Those old enough might remember rushing home from school or work in time enough to get comfortably seated in front of the television for another cliff-hanging episode of the first and only Supernatural Gothic Soap Opera ever to air, ABC’s Dark Shadows, which ran from 1966-71. Set on the windswept, rocky coast of Maine, the […]
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Here is a continuation of my list of the best movies. When the war entered the country, many of the box office stars left their careers shortly after to enter the Army while most did their stage roles, live shows, and collecting goods and money for the Red Cross and other organizations. Naturally war movie […]
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As is well-known, Bela Lugosi was buried in his cape, tuxedo, and wearing his Dracula crest ring after a career in movies, none of which came close to the fame brought to him as Dracula. In 1927, Lugosi, who had emigrated from Hungary to his political affiliations, opened on Broadway in Dracula and played the […]
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Boris Karloff is the man behind two of Hollywood’s most formidable screen icons. His turns as the misunderstood monster in Frankenstein and the undead Imhotep in The Mummy established Karloff as the king of horror movies. Karloff’s writing career has spanned film, stage, television, comic book stores and US television Postality commemorative stamps. As a […]
When you think of Cary Grant you probably think of huge classical movie hearthrob Cary Grant, who starred in many romantic classic films. Cary Grant certainly stole many women’s hearts in some of his movies, where his charm was in need of no explanation. However, do you know all of his best movies? Have you […]