Old Movie Critic

 It has been asked several times. In different formats. I have read it in books about Alfred Hitchcock but I have also read it online. It is said that one time he stated “I would have been gay...

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HIS AMAZING SPECHES: There is a dreadful story that I hate actors. Imagine anyone hating James Stewart...Jack Warner. I can't imagine how such a rumor began. Of course it may possibly beca...

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HELLO FRIENDS, I'M YOUR VITAMEATAVEGAMIN GIRL!! ARE YOU TIRED, RUNDOWN, LISTLESS? DO YOU POOP OUT OF PARTIES? ARE YOU UNPOPULAR? WELL THE ANSWER TO ALL YOUR PROBLEMS IS IN THIS LITTLE BOTTLE! YE...

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Don Knotts Born: July 21, 1924 Died: February 24, 2006 (aged 81) He died of Pulmonary and Respiratory Complications      Don Knotts is most famous for his role in The Andy Griffith S...

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The Best Years of Our Lives Released Date: June 17, 1947 Director: William Wyler Actors: Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Myrna Loy, Teresa Wright, Virginia Mayo, Cathy O'Donnell, Hoagy Carmichae...

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Sorry I haven't been on in so long. I was working really hard at work and then taking time for myself, as we all need. No need to have a mental break down, am I right? Anyways my friend Desiree ...

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VIVIAN VANCE BORN: VIVIAN ROBERTA JONES ON JULY 26, 1909 DIED: AUGUST 17, 1979 (70 YEARS OLD) WE ALL LOVE LUCY. NATURALLY, TALENTED AND HILARIOUS, AND HUMBLE. WHAT IS NOT TO LOVE ABOUT LUC...

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WILLIAM FRAWLEY BORN: FEBRUARY 26, 1887 IN BURLINGTON, IOWA DIED: MARCH 3, 1966 AGE 79 OF A HEART ATTACK IN LOS ANGELES THIS IS A POST ABOUT A UNDERRATED MAN, AND ACTOR. THE MAN WAS MISUND...

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From Here to Eternity Released Date: October 15, 1953 Director: Fred Zinnemann Actors: Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Donna Reed, Frank Sinatra, Philip Ober, Mickey Shaughnes...

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DOES ANYONE ELSE LOVE SNOW IN THE MOVIES? WATCHING A BLACK AND WHITE SNOWFALL IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS IN CLASSIC CHRISTMAS MOVIES!!! IF YOU WATCH ANY OLD MOVIE WITH SNOW, IT IS JUST SO PEAC...

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A CHRISTMAS CAROL RELEASED DATE: 1938 EBENEZER SCROOGE (REGINALD OWEN) WAS A GRUMPY OLD MAN. ALWAYS SHUTTING PEOPLE OUT OF HIS LIFE AND NEVER REALLY CARING ABOUT ANYONE (EVEN HIMSELF) OR ANY...

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I ABSOLUTELY LOVE CHRISTMAS. I LOVE THE MUSIC, LIGHTS, SNOW, CHRISTMAS TREES, MOVIES AND OF COURSE SPENDING TIME WITH THE FAMILY. BUT THIS YEAR, THEATERS ACROSS THE WORLD WILL BE SHOWING CHRISTM...

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DURING WWII, ADOLF HITLER OFFERED A REWARD TO ANY GERMAN SOLDIER WHO COULD CAPTURE SCREEN LEGEND, CLARK GABLE, ALIVE. THE "GONE WITH THE WIND" STAR -- WHO WAS THEN FLYING COMBAT MISSIONS AS A B-...

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Ladies They Talk About Released Date: February 4, 1933 Directors:Howard Bretherton and William Keighley Actors: Barbara Stanwyck, Preston Foster, Lyle Talbot, Dorothy Burgess, Lillian Roth, M...

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True Confession Released Date: December 24, 1937 Director: Wesley Ruggles Actors: Carole Lombard, Fred MacMurray, John Barrymore, Una Merkel, Porter Hall, Edgar Kennedy, Lynne Overman, Irving...

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Cheaper by the Dozen Released Date: April, 1950 Director: Walter Lang Actors: Clifton Webb, Myrna Loy, Jeanne Crain, Betty Lynn, Edgar Buchanan, Barbara Bates, Mildred Natwick, and Sara Allgo...

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We have lost great actors this year. And some of the deaths have really hit home. Watching Mickey Rooney and Shirley Temple was always a favorite past time as a kid. But when I stretched  the c...

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Witness to Murder Released Date: April 15, 1954 Director: Roy Rowland Actors: Barbara Stanwyck, George Sanders, Gary Merrill, Jesse White, Harry Shannon, Clair Carleton, Lewis Martin, Dick El...

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Jeopardy Released Date: July 31, 1953 Director: John Sturges Actors: Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan, Ralph Meeker, and Lee Aaker      Barbara Stanwyck can do anything. She was brillian...

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Three Comrades Released Date: June 3, 1938 Director: Frank Borzage Actors: Robert Taylor, Margaret Sullavan, Franchot Tone, Robert Young, Guy Kibbee, Lionel Atwill, Henry Hull, Charley Grapew...

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Sorry, Wrong Number Released Date: September 1, 1948 Director: Anatole Livak Actors: Barbara Stanwyck, Burt Lancaster, Ann Richards, Wendell Corey, Harold Vermilyea, Ed Begley, Leif Erickson,...

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY: FARLEY GRANGER (JULY 1, 1925 - MARCH 27, 2011) : WHO IS THE STAR OF HITCHCOCK'S STRANGERS ON A TRAIN AND ROPE OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND (JULY 1, 1916) : WHO IS BEST KNOWN GONE ...

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The Man With the Cloak Released Year: 1951 Director: Fletcher Markle Actors: Joseph Cotton, Barbara Stanwyck, Louis Calhern, Leslie Caron, Joe De Santis, Jim Backus, Margaret Wycherly, Richar...

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I have read a lot of biographies of the classics. Alfred Hitchcock, James Stewart, Cary Grant, Bette Davis, Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, and many more. But I must say, Victoria Wilson's boo...

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     I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A HUGE FAN OF THE STRONGER ACTRESSES, LIKE BETTE DAVIS, BARBARA STANWYCK, CAROLE LOMBARD AND THIS POST SUBJECT, KATHARINE HEPBURN. I CAN'T IMAGINE LIFE WITHOUT OUR HER...

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