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Lon Chaney, Jr. Makes a Strange Confession
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Jul 24, 2023
Chaney Jr. and the black bag.
The most incongruent entry in Universal's six-film Inner Sanctum series is also one of the best. Whereas its brethren are psychological suspense tales, Strange Confession (1945) is a straight drama with a subtly gruesome conclusion.
Series regular Lon Chaney, Jr. read more
The Alternate Movie Title Game (Musicals Edition)
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Jul 10, 2023
Here are the rules: We will provide an "alternate title" for a movie musical and ask you to name the actual film. Most of these are pretty easy. Please answer no more than three questions per day so others can play. You may have an answer other than the intended one--just be able to defend it!1. Col read more
Rod Serling Saddles the Wind
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Jun 26, 2023
John Cassavetes glares.The opening of notes of Jay Livingston and Ray Evans's title tune--a torch song whispered intimately by Julie London--lets you know that Saddle the Wind (1958) won't be a conventional Western. But if you start to doubt that notion, Rod Serling's credit as screenwrite read more
12 Great World War II Movies of the 1960s...and How to Watch Them for Free
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Jun 12, 2023
Lee Marvin in The Dirty Dozen.I recently asked my 25,000 (awesome) Twitter followers to rate eleven of the finest World War II films of the 1960s. I wanted to keep my survey to a reasonable length, but it was tough to cut off the list at eleven. In fact, I initially tried to keep it at ten, but I ju read more
The Alternate Movie Title Game (Private Eye Edition)
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on May 29, 2023
Here are the rules: We will provide an "alternate title" for a private eye film and ask you to name it. Most of these are pretty easy. Please answer no more than three questions per day so others can play. You may have an answer other than the intended one--just be able to defend it!1. Homicide, My read more
Seven Things to Know About "The Jimmy Stewart Show"
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on May 16, 2023
In support of National Classic Movie Day on May 16th, we are participating in the Classic Movie Blog Association's Big Stars on the Small Screen blogathon. This blogathon focuses on classic film stars who appeared in TV series, miniseries, variety shows, made-for-TV movies, and even commercials. Che read more
John Wayne in 3D in Hondo!
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on May 1, 2023
John Wayne as Hondo.
With John Wayne's 1953 3D Western Hondo, you actually get two movies in one. The first is an interesting love story between an tough dispatch rider for the U.S. Cavalry and a lonely woman--with a worthless husband--who operates a ranch deep in Apache territory. The second "movi read more
The Alternate Movie Title Game (Burt Lancaster Edition)
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Apr 16, 2023
Here are the rules: We will provide an "alternate title" for a film that starred Burt Lancaster and ask you to name the actual film. Most of these are pretty easy. Please answer no more than three questions per day so others can play. You may have an answer other than the intended one--just be read more
Seven Classic Made-for-TV Movies...that you can watch for free!
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Apr 3, 2023
In an interview in its February 2023 newsletter CMBA Today, the Classic Movie Blog Association asked me an intriguing question: "If you could program a perfect day of classic movies for TCM, what would be the seven films on your schedule?"I tried to think of seven movies I'd like to see again as wel read more
Goodnight, My Love: A Made-for-TV Film Noir
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Mar 20, 2023
The ABC Movie of the Week was unique among made-for-TV movie franchises in that its films spanned a wide variety of genres. It presented family dramas, thrillers, comedies, horror pictures, and even a kung fu movie. One of its most unusual efforts was Peter Hyams' homage to film noirs: Goodnigh read more
'80s Flashback: Trouble in Little China and Vampires in Santa Carla
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Mar 13, 2023
Kurt Russell as Jack Burton.Big Trouble in Little China (1986). This fourth collaboration between Kurt Russell and director John Carpenter is a mildly diverting martial arts fantasy--which has nevertheless attracted a strong cult following. Russell stars as Jack Burton, a tough-talking tru read more
The Movie Quote Game (Film Noir Edition)
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Feb 27, 2023
This month, we're focusing on quotes from film noir. We will list a quote from a famous film noir and ask you to name it. Try to answer these questions on your own without resorting to Google searches. As always, please answer no more than three questions per day so others can play. If yo read more
Life of a Downhill Racer
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Feb 13, 2023
Redford as David Chappellet.My favorite sport in the Winter Olympics has been downhill racing ever since I saw Downhill Racer (1969) on network television as a teenager. The high speeds, the sound of the skis whooshing across the snow, and the images of skiers sailing over bumps in the cou read more
Drama Among the Country Club Set in Banning
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Jan 30, 2023
Wagner as Mike Banning.Banning (1967) often gets categorized as a golf movie--heck, it was even shown on the Golf Channel at one time. It does involve golfing, particularly during the climax, but the reality is that Banning is the equivalent of a big screen soap opera--and I mean that as a read more
Futureworld: When Sequels Are Unnecessary
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Jan 23, 2023
At the end of Michael Crichton's Westworld (1973), the androids at Delos, a high-tech amusement park, went amok and killed dozens of guests. Futureword (1976) picks up two years later. One would have thought that the deaths and injuries to almost 150 customers and staff would have ban read more
The Brass Bottle: A Comfort Comedy with a Genie and a Future Jeannie
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Jan 16, 2023
Burl Ives as a genie in The Brass Bottle.The 1960s may have been the last decade where the "comfort comedy" reigned supreme at the box office. That may have to do, in large part, with the number of comedic actors working at the time. Veteran stars like Doris Day, Cary Grant, James Stewart, and Bob H read more
The Alternate Movie Title Game (Westerns Edition)
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Jan 2, 2023
Here are the rules: We will provide an "alternate title" for a Western film and ask you to name the actual film. Most of these are pretty easy. Please answer no more than three questions per day so others can play. You may have an answer other than the intended one--just be able to defend it!1. Look read more
Revisiting John Ford's The Searchers
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Dec 19, 2022
John Wayne as Ethan.A few months ago, I hosted a Classic Western Films Tournament on Twitter, in which The Searchers (in a series of close contests) was crowned champion. The outpouring of passionate support for John Ford's 1956 classic inspired me to revisit a movie I hadn't seen in several de read more
Ranking Clint Eastwood's Dirty Harry Movies from Best to Worst
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Dec 12, 2022
1. Magnum Force (1973) - The best-written Dirty Harry film finds Harry trying to track down vigilantes intent on cleaning up the streets of San Francisco. The screenplay by future directors John Milius and Michael Cimino minimizes subplots and comes the closest to an actual mystery (though the read more
Bud, Lou, and the Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Dec 5, 2022
Buck Privates, the 1941 comedy that made stars of Abbott and Costello, doesn't rank among the team's best films (e.g., A&C Meet Frankenstein, Hold That Ghost, The Time of Their Lives). Still, that's to be somewhat expected since Bud and Lou aren't even top-billed in the cast. Lee read more