Archive for May, 2008
Glenn Miller Story - 1954
Set Your Recorders, Drama, Big Band, True Story| Comments Off“The only interesting thing this guy did was die in a plane crash” was supposedly said by a producer assigned to do the bio pic of the bandleader Glenn Miller. As most of us know, Mr. Miller got on a small plane in England in 1944 and flew off to Paris in an intense […]
Thirty Six Hours - 1965
Set Your Recorders, Thriller/Suspense, Action| No Comments »On the eve of the D-Day invasion, an Army Major who knows where the action will take place is kidnapped in Lisbon. Drugged and smuggled out of Portugal to an “Army Hospital” our hero is aged, awakened and led to believe that he had been in a coma and World War Two has […]
Sabrina - 1954
Set Your Recorders, Comedy, Romance, Bogart, New York| 1 Comment »Both Humphrey Bogart and William Holden are too old for their roles. Mr. Bogart hated working with director Billy Wilder. No matter what, Humphrey Bogart quit work at 6:00 PM on the dot, because that was the time he started drinking his Scotch and sodas. If anyone tried to get him to work after […]
Stalag 17 - 1953
Set Your Recorders, Drama| No Comments »[ May 25, 2008; 3:45 pm to 5:45 pm. ] This picture a great example of beautiful accidents. The shear fate of casting, writing and direction that give us this movie that holds up today. And although the picture is set in a World War Two Nazi prison camp its is fairly safe viewing for the over 10 set (I saw this picture […]
Red River - 1948
Set Your Recorders, Western| No Comments »[ May 30, 2008; 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm. ] 
From Here To Eternity - 1953
Set Your Recorders, Romance, Drama| No Comments »[ May 7, 2008; 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] 
Best Years of Our Lives -1946
Set Your Recorders, Drama| No Comments »[ May 26, 2008; 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. ] 
