Caftan Woman Posted by on June 22, 2020

Mythologized, demonized, revered, and lampooned, the gentlemen of the press make for good copy. From real-life crusader Nellie Bly who became as famous as her exposes to the fictional Charles Foster Kane who thought it would be fun to run a newspaper, audiences are as fascinated with the purveyors o   read more

The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on September 5, 2014

"How veddy good of you to cahm!" Of all the actors and actresses who appeared in 1930s movies, Helen Vinson (1907-99) was certainly one of them. Born Helen Rulfs in Beaumont, Texas, Vinson was the daughter of an oil company executive and grew up on a country estate. She attended...   read more

The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on September 5, 2014

"How veddy good of you to cahm!" Of all the actors and actresses who appeared in 1930s movies, Helen Vinson (1907-99) was certainly one of them. Born Helen Rulfs in Beaumont, Texas, Vinson was the daughter of an oil company executive and grew up on a country estate. She attended...   read more

The Bogie Film Blog Posted by Bogart Fan on May 25, 2013

Note:  The film reviewed for this entry was the TCM version, One Fatal Hour, which is about seven or eight minutes shorter than the original theatrical release of Two Against the World. My Review —Pretty Good— Your Bogie Fix:  out of 5 Bogies! Director – William C. McGann The Lowdown  W   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on January 2, 2013

(Image: lizislazy @ tumblr) Adell Hamilton (Constance Bennett), the youngest daughter of the Hamilton family, finds herself attracted to a lawyer named David Norton (Neil Hamilton). But their romance is no walk in the park. David is eventually assigned as the prosecutor in a murder case of which Ade   read more