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Monthly Archives: January 2018
Hayley Mills in “Summer Magic” (1963) – reviewed by George
Hayley’s 4th Disney movie is again based on a book, this time Kate Douglas Wiggin’s book “Mother Carey’s Chickens”. Hayley plays Nancy Carey, the oldest of three children, her two younger sibs both boys: Gilbert or Gilly (Eddie Hodges) and … Continue reading
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Tagged Burl Ives, Deborah Walley, Dorothy McGuire, Eddie Hodges, Hayley Mills, James Mathers, James Neilson, James Stacy, Jan Stine, Kate Douglas Wiggin, Michael J. Pollard, Mother Carey's Chickens, O.Z. Whitehead, Peter Brown, Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, Sally Benson, Summer Magic, Una Merkel, Wendy Turner
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Wild Wild West (1965-1969) TV Series-Reviewed by Anita ****
You like Westerns, you love sexy James Bond. Does your heart jumps at all the action? If you fit that statement this is the TV show for you. It is a brilliant merging of genres. A bit comic book campy … Continue reading
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Bon Voyage + Aventure Malgache (1944) – reviewed by George
Alfred Hitchcock returned to England in 1944 to film these two short films (about an hour to see both), which were designed to be shown in France to resistance workers as encouragement (and to an extent as cautionary tales) to … Continue reading
Posted in A, B, Hitchcock, Movies
Tagged Alfred Hitchcock, Aventure Malgache, Bon Voyage
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Wednesday Night TV: A Quandary – Comment by George
With the addition of “Waco” to the lineup of Paramount Network (formerly Spike), Wednesday night has turned into an even greater TV night, but it’s very difficult to watch everything I want to see. This is the schedule: 8, 7C … Continue reading
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Tagged ABC, American Crime Story, Benjamin Van Allen, Brad Follmer, Brian Huskey, Chicago P.D., Darin Morgan, David Duchovny, Fox, FX, Gillian Anderson, Happy!, Knightfall, Match Game, Mitch Pileggi, NBC, Paramount, Stuart Margolin, SYFY, The Assassination of Gianni Versace, The Blacklist, The History Channel, The Librarians, The Lost Art of Forehead Sweat, The X-Files, TNT, Waco
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Vasiliy Livanov is Sherlock Holmes in “The Mortal Fight” (1980) – reviewed by George
In Part 2 of this 3-part story, Dr. Watson (Vitaly Solomin) and Inspector Lestrade (Borislav Brondukov) meet accidentally (?) at what looks like a botanical exposition. Watson says he has to leave London for a while and asks Lestrade to … Continue reading
Mame (1974) – reviewed by George
I really expected not to like this film because I am a firm believer that the star of a Broadway show contributes mightily to the box office results. For instance “Mame” with Angela Lansbury played for four years. Therefore, with … Continue reading
Posted in M, Movies
Tagged Angela Lansbury, Audrey Christie, Auntie Mame, Bea Arthur, Bruce Davison, Burt Mustin, Don Porter, Doria Cook, Gene Saks, George Chiang, James Brodhead, Jane Connell, Jerome Lawrence, Jerry Herman, John McGiver, Joyce Van Patten, Kirby Furlong, Lucille Ball, Lucille Benson, Mame, Onna White, Patrick Dennis, Paul Zindel, Robert E. Lee, Robert Preston, Roger Price, Rosalind Russell, Ruth McDevitt
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Hayley Mills in “in search of The Castaways” ( 1962) – reviewed by George
Hayley’s third Disney movie is an adventure with some songs and comedy. The setting (initially) is Glasgow in 1858. The story is based on a Jules Verne novel and stays very close to the novel in both names and specific … Continue reading
Lifeboat (1944) – reviewed by George
Alfred Hitchcock’s 31st film is a character study. Nine adults and a baby from a torpedoed freighter find their way to a lifeboat. They are the only survivors, because the German sub was blown up too. Only Constance “Connie” Porter … Continue reading
Dark Angel- Reviewed by Anita *****
Dark Angel is a true story about England’s most infamous serial killer Mary Ann Cotton. This charming, sexually charismatic Victorian lady was born to a bleak life in a small, poor mining village in northeast England. Ironically her birthday is … Continue reading
Posted in D, Movies, TV
Tagged Joanne Froggatt, Mary Ann Cotton, Masterpiece Theater, PBS, serial killer
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The Nine Circles of Hell – Comment by George
There ought to be a tenth circle just for people who make commercials. Of all the assaults on the beautiful language that we all share, none are worse than those perpetrated on us all by the makers of commercials. There … Continue reading →