4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Jan 15, 2020
First impressions suggest Dick Powell doesn’t fit the boots of a western hero as he did the fedoras of noir. Like Bogart or even Cagney, his physique isn’t imposing and yet he makes up for it with a wry wit. Running off his mouth as he often does fits the cynicism of noir. Not that it read more
Jim--haunted by memories of the tragedy.
The October Man (1947). A bus accident on a dark, rainy night leaves Jim Ackland (John Mills) with a skull fracture--and the tragic memory of a friend's young daughter who died while under his care. After spending a year in a hospital, Jim emerges a fra read more
“I loved making movies…” ~ Jane Greer
Jane Greer was born Bettejane Greer on Setember 9, 1924 in Washington D.C. to Bettie and Charles Dean McLean Greer, Jr. At age 15, an attack of palsy left her face partially paralyzed. She claimed that it was through facial exerc read more
This is the fourth in the "Bitches and Blaggards" series; monthly posts devoted to my favorite movie bad girls and rogues. A bitch is a selfish, malicious woman. A blaggard is a villain, a rogue and a black-hearted man. Both are bad, both are devastatingly alluring.
Jane G read more
