agreed re SH. His autobiography "Wanderer" is one of the best film star autobios I have read, and I have…
Sterling Hayden was a remarkable actor and a very interesting person. His cameo in Dr Strangelove was essential to the…
It is truly a boring, pretentious movie. I always found a good litmus test to weed out film w-kers was…
Bader was an arsehole by all accounts, though his story was remarkable. I read the book when I was a…
Monthly Archives: June 2022
THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE (1981)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Bob Rafelson SCREENWRITER: David Mamet FILM STARS: Jack Nicholson, Jessica Lange, John Colicos, Michael Lerner, Anjelica Huston, Christopher Lloyd COUNTRY: USA THIS BOOK AUTHOR: James M. Cain TYPE: Novel PUBLISHER: Pan THIS EDITION PUBLISHED: 1981 COUNTRY: … Continue reading
SOME CAME RUNNING (1958)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Vincente Minnelli SCREENWRITER: John Patrick, Arthur Sheekman FILM STARS: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Shirley MacLaine, Martha Hyer, Arthur Kennedy, Nancy Gates, Leora Dana, Betty Lou Keim, Larry Gates, Connie Gilchrist COUNTRY: USA THIS BOOK AUTHOR: James … Continue reading
PERCY (1971)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Ralph Thomas SCREENWRITER: Hugh Leonard, Michael Palin (key writer)(uncredited), Terence Feely (additional material) FILM STARS: Hywel Bennett, Denholm Elliott, Elke Sommer, Britt Ekland, Cyd Hayman, Janet Key, Tracey Crisp, Antonia Ellis, Tracy Reed, Patrick Mower, Pauline … Continue reading
ROOM AT THE TOP (1959)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Jack Clayton SCREENWRITER: Neil Paterson FILM STARS: Simone Signoret, Laurence Harvey, Heather Sears, Donald Wolfit, Donald Houston, Hermione Baddeley COUNTRY: Great Britain THIS BOOK AUTHOR: John Brain TYPE: Novel PUBLISHER: Penguin THIS EDITION PUBLISHED: 1960 COUNTRY: … Continue reading
ALL FALL DOWN (1962)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: John Frankenheimer SCREENWRITER: William Inge FILM STARS: Eva Marie Saint, Warren Beatty, Karl Malden, Angela Lansbury, Brandon deWilde, Constance Ford. Barbara Baxley, Evans Evans COUNTRY: USA THIS BOOK AUTHOR: James Leo Herlihy TYPE: Novel PUBLISHER: Penguin … Continue reading
THE WAR LOVER (1962)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Philip Leacock SCREENWRITER: Howard Koch FILM STARS: Steve McQueen, Robert Wagner, Shirley Anne Field, Gary Cockrell, Michael Crawford, Bill Edwards COUNTRY: Great Britain THIS BOOK AUTHOR: John Hersey TYPE: Novel PUBLISHER: Pan THIS EDITIONÂ PUBLISHED: 1962 COUNTRY: … Continue reading
THE 4 HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE (1962)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Vincente Minnelli SCREENWRITER: Robert Ardrey, John Gay FILM STARS: Glenn Ford, Ingrid Thulin, Charles Boyer, Lee J. Cobb, Paul Lukas, Yvette Mimieux, Karl Boehm, Paul Henreid, Paul Lukas, Nestor Paiva, George Dolenz COUNTRY: USA THIS BOOK … Continue reading
THE TRAIN ROBBERS (1973)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Burt Kennedy SCREENWRITER: Burt Kennedy FILM STARS: John Wayne, Ann-Margret, Rod Taylor, Ben Johnson, Christopher George, Bobby Vinton, Jerry Gatlin, Ricardo Montalban COUNTRY: USA THIS BOOK AUTHOR: Sam Bowie (Todhunter Ballard) TYPE: Novelization PUBLISHER: Ace THIS … Continue reading
HELLER IN PINK TIGHTS (1960)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: George Cukor SCREENWRITER: Dudley Nichols, Walter Bernstein FILM STARS: Sophia Loren, Anthony Quinn, Margaret O’Brien, Steve Forrest, Eileen Heckart, Ramon Novarro, Edmund Lowe, Frank Silvera COUNTRY: Great Britain THIS BOOK AUTHOR: Louis L’Amour TYPE: Novel PUBLISHER: … Continue reading
yep re Kirk … no one pushes Kirk around. His Bryna Production Company was involved with (partially funded) POG ..and…