Ann Todd, & Ray Milland as Olivia & Mark I managed to see a sleeper a few days ago, “So Evil My Love,” (1948); it was one of those rare times I was actually able to sit down and watch a movie without interruptions. So glad I got to see this one, it’s available on DVD, but Amazon just has two available as of this writing. It’s a story of a missionary widow (Ann Todd) who falls for a con-man (Ray Milland) who turns the pious...

Don Ameche & Claudette Corbert Recently, I was able to catch a movie I had never seen. Imagine that, and I thought, I had about seen every classic movie under the sun! Not I know I have thousands more to see before I walk through the pearly gates. Sleep, my Love, (1948) with Claudette Corbert, Don Ameche, Robert Cummings, and Hazel Brooks, is one psychological thriller you will not want to miss. Just think “Gaslight,” with Ingrid...

I had the chance to catch a movie I had not seen with Joan Crawford, “The Damned Don’t Cry” (1950) The movie done right after she did “Mildred Pierce,” is pretty much similar, only this time Mildred is a little tougher, or as I put it, on steroids. Joan plays Ethel Whitehead, a woman stuck in an unhappy marriage, and in a poverty stricken state of mind. Although she is unhappy, she sticks it out for the sake...

I’ve met many a fem fatales in film noir, but I think I met the absolute worst one on record. The film noir is titled,  “Too Late for Tears,” (1949). Lizabeth Scott and Arthur Kennedy play Jane and Alan Palmer a middle class couple who don’t make much money, just enough money to “get by.” As Jane put it, they are not exactly “poor,” but they are, “white collar poor.” The movie starts with the couple...

Turner Classic Movies kicks off its “Summer under the Stars” tonight starting at 8:00 PM. And what a way to start, tonight’s movie star is none other than Henry Fonda. TCM’s Summer… is when movie stars have their very own day to show their stuff. A whole 24 hours of one particular star each day in August. Tonight we will see gems like, “Grapes of Wrath,”  “The Farmer takes a Wife,”...

The story of classic movie start Frances Farmer is one you rarely hear about, but it is one that is sad and interesting. Her story is well documented in her book, “Will there ever be morning?” The movie “Frances,” where Jessica Lange played Frances, sparked an interest and I decided to read the book. Because frankly I just couldn’t believe that something like that had happened to a beautiful, glamorous, Hollywood star. Farmer’s...