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The Five Best Inspirational Sports Movies
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Jan 25, 2021
As you peruse our list, note that these are our picks for the five best inspirational sports movies. There are many other fine movies about sports (A League of Their Own), sports figures (Brian's Song, The Pride of the Yankees), and sports-related stories (Field of Dreams). The aim of the movie read more
The Alternate Movie Title Game (Movie of the Week Edition)
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Jan 18, 2021
Here are the rules: We will provide an "alternate title" for a film that aired on the ABC Movie of the Week 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--j read more
Terence Rattigan's The Browning Version
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Jan 11, 2021
Michael Redgrave as Crocker-Harris.
After 18 years at a prestigious English boys' school, Andrew Crocker-Harris has accepted a less-stressful position teaching at an institution for "backward boys." Once a promising scholar, Crocker-Harris's career stalled many years ago and he's now plagued by ill read more
The Five Best Episodes of "Banacek"
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Jan 4, 2021
Banacek with his trademark cigar.George Peppard starred as free-lance, Boston-based insurance investigator Thomas Banacek in a pilot movie and 16 episodes of Banacek. The series aired as part of the NBC Wednesday Mystery Movie in 1972-74. He was assisted in each episode by his friend, bookstore read more
Top Ten Posts of 2020
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Dec 31, 2020
As the year draws to a close, the Classic Film & TV Cafe traditionally ends it with a countdown of our ten most viewed posts. We published a total of 78 in 2020. Naturally, the countdown is a little skewed, since those posts that came out at the start of the year will have more views. But that w read more
Even Elsa's Cute Cubs Can't Redeem an Unnecessary Sequel
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Dec 28, 2020
Elsa and Joy (Susan Hampshire)
Although Joy Adamson's book Born Free topped the bestseller charts in 1960, no one anticipated that the 1966 film adaptation would become a huge hit. With a British cast mostly unfamiliar to American audiences, the movie captured the hearts of moviegoers worldwid read more
Movie-TV Connection Game (December 2020)
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Dec 21, 2020
Leonardo DiCaprio and Tony Curtis.
The rules: You will be given a pair or trio of films, TV series, or performers and will be required to to find the common connection. It could be anything--two stars who acted in the same movie, two movies that share a common theme, etc. As always, don' read more
Seven Things to Know About George Peppard
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Dec 14, 2020
Peppard in Breakfast at Tiffany's.1. George Peppard didn't get along with either of his female co-stars on the set of Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961). According to Breakfast at Tiffany's: The Official 50th Anniversary Companion, he and Patricia Neal were friends when they attended the Actors read more
Billy Wilder's The Front Page
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Dec 7, 2020
Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon.
Hildy Johnson (Jack Lemmon) has decided to give up his career as the star reporter for the Chicago Examiner after proposing to the love of his life (Susan Sarandon). His publisher, Walter Burns (Walter Matthau), doesn't plan to let Hildy quit without a fight. He need read more
Abbott & Costello Meet the Killer
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Nov 30, 2020
The first murder victim and Lou.Following the huge success of Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948), Universal Pictures was anxious to make another horror-comedy with its top stars. The studio purchased the rights to a screenplay titled Easy Does It, which was originally intended for Bob Hope read more
Danger: Diabolik
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Nov 23, 2020
John Phillip Law as Diabolik.
Made in 1968, Danger: Diabolik is both a psychedelic ode to the movie industry's grooviest decade and one of the first big-budget adaptations of a comic book. The title character was the subject of hundreds of popular comic books in Italy, with the first volume being p read more
The Alternate Movie Title Game (7th Edition)
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Nov 16, 2020
Here are the rules: We will provide an "alternate title" for a classic movie 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!
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Season Two
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Nov 9, 2020
Since Alfred Hitchcock Presents debuted on Peacock TV last spring, we've been working our way through the show's entire run. Last July, we reviewed the impressive first season. We recently finished the second season, which--by comparison to season one--was a disappointment. Too many episod read more
A Hammer Duo: Twins of Evil and Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Oct 31, 2020
Neither Collinson twin looks evil here.In 1970, Hammer Films launched the Karnstein trilogy, which was loosely based on Sheridan Le Fanu's 1872 novella Carmilla about a female vampire. The first two movies, The Vampire Lovers (1970) and Lust for a Vampire (1971), were modestly successful efforts chi read more
Vincent Price Returns as Dr. Phibes
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Oct 26, 2020
Vincent Price as Dr. Phibes.
When we last saw Dr. Anton Phibes (Vincent Price), he was laying beside his dead wife in an hidden chamber, his blood being replaced with a mysterious fluid. Three years later, the blood-exchange process is reversed and Dr. Phibes--now revived--is rejoined by his faithf read more
Roald Dahl's The Witches
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Oct 19, 2020
Anjelica Huston as the Grand High Witch."Real witches dress in ordinary clothes, and look very much like ordinary women. They live in ordinary houses, and they work in ordinary jobs," explains Helga to her eight-year-old grandson Luke. "Witches spend their time plotting to kill children, stalking th read more
Hammer's Frankenstein Films Ranked from Best to Worst
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Oct 12, 2020
Peter Cushing as Dr. Frankenstein.1. Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969) - The series' fourth film finds Victor Frankenstein performing a brain transplant to "cure" a fellow scientist's insanity. No, it's not an act of compassion; Victor's sole motive is to gain his colleague's research data to fu read more
Scott Eyman Discusses His New Biography "Cary Grant: A Brilliant Disguise"
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Oct 8, 2020
On October 20th, Simon & Schuster will publish Scott Eyman's new biography Cary Grant: A Brilliant Disguise. Eyman, a former literary critic for The Palm Beach Post, has written the bestsellers Pieces of My Heart and You Must Remember This (both with Robert Wagner) and J read more
Hammer Time: Hands of the Ripper and The Satanic Rites of Dracula
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Oct 5, 2020
Angharad Rees as Anna.
After movies featuring mummies, vampires, Frankenstein, and generic psychos, it was inevitable that Hammer Films would get around to Jack the Ripper. However, Hands of the Ripper (1971) is a bit of a surprise: a somber, well-acted tale focusing on the famous murderer's t read more
The Alternate Movie Title Game (Volume 6 - Bette Davis Edition)
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Sep 28, 2020
Here are the rules: We will provide an "alternate title" for a classic movie 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! Note read more