Created by Dashell Hammett, the Thin Man is a series of mystery-comedy movies featuring private detective Nick Charles and his wife Nora. Screen legends William Powell and Myrna Loy played the roles Nick and Nora Charles to perfection and starred in all six Thin Man movies. Of the thirteen films they did together, six of…
Next Time We Love Blu-ray review
Next Time, We Love is a romantic drama from 1936 that stars three screen legends in Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, and Ray Milland. This was the first of six films Sullavan and Stewart were paired together in. The film was directed by Edward H. Griffith. This is a story about a couple whose careers start…
Ziegfeld Girl Blu-ray review
Ziegfeld Girl is a 1941 musical that has one of the finest casts assembled with screen icons Judy Garland, Lana Turner, Hedy Lamarr and James Stewart. The three leads all want to be Ziegfeld girls! Legendary musical choreographer Busby Berkeley was the man in charge of the musical numbers for this picture. The film was…
The Naked Spur Blu-ray review
The Naked Spur is the third of five Anthony Mann-directed westerns. Screen icon James Stewart stars as Howard Kemp, a bounty hunter out to capture Ben Vandergoat, played by another screen legend Robert Ryan who is wanted for murder. Janet Leigh and Ralph Meeker are also part of the small, but great cast. The movie…
After The Thin Man (Warner Archives) Blu-ray Review
After the events of The Thin Man, Nick and Nora Charles (William Powell and Myrna Loy) arrive in San Francisco just in time for New Years’. After solving a murder on Christmas and dealing with the endless publicity (and drinks), Nick is ready for a rest. But nothing stays calm for too long in The…
Night Passage Blu-ray review
“Follow the River”. This is the unforgettable song that is heard during and at the ending to the 1957 film, Night Passage. The film is one of several Westerns that James Stewart starred in during his tenure with Universal Studios. In this film, he goes undercover and plays an accordion! Former railroad man Grant McLaine…
The Rare Breed Blu-ray review
One of my favorite actors in cinema is James Stewart, mainly for some of his great unforgettable roles he had over the years, be it from Anatomy of a Murder, Rear Window, Vertigo and It’s a Wonderful Life. He was a brilliant actor, often playing likeable characters. In 1939 he starred in a comedy Western,…