Jet Pilot
Nobody likes Howard Hughes’ Jet Pilot (1957). One of the stars of Jet Pilot, John Wayne, has described the film as “too stupid for words”. Hughes poured a fortune into… Read more »
Tag: Janet Leigh
Holiday Affair
Connie Ennis (Janet Leigh) is a widow, raising her son Timmy (Gordon Gebert) alone. One day, while working as a comparative shopper for a department store, she meets Steve Mason… Read more »
The Vikings
Violence is everywhere in Richard Fleischer’s film The Vikings (1958). For men, one could be slain any minute by a sword or an axe and women face sexual assault at… Read more »
Touch Of Evil
Orson Welles presents himself as an interesting phenomenon of studio era Hollywood. His aggressive and independent methods as a filmmaker are what both brought him his early success and later… Read more »
The Naked Spur
This short piece about Janet Leigh was originally written and published in 2010. Let’s talk about Janet Leigh’s character Lina in Anthony Mann’s film The Naked Spur (1953). Though her social… Read more »
Houdini
George Marshall is perhaps best remembered for directing the James Stewart comedies Destry Rides Again (1939) and Pot O’ Gold (1941). Marshall’s career as a film director spanned over fifty years, and made… Read more »
