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LET’S GO TO THE MOVIES – ‘PUBLIC ENEMIES’ (2009)

LET’S GO TO THE MOVIES – ‘PUBLIC ENEMIES’ (2009)

May 21, 2022 Alan Royle 0

  PUBLIC ENEMIES (2009)              I must confess that I have been putting off watching this movie for more than a decade, unusual for me because I have always been fascinated by the criminal element in the USA of the 1930s. The synopsis tells of the efforts of the fledgling FBI […]

The Goldwyn Girls Pt 2.

March 29, 2016 admin 1

  Betty Grable (1916-73): Betty appeared as a Goldwyn Girl three times, beginning with Whoopee! in 1930. Of course, her fame would ultimately stretch world-wide, mainly because of her staggeringly successful World War Two pin-up (above) and her highly publicized ‘million dollar legs’. In 1947 the United States Treasury Department […]