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The All-American and Yankee Pasha
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Jul 15, 2024
Publicity still with Mamie Van Doren & Tony Curtis.All American (1953). Tony Curtis headlines as Nick Bonelli, a star quarterback who transfers to a different university to pursue his interest in architecture after his parents die in a car crash. He faces various challenges and conflicts at his read more
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The Case for Anatomy of a Murder
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Jul 1, 2024
Stewart as Biegler pleads his case.Anatomy of a Murder is the best courtroom drama ever made.Otto Preminger’s enthralling motion picture requires multiple viewings to be fully appreciated. When I first saw it, I focused on the riveting story, which treats the viewer much like the jury. We read more
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The Alternate Movie Title Game (James Stewart Edition)
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Jun 17, 2024
Here are the rules: We will provide an "alternate title" for a James Stewart 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 read more
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The High and the Mighty and Skyjacked
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Jun 3, 2024
John Wayne as "Whistling" Dan Roman.The High and the Mighty (1954). When a passenger airliner en route from Honolulu to Los Angeles experiences engine problems, the pilot faces a critical decision: Does he attempt a dangerous landing in the ocean and hope the Coast Guard can rescue the passengers? O read more
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The Alternate Movie Title Game (Sci Fi Edition)
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on May 11, 2024
Here are the rules: We will provide an "alternate title" for a 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. They’r read more
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Love Is a Ball and A Big Hand for the Little Lady
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Apr 29, 2024
Love Is a Ball (1963). I thought I had seen every 1960s romantic comedy until the blandly-titled Love Is a Ball popped up on the cable channel Screenpix. It stars Charles Boyer as Etienne Pimm, a matchmaker who is part Pygmalion and part con artist. He specializes in pairing titled, read more
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Dean Jones, Walt Disney, and a Quartet of Monkeys (or rather, Chimps)
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Apr 15, 2024
Yvette Mimieux with one of the chimps.
We've been on a Disney movie run at the Cafe, revisiting some of the studio’s lesser-known live action films. There have been some pleasant surprises (Emil and the Detectives) and a few major disappointments (Dick Van Dyke wasted in Never a Dull Moment). read more
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The Alternate Movie Title Game (April 2024)
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Apr 1, 2024
Here are the rules: We will provide an "alternate title" for a 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. Running in t read more
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Klute and Tender Mercies
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Mar 18, 2024
Donald Sutherland and Jane Fonda.Klute (1971). When a businessman suddenly disappears and obscene letters are found among his work papers, the man's wife hires private detective John Klute to conduct an investigation. Klute (Donald Sutherland) quickly learns that the mystery centers around part read more
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The Crimson Kimono and The League of Gentlemen
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Mar 4, 2024
James Shigeta as Detective Joe Kojaku.The Crimson Kimono (1959). Writer-director Samuel Fuller's once-controversial cult film revolves around two police detectives, one Caucasian and one Japanese, who try to solve a complicated murder case involving a stripper in the Japanese quarter of Los Angeles. read more
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Jeff Chandler Plays a Make-Believe Parent in The Toy Tiger
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Feb 19, 2024
Jeff Chandler as Rick.Had a bad day at work? Relatives causing undue stress? If so, then perhaps you need to sit down and watch a mindless 1950s comedy. You know the kind. It's entertaining enough while you're watching it, but it won't linger in your brain. It's like cotton candy--light and tasty, b read more
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Seven Things to Know About Linda Cristal
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Feb 5, 2024
1. Linda Cristal was born on February 23, 1931, in Rosario, Argentina, as Marta Victoria Moya Burges. In addition to her native language of Spanish, she became fluent in Italian, French, and English. She got her acting break in 1952 when she appeared as a school girl in the Mexican film When the Fog read more
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The Alternate Movie Title (January 2024)
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Jan 22, 2024
Here are the rules: We will provide an "alternate title" for a 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. Flex Martian read more
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Working Girl and The Verdict
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Jan 15, 2024
Melanie Griffith and Harrison Ford.Working Girl (1988). Mike Nichol's R-rated update of a familiar comedy formula, Working Girl earned six Oscar nominations, made a star (albeit briefly) of Melanie Griffith, and transformed Harrison Ford into a romantic lead. Griffith plays Tess McGill, a hard- read more
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Top Ten Posts of 2023
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Dec 31, 2023
A canine friend visits the Classic Film & TV Cafe.As the year draws to a close, the Classic Film & TV Café traditionally ends it with a countdown of our ten most viewed posts. Naturally, the countdown is a little skewed, since those posts that came out at the start of the year typically have read more
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The Laughing Policeman and Warning Shot
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Dec 18, 2023
The Laughing Policeman (1973). Walter Matthau starred in two of the finest crime dramas of the 1970s: Charley Varrick (1973) and The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974). Sandwiched between those classics, he made The Laughing Policeman, a solid crime picture steeped in urban grittin read more
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Tubi or Not Tubi?
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Dec 11, 2023
It's never been a better time to watch classic movies--even if you don't have TCM.I know classic film buffs who still bemoan the demise of FilmStruck, TCM's streaming service, which folded in 2018 after two brief years. I was equally sad to see the Warner Archive Instant streaming service be discont read more
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The V.I.P.s and The Fog
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Nov 27, 2023
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.The V.I.P.s (1963). A fogged-in London airport provides the setting—and serves as the catalyst—in playwright Terence Rattigan’s The V.I.P.s. This collage of mini-dramas shares the same structure as films such as Grand Hotel and RattiganR read more
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The Movie Quote Game (John Ford Edition)
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Nov 13, 2023
This month, we're focusing on quotes from John Ford films. We will list a quote from one of his movies 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
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Of Vampire Bats and Manitous!
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Oct 29, 2023
Nick Mancuso as the hero.The late 1970s saw the release of two horror films based on popular novels that featured Native American protagonists: The Manitou (1978) and Nightwing (1979).The latter movie stars Nick Mancuso as Youngman Duran, the only law enforcement officer on a tribal reserv read more