Boris Karloff stars as Dr. Leon Kravaal, a doctor that is not quite so mad as he is passionate though he could be mistaken for the former. Having been revived from the […]
From the Ice… – The Man With Nine Lives (1940)
A Muse and Her Man – Down to Earth (1947)
Terpsichore, one of the nine muses of Greek mythology, the goddess of dance and chorus, has heard about a Broadway musical being put on about her life by producer Danny Miller. Of […]
Everything is Rosie… – Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
Conrad Birdie is heading off to join the army and young women everywhere are not overly happy about the idea. Thankfully he is going to give one last kiss to one lucky […]
Both One and the Same – The Violent Men (1955)
The Violent Men does indeed live up to that name throughout the picture, but it still ends up being pretty standard fare as far as western films are concerned, with Glenn Ford […]
A Dangerous Game – Johnny Allegro (1949)
Falling for the wrong person and knowing that they are indeed just that, never turns out well for those doing the falling, especially when it comes to film noir and yet, it […]
Mystery and Menace Was… – The Lady from Shanghai (1947)
Despite heavy studio cuts, The Lady from Shanghai remains a film noir classic and one of Orson Welles’ best movies. Intended to be a much longer picture than it was, Welles might […]
Not as Tough as He Seems – Pushover (1954)
Fred MacMurray stars in Pushover, a Columbia Pictures release from 1954 and while one can always count on the man for a good performance, the film feels more like Double Indemnity-lite than […]
Murder and Nightmares From Out of… – The Dark Past (1948)
William Holden plays a man on the run who takes a family hostage while Lee J. Cobb plays a psychoanalyst who means to help him. Holden is Al Walker – a killer […]
Trapped in the… – Valley of the Dragons (1961)
Though cinema was not exactly new in 1961, it was not any cheaper either and a way to keep costs down was to either recycle footage from various sources or to film […]
Come and See the… – Ladies of the Chorus (1948)
The most memorable thing you will take away from Ladies of the Chorus is Marilyn Monroe and a feeling of well-being as it is a happy little film that never fails to […]
The Telltale Mind 