I am not au fey with the current batch of film stars because I have not been to the movies for years. Most of the film stars I am familiar with are pre 1950`s and there were many beauties then. I am surprised that Jennifer Lopez ( at age 41 ) would be touted as the most beautiful woman in the world....

I`ll See You In My Dreams (1951) Biopic of lyricist Gus Kahn with Doris day and Danny Thomas. What a great story. Tells of the rise of Gus Kahn (Danny Thomas) and his wife Grace (Doris Day). He must have been one of the greatest of all time. I have some of his songs in my movie collection. He even ...

I Wake Up Screaming (1941 ) Starring Betty Grable, Victor Mature, Carole Landis and Laird Cregar. A surprisingly good whodunit. Carole Landis as an aspiring actress who is found murdered. Main suspect is Victor Mature who is dicovered with the body by Betty Grable, Carole`s sister. Victor is pursue...

The Hoodlum Saint (1946) Starred William Powell, Esther Williams, and Angela Lansbury. William returns from WW1 and returns to reclaim his old job only to find that it no longer exists. He has friends who are continually in trouble. William continually bails them out. William finds a new job with a...

The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) Starring Betty Hutton, Cornel Wilde, Charlton Heston,Dorothy Lamour, Gloria Grahame. A story about Ringling Brothers and Barnham and Bailey Circus. Plenty of action with lions tigers elephants etc performing, exciting trapeze action, with Cornel Wilde falling and b...

Good News (1947) A lively musical starring June Allyson, Peter Lawford, Patricia Marshall. At Tait College June is in love with Peter. Along comes the stunningly beautiful Patricia, who ,on hearing that Peter`s family is worth $30 million sets her sights on him. June allows Patricia to overhear a c...

Glory (1956) Margaret O`Brien, Walter Brennan as a has been racehorse trainer, John Lupton and Byron Palmer as Margaret`s Love interests. A story about a thoroughbred filly (Glory). Beginning with her birth during a thunder storm and culminating with her winning the Kentucky Derby. Margaret (at 19 ...

The Glenn Miller Story (1953)

Sterling performances by James Stewart and June Allyson, together with great music make this biopic a great movie. Glenn Miller goes broke a few times but eventually (pushed by his wife to succeed) He finds his "sound".

The Girl In White (1952) Starring June Allyson and Arthur Kennedy. An interesting biography of Dr Emily Dunning (1876-1961), who was the first woman doctor to work on ambulance, and also the first woman to secure a surgical residency. The love interest was Dr Ben Barringer. At the end of the film B...

Dramatic School (1938) Stars Luise Rainer and Paulette Goddard, Luise as an aspiring actress who secretly works night shift at a factory to make ends meet, Paulette who runs the school and is jealous of Louise`s obvious ability. Paulette expels Luise when Louise falls asleep in school, but a patron...

Four Jills In A Jeep (1944) Kay Francis, Carole Landis, Martha Ray, Mitzi Mayvair were the four "jills". This musical is based on the diary of Carole Landis who also co wrote the screenplay. It is based on her first overseas trip to entertain troops.It was a pleasant easy to watch film. I...

I have Jane Powell on in the background today, and I haven't been paying one bit of attention, but if anyone has seen Three Daring Daughters , the duet between Jeanette MacDonald and Powell is just about the most poignant thing I have ever heard - I liked the little squeeze Jeanette gave Jane when ...

I've been wanting to see A Foreign Affair again ever since I watched a documentary on PBS about the departure of Jewish (and other) film makers to Hollywood after the rise of Hitler. While the documentary covers the entire cadre, there is a special emphasis on Billy Wilder. I can't imagine what it ...

A Foreign Affair (1948) This movie was filmed mainly in post war Berlin with Jean Arthur as the shrewish congresswoman, Marlene Dietrich as the night club singer and John Lund. Marlene is romancing John Lund, apparently looking for a ticket to U.S. by marrying him. Unknown to John she was previousl...

[b ]The Blue Angel (1930) [/b] A story about an aging professor who falls in love with a beautiful cabaret singer ( Marlene Dietrich age 29, and she was a real beauty ). He is dismissed from his college for associating with her. He gets a job selling risque photos of his wife. After 5 years of marri...