After last week’s popular and fun presentation on the best actors never to have won an Oscar, I am excited to present part two – looking at the great ladies of the silver screen who have been denied the top … Continue reading
“The Razor’s Edge” is a frustrating and fascinating film from 1946. It is based on the 1944 novel by W. Somerset Maugham. The novel had been a massive best seller and the public anxiously awaited the film adaptation. Darrell F. Zanuck … Continue reading
“Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?” – An Appreciation of a Comic Gem Was Jayne Mansfield a great actress? I have no idea. But I know that her performance in “Will Success Rock Hunter?” is absolute perfection. The problem is that … Continue reading
Unexpected Movie Teams Some movie teams seem absolutely inevitable… Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn… John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara… Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon… The Marx Brothers… Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. But some teams come off as completely unexpected … Continue reading
Americans In Italy: 8 Great Movies I love movies. I love Italy! So Wwhen a client recently asked me to put together a movie series I decided that I thought I’d put together a list of my favorite films about … Continue reading