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Walther Huston is caught in Frank Capra’s “American Madness” American Madness (1932) is a pre-Code drama film directed by Frank Capra and starring Walter Huston. Other members of the cast include Pat O’Brien, Kay Johnson, and Constance Cummings. Tom Dickson (Huston) is read more

James Mason, Barbara Bel Geddes, and Robert Ryan are "Caught" Caught (1949) is an American film noir directed by Max Ophuls and starring James Mason, Barbara Bel Geddes, and Robert Ryan. The screenplay was by Arthur Laurents from the novel Wild Calendar by Libbie Block.Leonora Eames ( read more

Barry Sullivan has an absolute field day as a homicide cop, Lt. Collier Bonnabel, with very calculated methods of getting to the root of every crime. Whether it comes by pushing, cajoling, romancing, tricking, flattering — he’ll do whatever is necessary. What matters to him is to keep st read more

We were away at a science fiction convention this past weekend, so everything’s a bit sleepy and tentative around Noirish Towers today. This will be just a quick note . . . TV investigative journalist Wendy Tynes ensnares social worker Dan Mercer in a sting operation, the latest triumph of he read more

I think I went into Caught in a Ham with unduly high hopes (I’ve been a Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham since 1983) and apparently I’m enough of a purist to be a little upset Spider-Ham loses out on half his four minute cartoon so it can tie into Into the Spider-Verse. There’s also the read more

I think I went into Caught in a Ham with unduly high hopes (I’ve been a Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham since 1983) and apparently I’m enough of a purist to be a little upset Spider-Ham loses out on half his four minute cartoon so it can tie into Into the Spider-Verse. There’s also the read more

I think I went into Caught in a Ham with unduly high hopes (I’ve been a Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham since 1983) and apparently I’m enough of a purist to be a little upset Spider-Ham loses out on half his four minute cartoon so it can tie into Into the Spider-Verse. There’s also the read more

I think I went into Caught in a Ham with unduly high hopes (I’ve been a Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham since 1983) and apparently I’m enough of a purist to be a little upset Spider-Ham loses out on half his four minute cartoon so it can tie into Into the Spider-Verse. There’s also the read more

Rock Hudson makes a call! A 3.7 rating (out of 10) on the IMDb and a 7% (out of 100%) audience score on Rotten Tomatoes might lead one to believe that a movie may be a turkey. Yet, there's always that "may" and, besides, I'm a Rock Hudson fan and have a bit of a soft spot for disaster movies. read more

Coração Prisioneiro (1949) / Caught (1949) Há muitas alegrias na vida de um cinéfilo. Uma delas é descobrir grandes atores, como James Mason, e atrizes subestimadas, como Barbara Bel Geddes. Outro prazer é rever bons filmes. Algumas vezes, nós – e isso acontece muito comigo – read more

These are nervous times for Carole Lombard fans. That's because her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, on Hollywood Boulevard......has as its immediate eastward neighbor this star:And in case you haven't heard, actor-comedian Bill Cosby was sentenced Tuesday to three to 10 years in a Pennsylvania p read more

Max Ophul’s Caught is an interesting mix of soap opera drama and dark, brooding noir. It follows aspiring model Leonora Eames (Barbara Bel Geddes), who is obsessed with improving herself through charm school, landing a modeling job, and finding a rich husband. She’s not the only one in read more

Max Ophul’s Caught is an interesting mix of soap opera drama and dark, brooding noir. It follows aspiring model Leonora Eames (Barbara Bel Geddes), who is obsessed with improving herself through charm school, landing a modeling job, and finding a rich husband. She’s not the only one in read more

(Image: moovidadb.com) Young model Leonora Eames  (Barbara Bel Geddes) thinks she’s found the perfect life when she marries Smith Ohlrig (Robert Ryan), who is terribly rich. But Leonora finds that she’s getting more than she bargained for when Smith reveals himself as a harsh and power-h read more

TCM will be playing one of my favorite Sinatra movies this weekend, The Tender Trap. The story is a cute comedy about perpetual bachelor Sinatra and the young woman who ensnares him for domestic life –Debbie Reynolds. The song “The Tender Trap” refers to “love” being t read more

Was Carole Lombard possessed when she posed for the following portrait? (And no, it's not publicity for the film "Supernatural.")This promoted her film "Bolero," but what's so satanic about it? The number, my friend, the number:That's right -- it's p1202-666, downright devilish. Assuming that was me read more

If there’s anything that gets us as excited about modern air travel, it’s retro air travel. You know we’re nerds for airplanes of any era really, so when we run across vintage in-flight magazines, as we did recently with United’s Mainliner, we just have to share. It read more

Coração Prisioneiro (1949) / Caught (1949) Há muitas alegrias na vida de um cinéfilo. Uma delas é descobrir grandes atores, como James Mason, e atrizes subestimadas, como Barbara Bel Geddes. Outro prazer é rever bons filmes. Algumas vezes, nós – e isso acontece muito comigo – read more