Reinvention
There’s a chance you landed on this blog today looking for a political post of some kind. That blog retired a few years back, sad to say. The circumstances that led me to starting and running a...
View ArticleA Sea of Grass – 1947
Recording movies to watch them later is an old habit, one I’ve had since I was reusing the same VHS cassette over and over again, watching and erasing films or television programs regularly. The age...
View ArticleA Yank at Eton – 1942
It’s 1942, and one of MGM’s go-to stars is 22-year-old Mickey Rooney. There’s a war on, but that isn’t stopping MGM from making schmaltzy pictures about plucky teenagers, and no one played plucky...
View ArticleGood News – 1947
MGM musicals are a brand. Every major studio during the classical era tried their hand at musicals, and you’ll find successful ones with a variety of stars, but MGM, in my opinion, owned the genre....
View ArticleSweetheart of the Campus – 1941
Growing up, I was regularly exposed to the music, films, and television series that my parents had grown up with. This is the rite of passage for almost all of us, and many of us tolerate it until we...
View ArticleHaving Wonderful Time – 1938
A quick drop-in post for the first time in two years! Turner Classic Movies is showing this picture as part of their tribute to Lucille Ball, who is in the film but not the lead. My immediate...
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