HOME RERUN TIME—CELEBRATING A SCRAWNY GUY “WANTING TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY” PART 2
YESTERDAY WE BEGAN GLEANING tidbits about Elisha Cook Jr., who is typically recalled as Kasper Gutman’s psychotic sidekick in The Maltese Falcon and as a doomed informer in The Big … Continue reading
May 4, 2024 · Leave a comment
HOME RERUN TIME—CELEBRATING A SCRAWNY GUY “WANTING TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY” PART 1
I’VE SAVED SEVERAL CLASSIC FILMS FOR HOME RERUNS, each re-viewed when the spirit moves me. These include Pandora’s Box, the 1929 silent flick (its operatic version Alban Berg’s Lulu); Bogart/Astor/Greenstreet/Lorre’s … Continue reading
May 3, 2024 · 2 Comments
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