Did you know Bogart and Brando almost co-starred in this early noir by Nicholas Ray? I look at a flawed movie that helped Ray prepare for his masterpiece, "Rebel Without a Cause," and that eerily presaged the cultural shift in consciousness that became America's Generation Gap. Thanks to Senses of Cinema for the opportunity to talk about this painfully awkward yet important and overlooked work.
A portfolio of my past writing, and new stories as I develop them. Almost always deliberately funny.
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NRR Project: 'Body and Soul' (1939)
NRR Project: ‘Body and Soul’ Composed by Johnny Green, lyrics by Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton Performed by Coleman Hawkins ...

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As little-known an artist as Ollie Jo Prater, S.P. Dinsmoor, or Vivian Maier, Patrick Boone Varnell plied his trade in near-obscurity. A...
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What scares you the most? Is it watching the latest horror film? Reading a Stephen King novel? For me, it’s listening to old-time radio...
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It was the first torch song. It’s only heard in old movies or TV shows these days. The scene is usually a smoky barroom, at the ass-end ...