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Anton Walbrook: Putting the "Homina" in Homicide (1)
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Apr 24, 2014
The "Rrrar" in Rorschach.
A profile so nice, I placed it twice.
Gaslight (1940) I think we all know what happens in Gaslight, but just in case...In the days before Lifetime, Television for Women, a controlling, murderous jewel thief marries and manipulates read more
Anton Walbrook: Putting the "Homina" in Homicide (2)
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Apr 24, 2014
The "Rrrar" in Rorschach. A profile so nice, I placed it twice. Gaslight (1940) I think we all know what happens in Gaslight, but just in case...In the days before Lifetime, Television for Women, a controlling, murderous jewel thief marries and manipulates a woman so read more
Not Quite the Stuff that Dreams Are Made Of (1)
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Apr 23, 2014
Geraldine Fitzgerald rocks the cowl. Three Strangers (1946) You know from the over-scored, overwrought opening credits that Three Strangers isn't going to be a subtle film, but you know it's going to be fun. The premise is nutty: A gorgeous, fashionable young woman lures tw read more
Not Quite the Stuff that Dreams Are Made Of (2)
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Apr 23, 2014
Geraldine Fitzgerald rocks the cowl. Three Strangers (1946) You know from the over-scored, overwrought opening credits that Three Strangers isn't going to be a subtle film, but you know it's going to be fun. The premise is nutty: A gorgeous, fashionable young woman lures tw read more
Birthday of the Week: G.W. "Billy" Bitzer (1)
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Apr 21, 2014
Johann Gottlob Wilhelm "Billy" Bitzer, April 21, 1872 - April 29, 1944
Autobiography Billy Bitzer: His Story - The Autobiography of D.W. Griffith's Master CameramanBy G.W. Bitzer, Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1973 The Original Ace Cameraman I came comparativel read more
Birthday of the Week: G.W. "Billy" Bitzer (2)
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Apr 21, 2014
Johann Gottlob Wilhelm "Billy" Bitzer, April 21, 1872 - April 29, 1944
Autobiography Billy Bitzer: His Story - The Autobiography of D.W. Griffith's Master CameramanBy G.W. Bitzer, Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1973 The Original Ace Cameraman I came comparativel read more
I Like Tubby Men (1)
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Apr 19, 2014
"Yeah, well, he's well covered."
Hot Millions (1968) Hot Millions opens on affable embezzler, Marcus Pendleton (Peter Ustinov), finishing up the warden's taxes on the day of his release from prison. Under the credits, we see him size up the opportunities in the outside world: th read more
I Like Tubby Men (2)
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Apr 19, 2014
"Yeah, well, he's well covered."
Hot Millions (1968) Hot Millions opens on affable embezzler, Marcus Pendleton (Peter Ustinov), finishing up the warden's taxes on the day of his release from prison. Under the credits, we see him size up the opportunities in the outside world: th read more
Wednesday's Child: Veronica Cartwright (1)
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Apr 16, 2014
Veronica A. Cartwright, born in Bristol, England, April 20, 1949 Navigator Lambert, ALIEN (1978) Best Case of Nerves The first thing I remember about Veronica Cartwright is getting oomphy with friends who confused her with her sister, Angela Cartwright, of The Sound of Music,&n read more
Wednesday's Child: Veronica Cartwright (2)
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Apr 16, 2014
Veronica A. Cartwright, born in Bristol, England, April 20, 1949 Navigator Lambert, ALIEN (1978) Best Case of Nerves The first thing I remember about Veronica Cartwright is getting oomphy with friends who confused her with her sister, Angela Cartwright, of The Sound of Music,&n read more
Birthday of the Week: Peter Ustinov (1)
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Apr 15, 2014
Born Peter Alexander, Baron Von Ustinow April 16, 1921 - March 28, 2004 Memoir Dear Me, By Peter Ustinov, Penguin, 1979 Renaissance Mensch While looking for the perfect picture of Peter Ustinov, I was struck by how many of them included Muppets*. Was that read more
Birthday of the Week: Peter Ustinov (2)
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Apr 15, 2014
Born Peter Alexander, Baron Von Ustinow April 16, 1921 - March 28, 2004 Memoir Dear Me, By Peter Ustinov, Penguin, 1979 Renaissance Mensch While looking for the perfect picture of Peter Ustinov, I was struck by how many of them included Muppets*. Was that read more
Marie Dressler's Second Wind (1)
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Apr 13, 2014
Leila Marie Koerber, Ontario, Canada November 9, 1868 - July 28. 1934
A Master of Reinvention It's difficult to imagine how a Canadian girl in the mid-1880s found the strength and determination to leave home at 14 to make a career in the theatre. but this is exactly what L read more
Marie Dressler's Second Wind (2)
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Apr 13, 2014
Leila Marie Koerber, Ontario, Canada November 9, 1868 - July 28. 1934
A Master of Reinvention It's difficult to imagine how a Canadian girl in the mid-1880s found the strength and determination to leave home at 14 to make a career in the theatre. but this is exactly what L read more
My Pod Is Your Pod (1)
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Apr 12, 2014
Kevin McCarthy Perseveres
Kevin McCarthy...Doesn't
Invasions of the Body Snatcherses (1956, 1978) My advice to you is NOT to watch the original Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) and its 1978 sequel back-to-back. For one thing, the fictional black-and-white town, " read more
My Pod Is Your Pod (2)
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Apr 12, 2014
Kevin McCarthy Perseveres
Kevin McCarthy...Doesn't
Invasions of the Body Snatcherses (1956, 1978) My advice to you is NOT to watch the original Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) and its 1978 sequel back-to-back. For one thing, the fictional black-and-white town, " read more
March of the Penguins (2)
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Apr 9, 2014
Rich girls are people too. The Under-Pup (1939) I love girls' summer camp movies. They're like minor league women's prison pictures, which I'm a sucker for, and The Under-Pup doesn't disappoint. The film was Joe Pasternak's answer to Deanna Durbin's growth spurt and 1 read more
March of the Penguins (3)
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Apr 9, 2014
Rich girls are people too. The Under-Pup (1939) I love girls' summer camp movies. They're like minor league women's prison pictures, which I'm a sucker for, and The Under-Pup doesn't disappoint. The film was Joe Pasternak's answer to Deanna Durbin's growth spurt and 1 read more
Farewell, Mickey Rooney (1)
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Apr 7, 2014
Mr. Mickey Rooney (Joseph Yule, Jr.) September 20, 1920 - April 6, 2014 I'm Going to Miss the Little Guy There will be much written about Mickey Rooney over the next few days, and I won't have anything spectacular to add. I was never a huge fan of the madcap, singing, dancing Mickey read more
Birthday of the Week: James Garner (1)
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Apr 7, 2014
James Scott Bumgarner, April 7, 1928 Memoir The Garner Files: A MemoirBy James Garner and Jon Winokur, Simon & Schuster, 2011 A Pretty, Funny Guy When you looked up "strapping" in Webster's dictionary cerca 1960, was it James Garner's picture you saw? If not it read more