Jean as Mary Pondering the future “The Happy Ending,” 1969, well this classic movie should really be titled,  “And they lived Unhappily Ever After.” As I watched it, I had to wonder what hellish consequences were unleashed on society by this selfish couple. It felt as if I were watching Fran Dodsworth (Ruth Chatterton) in pre-code movie “Dodsworth,” only with a feminist twist. Jean Simmons plays Mary Wilson, a “poor,...

  West & Grant in "I'm no Angel." 1933 When I was a little kid I remember watching a movie on the late, late show in New York City. In this movie was a blond, pretty buxom woman, she had a raspy and sultry voice. The kind of voice that sounded beckoning, lulling, yet tough. This woman was getting up close and personal to a very nice looking young man. The closer she got, the more jumpy the young man got; he was putty...

Trigger & Temple I love pre-code movies for many reasons, but I think I’ve seen the best one on record this week. Watching “The Story of Temple Drake,” was the best 70 minutes I’ve ever spent.  I’ve heard all the talk about the movie and was so happy that Turner Classic Movies premiered it this week. The movie based on William Falkner’s controversial book, “Sanctuary,” was a sensation when it was first featured, and I...

Joey in Coney Island My memories of growing up in New York City are wonderful and I will never forget it. One event I remember quite clearly is our yearly trips to Coney Island. I can still see the fat laughing lady, the tarot card woman who told you all the ominous things looming in your life, and I can clearly see the exquisitely designed horses on the big carousel. I can see my dad propping up this little skinny kid on top of the big...

RIP Peter Falk September 16, 1927-June 23, 2011

My husband just can’t figure me out, each and every time he wants to watch a movie on our large screen TV,  I choose to stay upstairs in our bedroom with my 32’ inch TV to watch “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” or “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.” Ok, so why do I do this? I am totally fascinated with how Hitchcock can take a half hour or hour show and keep an audience captive.  These anthology shows were, as I put it,...