Cinemas Greatest Scenes: I’m Shocked!
Michael Curtiz’s Casablanca will go down in Warner’s history as arguably its quintessential picture, encapsulating the spirit of great romance, patriotism, intrigueContinue Reading
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Cinemas Greatest Scenes: The Big Sleep’s Acme Bookshop Scene.
While many film enthusiasts might (and rightly so) point out the sensual chemistry shared between Humphrey Bogart and Lauren BacallContinue Reading
Humphrey Bogart: The man, the legend and the falcon.
I have enjoyed watching classic movies from the golden age of Hollywood for a long time now, often at aContinue Reading
Cinemas Greatest Scenes: “Made it, Ma! Top of the world!”
The heyday of gangster movies in the 1930s brought the best out of all the studios big stars and theContinue Reading
Strangers On A Train (1951): Not Just Another Hitchcock Venture.
At the end of his illustrious career, Alfred Hitchcock, had directed over 50 feature films. It’s truly an astonishing achievementContinue Reading
The Big Sleep (1946): A Tangled Web Of Intrigue.
Director Howard Hawks’ The Big Sleep is one of the greatest noir films ever made. It came at a time inContinue Reading
What makes Mildred Pierce a great film noir? Joan Crawford, of course!
Up until about a year ago, I had never seen a Joan Crawford film. Probably an astonishing remark for someoneContinue Reading
Jezebel (1938):Warner Brothers Very Own Antebellum Period Drama.
One of Warner studio’s most celebrated actresses in the 1930s was a defiant and feisty young woman named Bette Davis.Continue Reading
42nd Street (1933): The Musical That Doesn’t Miss a Step.
Samantha Pinter-Thompson wrote a featured article a few years ago on musical theatre. One of the things she said thatContinue Reading
The Public Enemy (1931): The film that made James Cagney a star.
It was during the early years of the Great Depression, a time when Americans were cynical and jaded about theirContinue Reading
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