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View ArticlePhyllis Thaxter, former MGM actress, dies in Longwood, Florida
Thaxter's movie debut was opposite Van Johnson in the war-time film Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo .
View ArticleThis Weekend: Celtic Rock Festival, FDNY Baseball and Corn Maze
Escobar Farm Corn Maze is open for the season today! This is part ofA Military Appreciation Weekend .
View Article'She Loves Me!' brings surprise romance to Richey Suncoast Theatre
If you loved Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan's You've Got Mail , Judy Garland and Van Johnson's In the Good Old Summertime or James Stewart and Margaret Sullavan's The Shop Around the Corner , you'll just adore...
View ArticleIs Jab Tak Hai Jaan inspired by the End of the Affair? - News
A friend who read my review brought this to my notice. The End of The Affair is a 1951 novel by the British author Graham Greene, its story seeded in wartime London.
View ArticleRead a Movie club to screen 'The Last Time I Saw Paris' Jan. 9
The Rehoboth Beach Film Society and the Rehoboth Beach Public Library invite film and literary enthusiasts to a special screening of the 1954 Hollywood film "The Last Time I Saw Paris" at 4 p.m.,...
View ArticleSix More Alternative Christmas Movies
Battleground A fictionalized version of the siege of Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge, this is one of the more accurate war movies out there.
View Article23 Paces to Baker Street
Playwright Phil Hannon can point out the London landmarks visible from his balcony to Jean , his visitor from the States, from memory.
View ArticleTonight's Movie: Duchess of Idaho
DUCHESS OF IDAHO is one of my very favorite Esther Williams movies. I wrote about it briefly way back in January 2006, when I'd only been blogging for a few months.
View ArticleA 'Life-Changing' Question For Kym Whitley
Actress and comedienne Kym Whitley has been best friends with fellow actor Rodney Van Johnson for more than 20 years.
View ArticleFan favorite 'Guy Named Joe' arrives on DVD at last
Spencer Tracy, as a heavenly messenger, tries to prompt World War II pilot Van Johnson in the 1943 fan favorite "A Guy Named Joe," which is on DVD this week for the first time.
View Article30 seconds over - West-minister
Part of this tractor repair reminded me of the wartime movie "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo" starring Van Johnson and Marlin Brando.
View ArticleBWW Reviews: She Loves Me, a Marzipan Musical at Beck Center
Marzipan, is a confection that consists mostly of sugar and honey, with a little solid blended in to give it some body.
View ArticleComet Over Hollywood: The Van Johnson War
Johnson was one of the most sought after actors on the MGM lot during World War II.
View ArticleLegoland reopens pool from Cypress Gardens's heyday
The final pieces of Legoland Florida's restoration of Cypress Gardens are in place: On Wednesday, the theme park reopened its famed Florida-shaped swimming pool and its Oriental Gardens, which have...
View ArticleSilver screen comes to Pioneer Park
The Dunedin Parks and Recreation Department announces April's schedule of films in Pioneer Park, at the corner of Main Street and Douglas Avenue.
View ArticleLake Creek, Oregon: a town frozen in1886
I don't recall the why or when of my first visit to the bucolic mix of Mayberry and Brigadoon that is Lake Creek, Oregon.
View ArticleTonight's Movie: Men of the Fighting Lady (1954) - A Warner Archive DVD Review
A fine cast stars in MEN OF THE FIGHTING LADY, a Korean War aviation drama just released by the Warner Archive .
View ArticleWhat's happening around Dunedin
The event will feature Berkeley Preparatory School Highlander Band, Sabra MacGillivray and Celtic Touch Dancers as well as the Dunedin High School Scottish Highlanders Band, the Dunedin Highland Middle...
View ArticleA Stamp of Approval for Van Johnson
The 1940s have been called the decade of the bobbysoxer, when young girls with a fondness for short socks developed an infatuation for pop singers and movie stars of the day.
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