Classic motion pictures and Lifestyle with a dip into the underside, the seedy and off beat through the eyes of Canadian Writer TERRY SHERWOOD.
A while ago I came across yet another biography of Humphrey Bogart titled TOUGH WITHOUT A GUN: THE LIFE AND THE EXTRAORDINARY AFTER LIFE OF HUMPHREY BOGART by Stefan Kanfer. It is a slim volume by Bogart biography standards clocking in at a mere 320 pages compared with others on the same subject. I had... Continue Reading →
Humphrey Bogart once said that the problem with the world is that it is always "a few drinks behind". Vice has been an admirable subject of film. We all pay to see a downfall or a redemption of some style. Today that has changed for obvious shadowy reasons for the better. There are many destructive... Continue Reading →
Hollywood was and still is filled with types - be they on the screen or not. In fact, it was often remarked that you can expect anything to happen on Hollywood Blvd. I remember making an inquiry in a bookshop only to have a person dressed in a red wool suit with Elvis side burns... Continue Reading →
Her Again: Becoming Meryl Streep by Michael Schulman (Author) Print Length: 304 pages Publisher: Harper Collins (April 26 2016) “Her again “is exactly what I have said when watching the Academy Awards and Meryl Streep is nominated. Michael Schulman crafts a fast paced look at Meryl Streep –from her childhood to the role that launched... Continue Reading →
YOUNG ORSON The Years of Luck and Genius on the Path to Citizen Kane By Patrick McGilligan 832 pages with two 16 page photo inserts Publisher: Harper Collins This was my second excursion into the world of Orson Welles and was by far the most comprehensive to date. My previous experience was with Simon Callow’s... Continue Reading →
Digital power has brought motion pictures to a new audience. The discs (or the next format) gives us all an opportunity to hold motion picture history. The recent TCM CLASSIC FILM FESTIVAL in Los Angeles may have looked at first glance like it was going backward from that. THE RETURN OF THE DREAM MACHINE, HAND... Continue Reading →
There comes a time when one must pack up and get back to actual life. If you’re lucky, you get to continue with your love of film. For some it is their full time job; for others, it can be an all- consuming hobby or Labour of Love. We try to attend as much as... Continue Reading →
The Golden Age of Hollywood is filled with brilliant successes and dismal failures. The film community likes a feel good story. That continues to this day. Fitting in this category is the tragic end of Millicent Lilian Entwistle, simply known as “Peg.” She was born in Port Talbot, Wales and moved to New York... Continue Reading →
The look of Hollywood has always been one of the alluring aspects of what makes up the legend of the Golden Age. Although the exact start of the Golden Age is debatable, many agree that style influences in American film making were between the years 1927 to 1963. In broad terms, the look was defined... Continue Reading →
Jean Harlow was a star for the age she lived in. She often seems compartmentalized by the early thirties. Her brief life embodied the Hollywood myth of meteoric rise – was it talent or studio grooming? Jean was one of the few whom could be identified by last name and you knew who you were... Continue Reading →
STARDUST AND SHADOWS 