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June 2025

The Las Vegas Story: The Not-Quite-Next Casablanca
This is a revised and updated version of a previous post from 2023
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Snapshot: Sterling Hayden at Sea
Long before he was the brooding star of The Asphalt Jungle and Dr.
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Pre Code Confidential #9 - Big Houses, Chain Gangs and Forgotten Men
This installment in our ongoing look at pre-Code cinema shifts the focus—from sultry affairs to the stark world of crime and punishment.
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Rebecca’s Bedroom as a Cinematic and Psychological Crucible
Rebecca (1940) opens like a dream—or a nightmare.
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The Movies that Made Me #1 - From This Day Forward (1946)
To celebrate my birthday (July 1), I'll be spending the next two months revisiting some of my favorite under-the-radar films—movies that have lived…
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May 2025

April 2025

Feg Murray and the Art of Seein’ Stars
Frederic Seymour "Feg" Murray did not set out to become Hollywood’s most athletic gossip columnist.
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William Wellman, Ernie Pyle and "The Story of G.I. Joe" (repost)
In 1944, war correspondent Ernie Pyle and producer Jerome Cowan approached director William Wellman to direct The Story of G.I.
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Pre-Code Confidential #7: Wild Boys of the Road (1934)
Wild Boys of the Road stands out as a quintessential pre-Code film—unflinching in its depiction of poverty, juvenile delinquency, and the failure of…
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