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City for Conquest (1940): Starring James Cagney, Ann Sheridan, and Arthur Kennedy

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Aug 29, 2019

Upon being immersed in City for Conquest, it feels like a cast of millions because so many familiar faces make an appearance for any given amount of time. Surely, the most important coupling is James Cagney and Ann Sheridan who are paired much in the same way as Angel With Dirty Faces (1938), playi read more

The Great Arthur Kennedy

The Wonderful World of Cinema Posted by Virginie Pronovost on Feb 17, 2019

My favourite character actor, Arthur Kennedy would have been 105 today and, for the occasion, I’m hosting the Arthur Kennedy’s Conquest of the Screen Blogathon. I was initially supposed to write about an episode from The Alfred Hitchcock Hour in which Kennedy starred but, instead, IR read more

The Arthur Kennedy’s Conquest of the Screen Blogathon is here!

The Wonderful World of Cinema Posted by Virginie Pronovost on Feb 15, 2019

It has finally arrived! Today, we start celebrating my favourite character actor, the incomparable Arthur Kennedy, with the blogathon I’ve created in his honour! The festivities start today and will take an end of February 17 or, more precisely, on what would have been his 105th birthday! Art read more

Announcing the ‘Arthur Kennedy’s Conquest of the Screen Blogathon’!

The Wonderful World of Cinema Posted by Virginie Pronovost on Nov 14, 2018

Hello again! Yes, another year will soon be at our door which means… more blogathons of course! You already know that I’ll be honouring Jean Simmons on her 90th birthday at the end of January with Phyllis Loves Her Classic Movies. BUT there’s someone else I’ve been desperate read more

Book Review: Arthur Kennedy, Man of Characters (Meredith C. Macksoud)

The Wonderful World of Cinema Posted by Virginie Pronovost on Mar 27, 2017

For almost two years now, I’m only reading biography books (except for half of Wuthering Heights, The Moment of the Wedding and 1984). I find these fascinating (if they are well-written) and they allow me to discover interesting stuff about the personalities I admire. Remember when I wrote tha read more

What a Character Blogathon: How Arthur Kennedy Changed my Cinematic Life

The Wonderful World of Cinema Posted by Virginie Pronovost on Dec 17, 2016

When Paula, Kellee and Aurora announced that they’ll be back for a fifth edition of their famous What a Character! Blogathon, I said to myself that this was something I shouldn’t skip and  that I had to choose the right subject. I was supposed to write an entry, last year, about Jessie read more

Detectives and Dames Blogathon: The Life and Times of Arthur Kennedy

Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Apr 11, 2016

Arthur Kennedy was once described as “one of the subtlest American supporting actors, never more so than when revealing the malice or weakness in an ostensibly friendly man.” But while he was certainly acknowledged for his undeniable talent and versatility, he might also – unfortunately – be read more