Blonde Venus is my favorite of the Marlene Dietrich-Josef von Sternberg collaborations. This 1932 melodrama has it all. The film begins with the ever-dull and wooden Herbert Marshall as an…
Gog 1954 with Richard Egan and Constance Dowling. Little-remembered filmmaker Herbert L. Strock directed the 3D thriller Gog – a 2001: A Space Odyssey precursor about the dangers posed by…
Joel McCrea. Joel McCrea movies: LACMA’s ‘Centenary Tribute’ to Old Hollywood star Joel McCrea, the star of numerous light comedies, melodramas, and Westerns from the early the 1930s to the…
Bette Davis DVD Collection movie: Dark Victory with Humphrey Bogart. Bette Davis DVD Collection: ‘Dark Victory’ & ‘The Letter’ Bulging eyes, sly looks, clipped line delivery, and assorted mannerisms –…
The Letter movie with Jeanne Eagels and Herbert Marshall. The Letter movie (1929) review: Creaky yet a must-see as murderess + adulteress Jeanne Eagels’ sole extant talkie Having watched William…
The Little Foxes (1941) movie review: Bette Davis heads a flawless cast in William Wyler’s masterful adaptation of Lillian Hellman’s stage classic. The Hands That Bilked America: To not choose…
The Letter 1940, with Bette Davis. The Letter (1940) movie review: One of Bette Davis’ greatest showcases, William Wyler’s flawlessly acted, splendidly produced adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham’s play remains…