Personally, I’ve never been to Florida. While I am partial to their orange juice- preferably mixed with a liter of vodka and ice cubes- these days the panhandle has little to offer celluloid sickos like me. That wasn’t always the…
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About the only LPs I’ve saved are those disastrously bad personality platters like A Dramatic Reading With Music (MGM), Sebastian Cabot’s 1967 hilariously pompous interpretations of Bob Dylan songs. Then there’s Way Out West (Tower), Mae West’s campy rock ‘n’…
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The history of cinema is replete with movie gimmicks. Look at A Quiet Place, which terrifies audience with barely any dialogue. But I love the more ambitious crackpot ones like Smell-o-vision, developed by Liz Taylor’s stepson Mike Todd Jr. for…
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Not having been raised Catholic my only exposure to nuns was in the movies, and these were primarily feel-good stories- Audrey Hepburn in The Nun’s Story, Debbie Reynolds in The Singing Nun, Ingrid Bergman in The Bells Of St. Mary’s,…
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I love collecting movie related postage stamps. James Dean, Alfred Hitchcock, Al Jolson. The new Lena Horne “Forever” stamp is just sublime. The 1997 release of stamps of famous Hollywood monsters was just sensational. It was such a joy putting…
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Some say that spring is a time for love. Frankly I’m more inclined to agree with whoever said love is a form of mental illness. Love doesn’t mean “never having to say you’re sorry”. It means having to say you’re…
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Years back while I was watching a Maria Montez movie at 4 a.m. on TV, I could have sworn I heard her say: “Kiss me quick before the lava hits the village!” I used to quote that line endlessly to…
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When it comes to film, the only time fashion interests me is when it’s used to kill. Aside from scarves, nylon stockings and an occasional hat pin, the most cinematic murder accessory has got to be the shoe. Just think-…
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