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Classic Films in Focus: THE WRONG ARM OF THE LAW (1963)

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Apr 5, 2018

Directed by Cliff Owen, The Wrong Arm of the Law (1963) provides a genial, humorous look at the symbiotic relationship of cops and crooks in mid-century London, with Peter Sellers appearing to great effect as a criminal gang boss and Lionel Jeffries co-starring as an ambitious officer of the law. Th read more

Classic Films in Focus: THE WRONG ARM OF THE LAW (1963)

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Apr 5, 2018

Directed by Cliff Owen, The Wrong Arm of the Law (1963) provides a genial, humorous look at the symbiotic relationship of cops and crooks in mid-century London, with Peter Sellers appearing to great effect as a criminal gang boss and Lionel Jeffries co-starring as an ambitious officer of the law. Th read more

FLASH GORDON and Sam Jones in Huntsville

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Apr 3, 2018

The 2018 Huntsville Comic Con opened with a screening of the 1980 cult classic Flash Gordon with a Q&A featuring special guest Sam Jones, who played the title character in the film. An excited audience gathered on Thursday, March 29th, to see the movie on the big screen and ask its star a few qu read more

FLASH GORDON and Sam Jones in Huntsville

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Apr 3, 2018

The 2018 Huntsville Comic Con opened with a screening of the 1980 cult classic Flash Gordon with a Q&A featuring special guest Sam Jones, who played the title character in the film. An excited audience gathered on Thursday, March 29th, to see the movie on the big screen and ask its star a few qu read more

Classic Films in Focus: DECOY (1946)

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Mar 14, 2018

Directed by Jack Bernhard, Decoy (1946) is one of those film noir gems that lacks the glitter of a big budget and A-list stars but nonetheless shines with its own devilish light. Jean Gillie makes her penultimate screen appearance as a femme fatale so fixated on claiming a stolen fortune that she'll read more

Classic Films in Focus: DECOY (1946)

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Mar 14, 2018

Directed by Jack Bernhard, Decoy (1946) is one of those film noir gems that lacks the glitter of a big budget and A-list stars but nonetheless shines with its own devilish light. Jean Gillie makes her penultimate screen appearance as a femme fatale so fixated on claiming a stolen fortune that she'll read more

Classic Films in Focus: DANCE, GIRL, DANCE (1940)

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Mar 7, 2018

Dance, Girl, Dance (1940) offers a chance to see the directorial talents of Dorothy Arzner, one of very few women to direct films during the classic sound era. Not surprisingly, the movies Arzner directed were mostly "women's pictures," but quite a few iconic classics fall squarely into that categor read more

Classic Films in Focus: DANCE, GIRL, DANCE (1940)

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Mar 7, 2018

Dance, Girl, Dance (1940) offers a chance to see the directorial talents of Dorothy Arzner, one of very few women to direct films during the classic sound era. Not surprisingly, the movies Arzner directed were mostly "women's pictures," but quite a few iconic classics fall squarely into that categor read more

Classic Films in Focus: QUEEN OF BLOOD (1966)

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Feb 27, 2018

With its lurid title and eerie opening credits, Queen of Blood (1966) promises a delirious sci-fi phantasmagoria that, sadly, it never delivers. Even Basil Rathbone and Dennis Hopper get bogged down in the picture's ponderous pace and refusal to pivot away from the pseudo-science that typically fill read more

Classic Films in Focus: QUEEN OF BLOOD (1966)

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Feb 27, 2018

With its lurid title and eerie opening credits, Queen of Blood (1966) promises a delirious sci-fi phantasmagoria that, sadly, it never delivers. Even Basil Rathbone and Dennis Hopper get bogged down in the picture's ponderous pace and refusal to pivot away from the pseudo-science that typically fill read more

Classic Films in Focus: FALLEN ANGEL (1945)

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Feb 19, 2018

Otto Preminger directs this top-notch noir tale of misplaced love and murder, which stars Dana Andrews as a small-time grifter who falls for luscious Linda Darnell but woos wealthy Alice Faye. It's a love triangle with a couple of kinks thrown into it, and the title, Fallen Angel, might equally appl read more

Classic Films in Focus: FALLEN ANGEL (1945)

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Feb 19, 2018

Otto Preminger directs this top-notch noir tale of misplaced love and murder, which stars Dana Andrews as a small-time grifter who falls for luscious Linda Darnell but woos wealthy Alice Faye. It's a love triangle with a couple of kinks thrown into it, and the title, Fallen Angel, might equally appl read more

Classic Films in Focus: ANOTHER MAN'S POISON (1951)

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Feb 14, 2018

Adapted from a stage play by Leslie Sands, Another Man's Poison (1951) offers a wickedly ironic title and a chance for Bette Davis to sink her teeth into another maneater role, this time as the femme fatale protagonist of a devious noir plot. Irving Rapper directs Davis and her real-life husband at read more

Classic Films in Focus: ANOTHER MAN'S POISON (1951)

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Feb 14, 2018

Adapted from a stage play by Leslie Sands, Another Man's Poison (1951) offers a wickedly ironic title and a chance for Bette Davis to sink her teeth into another maneater role, this time as the femme fatale protagonist of a devious noir plot. Irving Rapper directs Davis and her real-life husband at read more

Classic Films in Focus: DODGE CITY (1939)

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Feb 6, 2018

Michael Curtiz directs Errol Flynn in Dodge City (1939), the first of the swashbuckling star's forays into Western territory, with frequent costars Olivia de Havilland and Alan Hale along for the action, as well. Briskly paced and packed with excitement, Dodge City forgoes elegaic musings on the clo read more

Classic Films in Focus: DODGE CITY (1939)

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Feb 6, 2018

Michael Curtiz directs Errol Flynn in Dodge City (1939), the first of the swashbuckling star's forays into Western territory, with frequent costars Olivia de Havilland and Alan Hale along for the action, as well. Briskly paced and packed with excitement, Dodge City forgoes elegaic musings on the clo read more

Classic Films in Focus: MY FAVORITE WIFE (1940)

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Feb 2, 2018

My Favorite Wife (1940) reunites stars Irene Dunne and Cary Grant after their first pairing as a comedic couple in The Awful Truth (1937), and once again there's both love and trouble. Grant plays a husband flummoxed by the return of his supposedly dead first wife on the very day that he marries his read more

Classic Films in Focus: MY FAVORITE WIFE (1940)

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Feb 2, 2018

My Favorite Wife (1940) reunites stars Irene Dunne and Cary Grant after their first pairing as a comedic couple in The Awful Truth (1937), and once again there's both love and trouble. Grant plays a husband flummoxed by the return of his supposedly dead first wife on the very day that he marries his read more

Classic Films in Focus: EAST SIDE, WEST SIDE (1949)

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Feb 1, 2018

Adapted from the novel by Marcia Davenport, East Side, West Side (1949) is more melodrama than murder mystery, although there always seems to be a noir plot lurking beneath its surface. Surprisingly, star Barbara Stanwyck appears in good girl mode as a wronged wife enduring domestic discord. It's no read more

Classic Films in Focus: EAST SIDE, WEST SIDE (1949)

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Feb 1, 2018

Adapted from the novel by Marcia Davenport, East Side, West Side (1949) is more melodrama than murder mystery, although there always seems to be a noir plot lurking beneath its surface. Surprisingly, star Barbara Stanwyck appears in good girl mode as a wronged wife enduring domestic discord. It's no read more
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