What happens to a young woman when lust and greed take over? This is the storyline of Dragonwyck (1946). Circa 1844 beautiful, young, and naïve Miranda Wells perfectly played by Gene Tierney, is looking for something exciting and different. You see Miranda is a farmer’s daughter in a small town outside...

I am back….long and hard June. If you can believe it, I haven’t had the chance to sit my butt down and watch a classic film in weeks. Something I do just to de-stress. But I am back and today I thought about Bette Davis. I have a wallpaper on my computer with her and Leslie Howard in the...

I remember being a kid in school and watching Albert Lamorisse’s 1956 French short, “The Red Balloon.” Ah, I can still hear the projector reeling in magic into my heart. If you didn’t go to school back in the sixties and seventies you probably don’t even know what I am talking about. The...

Ann Dvorak One of the things I love most about pre-code movies is how real women were portrayed. Not all of it was good, but real nonetheless. Heat Lightening (1933) with Aline Macmahon and Ann Dvorak is a gem. Two sisters run a gas station/auto repair shop in the middle of the dessert at the Mexican...

Classic movie star, model, turned animal activist, Brigitte Bardot is on trial in France for allegedly “inciting anti-Muslim hatred.” What do I have to say about this? Socialism…you got to love it. We may not agree with what she thinks and feels, but she should have the right to say it, don’t...

I read this article titled “Life Should be Like Old Movies.” I had to think about why I watched classic film. It’s funny, but each time I watch a classic it’s like a ritual for me. I set time aside so as not to miss anything and watch the movie as if it were a poem come to life. I don’t just...

Recently Hillary Clinton compared herself to Rocky Balboa the character of the classic movie “Rocky.” I thought, huh? Doesn’t she know the ending of the movie? Rocky lost to Apollo Creed, a black boxer. Is she predicting her doom? Dah Hilliary… Read this most interesting article...

I woke up this morning to the sad news of Charlton Heston’s passing. I thought about all the movies I’ve seen with him and picked out my absolute favorite. I remember when I first saw “The Planet of the Apes,” (1968) and the scene which impress me most. In the movie George Taylor the astronaut...

OK I am going to go on a political rant…I watched the O’Reilly Factor last night, (please do not stone me) and he had a segment on how Hollywood is producing movies that are Anti-anything American. O’Reilly quoted from a letter written by Samuel Goldwyn to one of his producers on November...

Hollywood Forbidden Collection Vol. 2 has been released. This DVD set has 5 other controversial (for the day) pre-code movies. It has 2 of my very own favorites. The DVD also has a documentary on pre-code movies titled “Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin, and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood.” And although,...