4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on June 26, 2018

It required quite the journey to make it to this film, starting out with a different joker entirely. My introduction to comedian Joe E. Lewis happened because of the late, great Jerry Lewis. Revisiting his life and work I made the discovery that the comedian changed his name to avoid confusion...   read more

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on July 25, 2016

The Joker Is Wild Directed by Charles Vidor Written by Oscar Saul from a book by Art Cohn 1957/USA AMBL Productions First viewing/Amazon Prime This OK biopic features Sinatra at the top of his game. The movie begins in 1920’s Chicago where Joe E. Lewis (Sinatra) is a popular singer...   read more

Movie Classics Posted by Judy on November 16, 2013

I’ll be writing about a few Frank Sinatra films between now and the end of the year – I can’t promise to update very frequently, but hope to cover a few movies. After having seen little-known biopic The Joker Is Wild on TV recently, I just can’t understand why it isn’t   read more