Archive for October, 2007
Narrow Margin - 1951
Film Noir, Thriller/Suspense| No Comments »[ November 3, 2007; 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. ] This was a huge favorite at the store. It is also a noir classic complete with a hero that lives by a code. The under used and severly under rated Charles McGraw stars as a Los Angeles homicide detective who is sent to Chicago to pick up a witness to a mob killing. […]
A Place In The Sun - 1951
Romance, Drama, Tawdry| No Comments »[ November 27, 2007; 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] This was one of many Movie Place favorites. It has everything we love in a movie. Besides great performances, it had the suggestions of tawdriness, noir – ness. It is a picture that is not one thing, not fitting in to one category. It is a picture that makes us have […]
All Through The Night - 1942
Comedy, Bogart| 1 Comment »[ October 18, 2007; 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm. ] In his recent auto biography, Tony Curtis can’t remember peoples names, he can’t remember dates but he remembers what car (model and color) he was driving at any given moment of his life and he clearly remembers the American Nazi Party marching up Second Avenue in the mid – late 1930’s. In New York […]
Somebody Up There Likes Me - 1956
Set Your Recorders, Drama, True Story, Tribute| 5 Comments »[ October 12, 2008; 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] This is the best way tio honor a legend, watch some of his best work. This the way I want to remember Paul Newman. Absolutely.
This was another constantly viewed picture at the store. It had 4 important elements; great acting, great script, great boxing scenes and great location shooting in the New […]
Love Is Better Than Ever - 1952
Comedy, Romance| No Comments »[ October 10, 2007; 11:45 am to 1:45 pm. ] This is a perfect picture for the kids and adults will definitely not be disappointed.� This movie was only available on VHS and as people started replacing their VCRs with DVD players this picture got taken out less and less which was a shame. I do not recall one disappointed viewer and although it […]
White Heat - 1949
Top Ten Lists, Film Noir, Drama| No Comments »[ October 1, 2007; 1:15 pm to 3:15 pm. ]
Raoul Walsh and Michael Curtiz set the look for Warner Brothers during it’s glory days more so than any other director who worked there. They gave a studio it’s style and in my opinion had more of an impact on a studio than any other director at any other studio. Their names are synonymous with […]
