THE CLASSIC ERA FOR EVERY ERA
Harvey is one of the most beloved Hollywood pictures ever made. This whimsical fantasy about a local drunk and his six-foot-tall 3.5 inches invisible rabbit caught the public imagination and … Continue reading Everybody Still Needs Harvey
Gilda is one of the most famous film noirs from Hollywood’s Golden Age. The moment when Rita Hayworth, in her signature role as Gilda Mundson Farrell, performs “Put the blame … Continue reading Gloriously Unforgettable Gilda
The depression-weary US cinema audiences of the thirties craved escapist pictures, especially romantic comedies with a touch of screwball. Released in 1934, the widely acclaimed It Happened One Night fitted … Continue reading It Happened One Night: The Perfect Romantic Screwball Comedy
Gone With The Wind is the most successful movie in Hollywood box office history. When adjusted for monetary inflation, the box office takings for Gone With The Wind currently stands … Continue reading Revisiting Gone With The Wind
Eve, the Golden Girl. The cover girl, the girl next door, the girl on the moon… Time has been good to Eve… So says Addison DeWitt, the supercilious writer and … Continue reading The Dazzling and Devastating All About Eve
Tony Richardson’s acclaimed 1961 film version of A Taste of Honey is a notable cinematic example of Kitchen Sink Realism, the British cultural movement which depicted domestic situations of ordinary … Continue reading The Groundbreaking A Taste of Honey
“Dutch Girl: Audrey Hepburn and World War II” reviewed by Paul J. Bradley. The public image of the legendary film star and humanitarian Audrey Hepburn, with her radiant smile, elegance … Continue reading Audrey Hepburn’s Painful Story
A likeable young woman lives with her family in a small American town, has fallen in love with the boy next door, has a death-obsessed kid sister and dreads a … Continue reading Meet Me in St. Louis: A Timeless Hollywood Musical
It was a cold dark night in 1990 when I attended a screening of Vertigo was shown at the Dalston Rio Cinema in London. Hitchcock’s tale of death and obsession … Continue reading Vertigo at the Rio on a Cold, Dark Night
Manhattan by night is when the newspaper low life prowl in the American film noir Sweet Smell of Success, made by Hecht-Hill-Lancaster Productions and released by United Artists in 1957. … Continue reading Sweet Smell of Success: A Very Memorable Film Noir
