Ms Golden, let me add my thanks for your book and this discussion. I feel very close to John Gilbert, as I was married for many years to the talented young woman who, when still an undergraduate, did the research for Dark Star. I remember so many wonderful stories she told about Jack and the two Lea...

Theresa, all the talk about Purple Noon reminds me that I think you would really like Patricia Highsmith's books. She is unique among "crime writers", too creepy for some, but I don't think that would bother you! The Talented Mr. Ripley and Strangers on a Train are a coupler of her "n...

Read it, Theresa! If a movie is any good, nothing in an intelligent discussion is going to "spoil" it. It's time to put today's obsession with "spoilers" to rest.

Brava, Wendy! You did it again! Top drawer!

Fingers are crossed, Moira!

Let me know what you think about The Big Fisherman. Maybe I'll try it again soon.

Right you are, Moira! I take This Woman is only a must-see for the completist. But Strange Cargo is so good that I don't even mind Joan Crawford, and The Mortal Storm is another masterpiece. I have The Big Fisherman on a DVD-R that I have not been able to see all the way through. It is a poor transf...

Good summaries, Moira, of these two Borzage greats. They make a good double feature, dealing as they do with the same era. Those already devoted to Borzage will also want to see I Take This Woman, although it's hardly his picture. Still, it presents a fun parlor game trying to determine which footag...

Wendy, I had pegged this one, as I do almost all new films, as a wait-for-dvd. Now, your vivid review has convinced me to Email my daughter Sally and ask for a date! Although, I have seen a lot of crime films during the past year, for that matter all my life, this sounds different. Thanks for making...

And how great to see Anna Q> Nilsson in Regeneration. Remember her in Sunset Boulevard, one of Norma's "waxworks"?

Yes, Wendy. Two wonderful movies. And beautifully presented. William DeMille also did Miss Lulu Bett with Lois Wilson, maybe even better than Young Romance.

Wendy, as you frequently do, you have engaged our favorite subject with a broader vision than most of us usually do. Your insights have inspired continued reflections on my part, so that I am not sure how well I will be able to concentrate this morning on the pressing mundanities that are looming, l...

Right, fealto. Again, we're talking about a superior artist "adapting" the work of a usually very adolescent writer. But credit where credit is due: Coward left his smart-aleckyness at home when he mad Brief Encounter.

kingrat, I have known lesbians who were moved by the sight of Mr. Cooper and at least one who said that she would have been tempted. Anyone looking for a Masterpiece Theatre reproduction of Hemingway will be disappointed, if not enraged, by Borzage's film. Truth to tell, though I admired Hemingway w...

For a 1938 reissue, about ten crucial minutes were cut from A Farewell to Arms. Virtually all the plethora of public domain tapes and DVDs are based on that version. The only reliable edition available is the recent Kino-Lorber which was taken from a print owned by David O. Selznick's estate. In thi...

The masterful John Alton never hurt a project!