Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on March 12, 2020

In 2011, I announced I was trying to see every film released in 1939. This new series chronicles films released in 1939 as I watch them. As we start out this blog feature, this section may become more concrete as I search for a common thread that runs throughout each film...   read more

Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn Sample on September 22, 2012

Dust Be My Destiny (1939). Cast: John Garfield and Priscilla Lane. The original ending of the film had Joe and Mabel shot to death, but the failure of of the film, You Only Live Once, which had a tragic ending, prompted the Warner Bros. studio to want a happy ending....   read more