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Tag Archives: Loretta Young
Heroes For Sale (1933); Dir. William Wellman
“It takes more than one sock in the jaw to lick 120 million people.” So says Tom Holmes, played by Richard Barthelmess, in William Wellmann’s pre-Code drama Heroes for Sale, a terrific film, and included in TCM’s Forbidden Hollywood Collection, … Continue reading
Movie Marathon on Block Island
While I had tons of time to read, and walk, and have visitors, and write, and dream, I also had an orgy of movie-watching out on the Island. I brought some movies with me, but for the most part, I … Continue reading
Posted in Movies
Tagged A Place in the Sun, A Woman's Face, Cary Grant, Clark Gable, Cyd Charisse, Deborah Kerr, Elizabeth Taylor, Fred Astaire, Fredric March, George Sanders, Gloria Grahame, Hedy Lamarr, Henry Fonda, Humphrey Bogart, In a Lonely Place, Ingrid Bergman, Jimmy Stewart, Joan Crawford, John Ford, Johnny Guitar, Josef von Sternberg, Karl Malden, Katharine Hepburn, Kay Francis, Loretta Young, Marlene Dietrich, mirrors, Montgomery Clift, Philadelphia Story, Robert Duvall, Robert Mitchum, Rosalind Russell, Shelley Winters, Tennessee Williams, The Darjeeling Limited, The Double Life of Veronique, Wes Anderson
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On the island
— There is only one four-way intersection on the island. No stoplights. The intersection is referred to one and all as “The Four Corners.” “Excuse me, can you tell me where the bank is?” “The Four Corners.” “Got it.” — … Continue reading
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Tagged Loretta Young, Maud Gonne, Rhode Island, Ron Chernow, snapshots, W.B. Yeats
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