THE BOND GIRLS – PT1.
DR NO (1962) URSULA ANDRESS (1936 – ) as Honey Rider Ursula at 78 Swiss-born Ursula Andress […]
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Suzan Ball – A sad tale.
SUZAN BALL (1934 – 55) There have been many sad stories come out of Hollywood and Suzan Ball’s is one of the saddest. She had only made eight movies (and in two of those she was ‘uncredited), when suddenly her career and her life were over. Fate chose to […]
PETER O’TOOLE – the actor and the man.
PETER O’TOOLE (1932 – 2013) Peter O’Toole hailed from Leeds in Yorkshire. He always maintained he was born in Ireland, but there are simply no records indicating that. As a teenager he started out as a newspaper copy boy, showed promise as a reporter, but was drawn to the […]
‘TITANIC’ (1997) – some observations.
As a spectacle Titanic, the 1997 version, is a marvel. We are given front row seats to one of the most tragic, yet awesome, events in history. We even see the mighty ship sailing along in broad daylight in all its pristine beauty. And in living color too. I […]
Audie Murphy – my boyhood hero.
AUDIE MURPHY (1924 – 71) 1094 Audie Murphy’s World War Two combat record is well-known to his fans, indeed to history. Enough to say that he was America’s most highly decorated soldier of the entire conflict and a worthy Medal of Honor winner. Not a bad effort when we […]
‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’ (1961) – Even Audrey can’t save it.
BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S (1961) I remain at a complete loss trying to understand how anybody could rave about this trashy film. I have labored through the thing twice now, (the viewings several years apart), in the hope that I might find some hidden gem or two in it the […]
Past Oscars PT7 – 1975-81
1975 One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest – Best Picture Jack Nicholson – Best Actor for One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest Louise Fletcher – Best Actress for One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest George Burns – Best Supporting Actor for The Sunshine Boys This was the […]
Cartoon characters – Matching the voices to the faces.
It usually comes as a surprise (to me anyway) when I come across an actor whose voice I instantly recognize as being that of a well-known cartoon character. I was watching an old 1949 Esther Williams film a few nights ago (Neptune’s Daughter), and a Mexican named Pancho (what […]
The best films year by year – PT 2 (1945 – 52)
1945 OSCAR: THE LOST WEEKEND Other nominees: Anchors Aweigh The Bells of St. Mary’s Mildred Pierce Spellbound My Top 10 films for 1945 #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 COMMENTS: This was one of the worst years for movies on record. […]
HARRISON FORD – from carpenter to super star.
Harrison Ford was born in Illinois about eight months after Pearl Harbor in 1942, yet this man who would feature in no fewer than seven of the most successful movies of all time (up until 1994), did not really make a splash until 1977. In 1994, in Las Vegas, […]