The Stop Button Posted by on June 5, 2020

This episode is easily writer Russell T. Davies’s best so far. Maybe it helps he’s got Joe Ahearne directing, who’s even able to weather the Noel Clarke storm. Though it’s a new Noel Clarke. A moody one who’s not hanging on Billie Piper’s every word hoping for a kiss. In...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on October 28, 2018

Clark Gable was anxious to do a movie about oil — wildcatters as they call ’em — because his father had been an oil man. Of course, MGM was looking to put him in such a picture too and when a certain story was published in Cosmopolitan it would prove...   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on July 2, 2012

Big John (Clark Gable) and Square John (Spencer Tracy) are two good buddies who travel around, conning oil equipment out of people in order to eventually develop their own fields. They make a few enemies and owe a bit of money along the way, but eventually get a little plot...   read more

MacGuffin Movies Posted by RBuccicone on January 25, 2012

Boom Town (1940)      One could potentially maintain a blog focused solely on movies employing the hackneyed plot element that ties financial success with romantic promiscuity. Thankfully this approach is usually a minor aspect of a greater story as is the case of the two very different movies I&#8   read more

Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on April 9, 2010

Boom Town (1940) Adventure/ drama. Cast: Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, Claudette Colbert, Hedy Lamarr, and Frank Morgan. A story written by James Edward Grant in Cosmopolitan magazine titled "A Lady Comes to Burkburnett" was the inspiration for the film. John McMasters and John Sand, are having no   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on July 16, 2007

This glossy, boisterous MGM production is a happy home for its slightly odd, but somehow, nicely matched group of stars. Cranky, stocky Spencer Tracy and athletic, rambunctious Clark Gable are Texas oilmen who work their way up from the bottom and fight and make up plenty along the way. Claudette...   read more