Vera Miles Vera Miles was born in Kansas in 1929. By 1948, she won the title of “Miss Kansas.” The beauty title led to roles in Hollywood and it was long before she was spotted by two of the greatest directors of all times. John Ford started casting her in…
Today’s movie is Mystery Street (1950). While Edgar Allen Poe invented the detective novel, this movie may be the grandfather of all television crime dramas[1]. This movie highlight, at the time, little known forensic techniques, as they attempt to solve the murder of a B-girl. Mystery Street (1950)…
Today’s movie is Forbidden Planet (1956). Let’s get to this point right away. This movie is based on “The Tempest” by William Shakespeare. Yes, that Shakespeare. I will go into a little of this later on. This movie has a decent 7.6 rating on iMDB.com[1] and has…
Today’s movie is Three Strangers (1946), and yes, it is another of the Lorre Greenstreet pairing. So, I’m a little obsessive. This Warner Brothers film is also known as Three Men and a Girl (1946). John Huston was one of the screenwriters, it was based around a statue,…
Today’s movie is High Road to China (1983). For some reason, this film is rated 6.0 on iMDB.com[1] and a 65 percent score by audiences on Rottentomatoes.com[2]. The great Roger Ebert killed this film in his review. Ebert stated: “High Road to China” is not a terrible…
Today’s movie is The Narrow Margin (1952). This is a wonderful Film Noir. The majority of the movie was shot within the confines of a set the size of a train. The claustrophobic nature of the set is highlight by face to face meetings and blocked corridors…
Today’s movie is The Phenix City Story (1955). This crime drama is classified as a Film Noir. However, a good case could be made that it is not. I’ll go with a soft yes. This movie is based on a true story. iMDB.com rates this movie at 7.4[1]…
Today’s movie is Westworld (1973). I love this movie. It is based on a Michael Crichton novel. Crichton also directed this film. It is so much better than the HBO series of the same name. The effects are somewhat less than we would like today, but this…
Today’s movie is Go Tell the Spartans (1978). Go, tell the Spartans, stranger passing by That here, obedient to their laws, we lie. Simonides of Ceos[1] Of course, the above quote is about the Spartan Greek Battle of Thermopylae (Hot Gate) in 440 B.C. where 300 Spartans held…
Below is my Top 25 Shakespeare Movies list. Willaim Shakespeare was born in 1564 and died in 1616 at the age of 52. During that time he was an actor and playwright. He wrote some of the finest plays in the English language. It is estimated that Shakespeare added about…
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