ITS ALL CAME TRUE (1940)

    THE  1940  musical/gangster comedy IT ALL CAME TRUE  featuring Ann Sheridan with Humphrey Bogart just on the cusp of  stardom is eclectic piece of  film making.  The picture also features Jeffrey Lynn is a departure from his regular 'Good guy" roles. It came from time when musicals were huge and this effort tried...

STRANGE CARGO (1940)

Frank Borzage  directed  this MGM controversial Joan Crawford final pairing with Clark Gable in 1940. STRANGE CARGO is the  story of  Julia, cafe entertainer  played by Crawford who is fired  for  consorting with prisoner  Verne  who is played  by Gable who breaks into her rooms during an  escape attempt.   Later  along with a  group of...

DR MONICA (1934)

STARDUST AND SHADOWS has a great affection for  Pre-code dramas as most watchers of these style of pictures have. Classic pre-code period being from 1925 to 1934 produced so deliciously seditious works before  the Hays code came into effect.  DR. MONICA made back in 1934 was  at the end of this cycle has two of...

THE YOUNG DOCTORS (1961)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBsrTfesel8&t=14s THE YOUNG DOCTORS made back in 1964 is a  watershed of dramatic talent and performance. None more so then screen veteran Fredric March as aged Head Pathologist Doctor Joseph Pearson who clashes with new ways and  attitudes personified by Ben Gazzara's character Doctor David Coleman  The  story is  not new yet the way it...

The ‘Other King of Hollywood” King Vidor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFVJbNNWvXY The style of Director King Vidor has fascinated in the way he handles story and actors. Vidor had  a long career beginning in 1913 all the way up to 1980 in a  variety of  genres yet always with a way of making actors and story fit well against a large backdrop such as  modern...