“like a circle in a spiral”
THE WINDMILLS OF YOUR MIND One of the composers who has always been able to trace my heart to that sentimental place and transport my soul to a romantic kind of ache is Oscar-Winner Michel Legrand....
View ArticleChapter 2 – Queers and Dykes in the Dark: Classic, Noir & Horror Cinema’s...
THE LAND OF MORAL AMBIGUITY: HOLLYWOOD & THE HAYS CODE “Pictures shall not infer that low forms of sex Relationships are the accepted or common thing…” Prior to the Production Code, LGBT characters...
View ArticleChapter 3 – Queers and Dykes in the Dark: Classic, Noir & Horror Cinema’s...
The subtle gay gangster films of the early 1930s – Little Caesar 1931, The Public Enemy 1931 and Scarface 1932 “Criminals should not be made heroes… The flaunting of weapons by gangsters will not be...
View ArticleChapter 2 – Queers and Dykes in the Dark: Classic, Noir & Horror Cinema’s...
THE LAND OF MORAL AMBIGUITY: HOLLYWOOD & THE HAYS CODE “Pictures shall not infer that low forms of sex Relationships are the accepted or common thing…” Prior to the Production Code, LGBT characters...
View ArticleQuote of the Day! Tony Rome (1967) You’ve got a pussy, and it smiles?
TONY ROME (1967) Directed by Gordon Douglas, Frank Sinatra takes to the screen as the slick private detective in 1960s Miami, looking for Sue Lloyd’s stolen diamond pin, after she sleeps off a bender...
View ArticleThe Intriguing Everyman: Cult Star Stuart Whitman
There is a rugged sensuality about Stuart Whitman with his thick black hair and that sexy cleft in his strong chin. I’ve been totally gone gaga over the man for as long as I can remember. Although he...
View ArticlePiper Laurie: The Girl Who Ate Flowers
Part of what mesmerizes me about the actresses I love is their distinctive voices. Piper Laurie’s indelible talent is, of course, what attracted me to her initially. But part of what grabs me in the...
View ArticleEnduring Grace: Barbara Rush
Tribute to the great Barbara Rush — saraismyname I’ve loved Barbara Rush for as long as I can remember. In every role where she graced the screen she left a lasting impression on me. I’ve followed her...
View ArticleWhat A Character! Blogathon 2019 Thelma Ritter “Always a bridesmaid and never...
It’s here again, my favorite blogathon that honors those unsung actors we love to see inhabit films and most often enhance them immeasurably ! I want to thank Paula’s Cinema Club, Once Upon A Screen…...
View Article“Out Loud” Part 2– My Extraordinary Conversation with the Legendary Lee Grant…
Jo: Hi, Lee? It’s Jo, how’re you doing? Lee: Hi Jo! Jo: What’s going on? How’s your day? Lee: Good so far. Jo: So hopefully it’ll just even get better now. [laughs] Lee: Of course! Jo: Are you ready to...
View Article“Out Loud” Part 1– A Biography of the Legendary Lee Grant…
“The dichotomy of my genius status at home and my slightly below par status in the outside world gave me a sense of instability and unreality throughout all of my life about exactly who I was and what...
View ArticleThere’s got to be a morning after… Goodbye Carol Lynley Sept. 3, 2019
We’ve lost Carol Lynley, actress of 60s & 70s film and television. Carol was born Carol Anne Jones on Feb. 13, 1942 in New York City. Lynley worked as a model and in television from her teen years...
View ArticleHappy Birthday to Bradford Dillman April 14
Untroubled good looks, faraway poise & self-control, with a sartyrial smile and brushed-aside sophistication – that’s Bradford Dillman Bradford Dillman is one of those ubiquitous & versatile...
View ArticleQuote of the Day! The Hustler (1961) “You’re too hungry”
“A searching look into the innermost depths of a woman’s heart . . . and a man’s desires!” The Hustler (1961) Sarah to Eddie –“You’re too hungry” Director/Screenwriter Robert Rossen wrote the...
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