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: Brother Bones plays 'Sweet Georgia Brown' (1949)
NRR Project: “Sweet Georgia Brown” Music by Maceo Pinkard and Ben Bernie; lyrics by Kenneth Casey Performed by Brother Bones and His S...
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NRR Project: ‘Goodnight, Irene’ Music and lyrics by unknown Performed by Lead Belly Recorded 1933 This sweet, plaintive song is an...
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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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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 ...

