35.) “The moon is queen of everything. She rules the oceans, rivers, rain. When I am asked whose tears these are; I always blame the moon.”– Lucille Clifton 36. “Meditate. Live purely. Be quiet. Do your work with mastery. Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds! Shine...
And now here at The Last Drive In, the subject of “The Third Sex in the Shadows of Cinema.” Clifton Webb as Hardy Cathcart in The Dark Corner 1946 directed by Henry Hathaway. Waldo Lydecker: “I’m not kind, I’m vicious. It’s the secret of my charm.” “Oh, it’s sad, be...
finding that they offer an update on earlier century narratives of the connections between urban areas and deviant sexuality. In this modern version, it is not just a moral tale but also an economic one, where, because of the historical decline of the U.S.city and of New York...
July 2021. Pacific Grove, CA. Dr. Barbara Mossberg has channeled her inner Thoreau in a timely and timeless new book, a comicWalden. In times that seem humanity’s new dark ages of uncertain and catastrophic climate and politics and disease—an imperfect present,Here for the Present: A Gram...
Frank Sinatra stars in this movie in which con men try to pull off a heist aboard the Queen Mary. A Paramount picture. At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1991) The Atomic City (1951) This Cold War thriller starring Gene Barry is likely in cold storage at Paramount. The Awakening (...
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Fay Helm played Ann Terry in one of my favorite unsung noir/thriller gems Phantom Lady 1944 where it was all about the ‘hat’ and she co-starred as Nurse Strand alongside John Carradine in Captive Wild Woman. Fay played Mrs. Duval in the Inner Sanctum mystery Calling Dr. Death with Lon...
The discordant piano and horn stabs of modern jazz already bring you into the inner sanctum of menacing story telling. As Boris would often say as a precursory welcome,“Let me assure you ladies and gentlemen, as sure as my name is Boris Karloff, this is a thriller.” Boris Karloff’s ...
convincing her to go out with wealthy businessmen. She becomes the glamorous mistress of gangster George Castleman, showered with riches"” fur coats, diamonds, and haute couture. George helps Ethel's metamorphosis into a wealthy socialite, Lorna Hansen Forbes, and she enters the inner circle of...
Carol was born Carol Anne Jones on Feb. 13, 1942, in New York City. Lynley worked as a model and in television from her teen years and performed on numerous early live dramatic television shows. After appearing in the 1958 Broadway play, she delivered a moving performance in the controversi...