In short, — Bob Hope The Road Well-Traveled — is a well-researched biography of Bob Hope by someone who clearly despises him, and tries to display everything in the most negative light possible.
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April 12, 2015 admin
Book reviews
Nightmare Alley (1947), starring Tyrone Power, Joan Blondell, Coleen Gray Movie review of the classic film noir, Nightmare Alley, possibly Tyrone Power’s best role as a carny hustler who becomes a mentalist, then a spiritualist, then begins his downfall as guilt eats away at him
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April 10, 2015 admin
film-noir
Movie review of L’il Abner — the musical comedy movie, inspired by the Broadway play, that in turn was inspired by Al Capp’s famous comic strip about the inhabitants of Dogpatch
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April 8, 2015 admin
Musical
The Hobbit – The Desolation of Smaug, by Peter Jackson I saw The Hobbit – The Desolation of Smaug last Saturday with my wife, and I really wanted to love this movie–but I didn’t. If I hadn’t read the book, I would have thought it a typical adventure fantasy...
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April 8, 2015 admin
Fantasy
The Story of Mankind (1957) starring Vincent Price, Ronald Colman, Cedric Hardwicke, the Marx Brothers (Groucho, Chico, Harpo), and many more In a nutshell, The Story of Mankind has humanity on trial for its’ very existence. The Devil himself (played delightfully by Vincent Price) is the prosecutor....
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April 7, 2015 admin
Comedy, Drama
The Three Musketeers (1939), starring Don Ameche and the Ritz Brothers I’ve known of the Ritz Brothers for some time, although I’ve not seen many of their movies — previously, the only one of their movies that I saw was The Gorilla (with Bela Lugosi) — ...
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January 24, 2015 admin
Comedy
Prehistoric Women (1967) – Hammer Films Hammer Films, having made One Million B.C., had all of these leftover sets — what to do with them? Make a very campy, rather silly, “Cavegirls in trouble” film, of course. It’s campy in the style of the 1960’s Batman TV series,...
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December 8, 2014 admin
Horror movies
Miracles for Sale (1932) starring Robert Young, Florence Rice, Henry Hull, Gloria Holden Robert Young is probably best remembered for his eponymous television role as Marcus Welby, M.D. — but in his youth, he was an attractive leading man, as in the magical murder mystery, Miracles for...
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November 2, 2014 admin
Murder mystery
Synopsis of The Evil of Frankenstein Penniless, Baron Frankenstein returns to his hometown to retrieve whatever items he can to sell … only to find that they’ve already been taken by the corrupt mayor. The baron and his assistant seek refuge in a cave. With the help of...
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August 22, 2014 admin
Horror movies
White Zombie (1932) by: The Masked Reviewer, starring Bela Lugosi, Madge Bellamy, John Harron, Robert Frazer White Zombie begins with Madeleine Short (Madge Bellamy) arriving in Haiti to reunite with her fiancee Neil Parker (John Harron). They are to be married at Charles Beaumont’s plantation. But Charles (Robert Frazer)...
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August 10, 2014 admin
Horror movies
