It’s Halloween night and there’s a knock on the door. Given the day they’ve already had, is it any wonder that Aunt Martha (Jean Adair) Elaine (Priscilla Lane) Mortimer (Cary Grant) and Aunt Abby (Josephine Hull) all look a little worried in Frank Capra’s Arsenic and Old Lace (1944). Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) was based...
It’s Halloween night and there’s a knock on the door. Given the day they’ve already had, is it any wonder...
“Is he still taping this? I’ll murder you! You won’t get out of this house alive,” Catherine Scorsese affectionately threatens,...
James Cagney, as George M. Cohan, brings his signature energy to this duet of “Harrigan,” with Joan Leslie, as his...
Private Det. Phillip Marlowe (Humphrey Bogart) and his rich client’s pretty, eldest daughter, Vivian Rutledge (Lauren Bacall) size each other...
Influencers & Inspiration Whereby the influence on set or in the theatre watching someone else’s film, inspires another… No words...
Influencers & Inspiration Whereby the influence on set or in the theatre watching someone else’s film, inspires another… Only in...
DREAM STREAM Enjoy two perfectly paired films, mood food & a classic film frame-of-mind THE FILMS: Marty (1955) starring Ernest...
Influencers & Inspiration This a Special Deluxe Version of Influencers & Inspiration to trace how the creation in one particular...
Classic Film Columnist
I'm a classic film columnist with a special devotion to those shot in black-and-white.
In my columns I celebrate the beauty of classic films and all those who helped to create them. And like all great works of art, I spotlight their continuing ability to influence and inspire.
My columns have appeared in The Catholic Free Press and on the sites 50 Plus CT and Mass Bay Film Project. Locally, I've conducted film programs on the great writer/director Preston Sturges. And, I've also presented my series, "Popcorn Sermons," at The Icon Museum and Study Center.
I'm also a proud member of The Film Noir Foundation, The International Buster Keaton Society and The Classic Movie Blog Association.
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