Anatomy Of A Murder (1959), this is a must have Oscar winner with an all-star cast. This movie was one of the most controversial films of the 1950′s. This courtroom drama takes place in a small town with a small town minded lawyer (James Stewart) and slick and ambitious prosecutor (George C. Scott). Stewart is defending the accused army lieutenant played by (Ben Gazzara). He stands accused of killing the man that raped his wife...

My Rate Oscar night is soon approaching…Here is one classic movie, of the many I will be recommending you rent or buy. The Heiress (1949) Olivia de Havilland won an Oscar for her portrayal of a plain spinster romanced by a handsome but poor young man (Montgomery Clift) her emotionally abusive father believes to be an unscrupulous fortune hunter eyeing the money de Havilland inherited after her mother died. William Wyler’s...

I watched Queen Bee (1955) with Joan Crawford and I gotta say, yeah, it’s campy, but as a die hard Joan Crawford fan, I loved it. Let’s just say that this movie was a prelude to the Joan’s future in films. It prepared her for the horror flicks she’d do soon after this film. Joan plays a beautiful, but wicked, southern bell named Eva; she spends her day making all those around her miserable. She is married to Avery,...

Town Without Pity (1961), It’s a hot day in post war Germany, four American soldiers drink themselves to a stupor. They brutally rape 16-year-old Karin Steinhof, played superbly and believably by Christine Kaufmann. The girl’s father and the bürgermeister want blood—they demand the death penalty. The death penalty is possible for this crime, but the victim must face her perpetrators on the stand and testify against them....

TCM launches its 31 Days of Oscar! I know it’s been quite a while since my last blog. I am working on an on line biz, and the learning curve has robbed me from my favorite pass time. Enough… I am excited about TCM’s Annual “31 days of Oscar.”® I don’t really look forward to the Oscars per say, but I do look forward to viewing former winners and nominees. Hollywood recycles their stars every ten years or...