Showing posts with label kirk douglas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label kirk douglas. Show all posts
Saturday, May 8, 2021

A Letter to Three Wives (1949)

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As intriguing as the title sounded to me, this is actually a reduction from the John Klempner story A Letter to Five Wives . I don't bla...
Friday, June 5, 2020

Lonely Are the Brave (1962)

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In the 1980 Sam Shepherd play True West , aspiring screenwriter Lee calls this the last great western, but his description makes it sound aw...
Wednesday, February 12, 2020

Lust for Life (1956)

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To honor the late Kirk Douglas ( again ), I selected one of his most popular movies that I hadn't seen yet. Only after it arrived did I ...
Saturday, February 9, 2019

In Harm's Way (1965)

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This picture must have felt familiar to John Wayne. Twenty years earlier, he had played a major role in They Were Expendable , another naval...
Saturday, January 28, 2017

There Was a Crooked Man... (1970)

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The '70s were a strange time for westerns. After late '60s classics like Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid , The Wild Bunch , and t...
Saturday, January 21, 2017

Young Man with a Horn (1950)

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It's a little late for me to be continuing my celebration of Kirk Douglas , but why not do it anyway? Other people must be doing it too,...
Wednesday, January 4, 2017

The Man from Snowy River (1983)

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With the 100th birthday of Kirk Douglas last month, I thought I should check out another of his films soon. Of the ones I hadn't seen ye...
Saturday, August 8, 2015

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)

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Looking for a heartwarming romance? Be warned: This is very much film noir, a genre in which "strange" typically doesn't work ...