I am delighted to say that I will be taking part in both The Second Remembering Barbara Stanwyck Blogathon hosted by The Good Old Days of Classic Hollywood and Maddy Loves Her Classic Movies, and The Third Annual Alfred Hitchcock Blogathon also hosted by Maddy. Please check out their blogs for more information and… Continue reading The Dame of the Silver Screen and the Master of Suspense
Author: palewriter2
I adore classic, James Bond and horror films and it's so lovely to be able to speak to other people about it.
He’s a Sweet Talkin’ Guy: The Homme Fatale in Film Noir
The idea of the femme fatale has gone beyond the confines of film noir. It is a concept that has entered into the common lexicon. A dangerous woman, no matter the genre in which she appears, or whether or not she is fictional or real, is a femme fatale. She ensnares an unwitting man with her beauty and her… Continue reading He’s a Sweet Talkin’ Guy: The Homme Fatale in Film Noir
Drink Your Milk, Darling.
Based on the play of the the same name written by Marguerite Vale Veiller, whose nom de plume was Martin Vale, The Two Mrs Carrolls was shot in 1945, but only released in 1947, when Humphrey Bogart was a firm box office draw after such films as The Maltese Falcon, Casablanca and The Big Sleep. However, not even Bogart and… Continue reading Drink Your Milk, Darling.
An Ill Fated Kiss: Rock Hudson in The Mirror Crack’d
The Mirror Crack'd (1980) was adapted from Agatha Christie's 1964 novel, The Mirror Crack'd From Side to Side. The film boasts some of the most famous actors of the 1950s and 1960s, Elizabeth Taylor, Tony Curtis, Kim Novak, Angela Lansbury, and of course, Rock Hudson. This would be Rock Hudson's second last theatrically released film, made five years… Continue reading An Ill Fated Kiss: Rock Hudson in The Mirror Crack’d
Dracula gets Groovy
I will be taking part in the The So Bad It's Good Blogathon hosted by Taking Up Room, so please watch this space!
Seduction in Saigon
Saigon has the signature sexual tension that always bloomed between Lake and Ladd, with several scenes where they seem about to consummate their attraction, but then explode into antagonistic barbs or Ladd storms out of the room in his trademark manner.
Discovering a star
I will be participating in the Arthur Kennedy Conquest of the Screen Blogathon hosted by The Wonderful World of Cinema so please watch this space!
Wild Headline
I am participating in The Ava Gardner Blogathon hosted by the lovely Maddy Loves Her Classic Movies, so please watch this space!
Taking a dive into romance
I will be taking part in the Box Office Jocks Blogathon hosted by Dubism and Return to the 80's, so please watch this space!
A Fiendish Murder
This post contains spoilers. So unless you know what's in the bath water, close the bathroom door and come back when you do. Les Diabolique (1955), also known as Diabolique and The Fiends, is considered one of the greatest films ever made. Upon release in France, the film caused a sensation due to its dark subject matter and twist… Continue reading A Fiendish Murder
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