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A Doomed Ship and a Bunch of Dead Bugs (1)
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Dec 22, 2013
Chilly. South (1920) I don't think it's possible to see South too many times. As noted here in October 2011, the story of Ernest Shackleton's failed expedition to the Antarctic is heroic, terrifying, deeply moving, and true. Happily, the film is available on DVD&n read more
A Doomed Ship and a Bunch of Dead Bugs (2)
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Dec 22, 2013
Chilly. South (1920) I don't think it's possible to see South too many times. As noted here in October 2011, the story of Ernest Shackleton's failed expedition to the Antarctic is heroic, terrifying, deeply moving, and true. Happily, the film is available on DVD&n read more
Wheels on His Heels and All That
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Nov 30, -0001
Come for the "Pelvis," stay for the elephant. The slowest show on earth Roustabout (1964) Well, it's an Elvis movie.Not that there's anything wrong with that, it's just that this isn't one of the better ones read more
The Art of Disquietude
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Nov 30, -0001
Name one thing in this still that isn't terrifying. The poster alone... M (1931) You might think that an 85-year-old, half-silent subtitled picture wouldn't be the most enticing morsel to dangle in front of the cri read more
Reporters Is the Cwaziest Peoples
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Nov 30, -0001
Great cinematography, terrible movie. The stripper is always right. This Guy is demonstrating how to identify a crazy person Shock Corridor (1963) Johnny Barrett (Peter Breck) is an ambitious read more
Whaddya Know, You CAN Go Home Again
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Nov 30, -0001
C'mon Serge, take one for the team! The Visit (1964) The Visit is a quiet little masterpiece of a revenge picture: kind of a cross between The Count of Monte Cristo and The Lottery with just a hint of one of those human vs. mob m read more
My, What a Long Face!
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Nov 30, -0001
"Best acting by cartoon bulldog ever." -- Jennifer Robinson (my sister)
The Great Bea Benaderet
Don't you dare bring one more thing into this house.
Feed the Kitty (1952)
The reason I love Warner Bros. cartoons above all others -- apart from the writ read more
The CMBA Blogathon: Schnooks on a Plane
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Nov 30, -0001
Winner of Most Misleading Poster: 1952 Watch It Now! Before Fox Films finds out it's there. Phone Call from a Stranger (1952) A film like this makes you wonder how commercial air travel ever got off the g read more
Nature's Fury: Dust Is Nothing to Sneeze At
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Nov 30, -0001
Real Life Dust Storm, Stratford, TX 1935 Jane Darwell and Gregg Toland's Lighting The Grapes of Wrath (1940) It's probably a good idea to watch this film every time we have a presidential election t read more
Great Villain Blogathon: Old Lady Vale, Domestic Tyrant
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Nov 30, -0001
A Calamity on Both Sides Cruises ain't what they used to be! Seriously. The Beta Charlotte Vale Charlotte Vale, 2.0 Who doesn't love Claude Rains? Now, Voyager ( read more
Lost in Translation: Kitty Foyle the Movie
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Nov 30, -0001
Not nearly enough of these girls. Good stuff from the book none of which is remotely in the movie: (Mrs. Strafford) "'I don't think Philadelphia enjoys that sort of persiflage.' Either she or I must have been pronouncing that word wro read more
The Magnificent Agnes Moorehead
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Nov 30, -0001
Angles, light, and shadow. The girl between Tim Holt and Joseph Cotten is supposed to be Anne Baxter. Aunt Fanny in Happier Times Much Less Happy Very Unhappy Pretty Stif read more
Get Thee to a Notary: Kiss Me Kate Holds Up
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Nov 30, -0001
Now you can be part of this terrified audience through the magic of 3-D! Right in the Coriolanus Why This Is a Great Show Carol Haney: We all should have known her better Ann Miller: Underrated Tommy Rall: Baryshnikovian leaps read more
First They Must Catch You
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Nov 30, -0001
This is what happens when you eat all the grass. I still love my dog. Watership Down (1978) Memory is a peculiar thing. I could have sworn I was a littler kid when I first saw Watership Down in the theate read more
One Way for Money...One Way for Himself
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Nov 30, -0001
English: "Put down your trumpet, Jazzman - I'm in the mood for love!" French: Young Madman has a Trumpet Dutch bit: Music in the blood Young Man with a Horn (1950) You know the story: Lonely orphan boy, Rick read more
Sometimes It's Not Good to Be the King
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Nov 30, -0001
I'm going to go with "the worst of times." Les Miz Without the Singing My grandmother was right again: Ramon Novarro was a Hottie There is not nearly enough Alice Terry in this picture Judge Hardy (Lewis Stone) rocking the diam read more
These Days They Yell for Anything
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Nov 30, -0001
Fish for Sale! The Farmer's Daughter (1947) Let me just start by saying that I've never been a huge fan of Loretta Young. I know she had a hard time balancing romance and Faith throughout her life (see this disturbing story read more
Announcing the 2016 Government Cheese Program
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Nov 30, -0001
A Year-Long Celebration of Classic Films About Washington, D.C. In honor of the upcoming, ongoing, mind-numbing 2016 Presidential Election, I hereby declare the next 12 months The Year of Government Cheese. Accordingly, I will feature a classic movie set in or abou read more
Reel Infatuation: Sugarpuss O'Shea Sets a High Bar
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Nov 30, -0001
Not-So-Snow-White and the Seven Dwarves "The Professor and the Showgirl," is what that says. Quotes Sugarpuss: [After asking the biology professor to check her throat] SLIGHT rosiness! It's as red as the Daily W read more
CMBA Spring Blogathon: Heelots and Headlines
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Nov 30, -0001
Yeah, I recognize your voice too, Sterling Holloway. Back off, Pooh Bear. The Original: Crafty Reporter; Smitten Stooge Ooh ooh ooh: What a little blue eyeshadow can do... Jeepers, France, lighten up. M read more