Monthly Archives: December 2021

Why do I always write about old movies?

Posted on December 31, 2021 by amangr

The short answer is: I like ’em. But why? They have a beauty of well-made artifacts. Most were never designed to be “works of art,” any more than the posters selling them to the public were meant to be Art. … Continue reading →

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The Flip Side of Happy

Posted on December 31, 2021 by amangr

CAUTION: Contains “spoilers.” George Pal is something of a beloved figure in the field of science-fiction films, so it’s easy to see Robert Lippert as a nasty interloper who tried stealing George’s thunder by trumping his two-years-in-the-making Destination Moon with … Continue reading →

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An Angrier John Ford

Posted on December 15, 2021 by amangr

CAUTION: Contains “spoilers.” John Ford’s 1962 film Two Rode Together seems fated to exist in the shadow perpetually cast by The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, despite the fact that both films starred James Stewart and the former also dealt, … Continue reading →

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Hawks Goes Exotic

Posted on December 14, 2021 by amangr

CAUTION: Contains “spoilers.” For his fifth film, the 1928 romantic drama Fazil, Hawks left his man’s man domain to direct the tale of a visiting Arab prince and a Parisienne woman whose whirlwind romance and subsequent marriage becomes a petit-tragedy … Continue reading →

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Going Out Big

Posted on December 14, 2021 by amangr

As Claude Rains neared the end of a long and productive relationship with Warner Brothers the studio handed him two of the meatiest roles he had to work with since his 1935 initial appearance in a Warner Brothers film as … Continue reading →

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A Cowboy Vampire?

Posted on December 11, 2021 by amangr

CAUTION: Contains “spoilers.” A friend of mine has twice lent me his DVD of Edward and Mildred Dein’s Curse of the Undead, an unspoken “try it you’ll like it” left hanging in the air. I must admit this 1959 B&W … Continue reading →

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The Fatal 3s

Posted on December 6, 2021 by amangr

CAUTION: Contains “spoilers.” Last night I decided to give Alien 3 another spin. It’s been viewed as something of a comedown after Ridley Scott’s Alien and James Cameron’s follow-up Aliens. It was director David Fincher’s first feature-film and audiences were … Continue reading →

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