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The Impossibly Difficult Name that Movie Game
It's time for another Impossibly Difficult screenshot and this one we think is not so impossibly difficult. Clues abound but don't be too fooled by the surroundings of these characters! As always, if...
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The Buccaneer ( 1958 )
"There comes a time when a man wants to change...belong to something, or maybe someone."The pirate and privateer Jean Lafitte had warehouses of stolen loot, a beautiful house on the private island in...
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It seems to be a common thing for a film blog to have its own Facebook page. I never quite understood why considering a blog is a place to share reviews, books of interest and such....and so, for years...
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Across the Wide Missouri ( 1951 )
Bernard de Voto's book "Across the Wide Missouri" became a surprise best-seller in 1947, earning the Pulitzer Prize for History. The brass at MGM quickly purchased the rights to the book in order to...
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From the Archives: Big Jim McLain ( 1952 )
Oh, just look how Nancy Olson is being mesmerized by John Wayne's gaze! This still photo is not in very good condition but the image captured is wonderful. From the Archives is our latest series of...
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Johnny Guitar ( 1954 )
Joan Crawford in a western? If that sounds incredulous, Ms.Crawford must have thought so, too, because it was not until 1954 that she starred in her first spurs-and-guns picture - Johnny Guitar. Unlike...
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Book Review - Joe De Yong: A Life in the West
In February 2018, author William Reynolds launched a Kickstarter campaign to publish his biography of Joe De Yong, a cowboy and protege of Western artist Charles M. Russell. It was successfully funded...
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The Impossibly Difficult Name that Movie Game
Here's a scene from a beautifully filmed classic. Who could the chap in the cart be and where is he going when he passes this young woman on the road? Hmmm.....As always, if you are not familiar with...
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Pandora and the Flying Dutchman ( 1951 )
"The measure of love is what one is willing to give up for it........Who said that?" muses archeologist Geoffrey Fielding. He had been observing American beauty Pandora Reynolds, an enchantress who...
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The Ghost and Mrs. Muir ( 1947 )
"Haunted.....how perfectly fascinating!"Recently widowed Lucy Muir has left her London lodgings - and her in-laws - to come to White Cliff-on-the-sea with her daughter and loyal housemaid. There,...
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From the Archives: Werewolf of London ( 1935 )
Henry Hull hiding behind loads of facial hair in this still from the Universal horror classic Werewolf of London ( 1935 ) which also featured Warner Oland, the beloved actor of the Charlie Chan series....
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The Witches and the Grinnygog ( 1983 )
Those Brits have a knack for knowing how to spin a good yarn...especially when it comes to mystery, horror, and fantasy tales. Author Dorothy Edwards penned a particularly juicy children's mystery...
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Jack Pierce and the Creation of Frankenstein's Monster
The word "Frankenstein" conjures up in most people's mind the image of Dr. Frankenstein's creation, his pastiche of bodily parts that he gave life to. We picture him as a huge fearsome man with a flat...
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The Impossibly Difficult Name that Movie Game - Halloween Special
With Halloween just around the corner, a special edition of The Impossibly Difficult Name that Movie Game is called for......this one may be a very familiar scene to some of you ( especially if you...
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Victorian Thrillers of the 1930s & 1940s
Victorian London, steeped in a dark and romantic aura, has always been the ideal setting for murders and mysteries in films of the 1930s and 40s. Lurking beneath the white facade of stately manors...
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From the Archives: Footsteps in the Fog ( 1955 )
Jean Simmons and Stewart Granger are featured in this publicity photo for the London-set drama/thriller "Footsteps in the Fog" released by Columbia Pictures in 1955. This was the fourth and last film...
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Ivanhoe ( 1952 )
Sir Walter Scott's 1819 epic medieval novel "Ivanhoe" was brought to the big screen in 1952 as a gorgeous Technicolor adaptation released through Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios. Like many medieval films...
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Pete's Dragon ( 1977 )
"Boo-Bop-BopBop-Bop, I love you, too!" Good ol' Elliott. He is exactly the kind of companion any child would wish to have. Strong, clever, amusing, cuddly, fun to be with, and he has the ability to...
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British Pathé: Twig Jewellery by Andrew Grima ( 1964 )
This week I went through a jewelry-making craze and this particular video from the British Pathé collection caught my eye because it discusses one of the jewelry-making processes of Andrew Grima. This...
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The Impossibly Difficult Name that Movie Game
Listen to this man speak! Obviously, one of these fellows needs a hearing horn to aid him in this task while the other is looking on a bit incredulously. You probably know all of these character...
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