A Glittering Cast: Battle Cry

1955 War Romance
From Warner Bros.
Directed by Raoul Walsh

Starring
Van Heflin
Aldo Ray
Tab Hunter
Nancy Olson
James Whitmore
Dorothy Malone
Mona Freeman
John Lupton
Anne Francis
Perry Lopez
William Campbell
Carleton Young
Fess Parker
Allyn Ann McLerie
Raymond Massey

Movie Biographies: The Glenn Miller Story

1954 Musical Biography
From Universal-International
Directed by Anthony Mann

Starring
James Stewart
June Allyson
Charles Drake
Harry Morgan
George Tobias

Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis in Four

These two native New Yorkers, Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis, had a great deal in common before they met.  Raised poor in generally the same neighborhoods, they had a street smarts that never left them.  They were both savvy, temperamental, conceited, smart-mouthed pranksters with an enormous vitality, a ready smile and a bursting self-confidence.  Who could be surprised they both wanted to become actors?

Clint Walker

He was a mountain of a man and a western legend thanks mainly to playing TV's favorite wandering adventurer, Cheyenne.  He parlayed that role into movie westerns playing heroes as taciturn and emotionless as western folk are thought to have been.  But those same traits kept him rather pigeon-holed as an actor and his overall opportunities in Hollywood were rather limited.

Movie Biographies: Callas Forever

2002 Musical Biography
From Regent Releasing
Directed by Franco Zeffirelli

Starring
Fanny Ardant
Jeremy Irons
Joan Plowright
Jay Rodan
Gabriel Garko
Manuel de Blas

Guilty Pleasures: Youngblood Hawke

1964 Drama
From Warner Bros.
Directed by Delmer Daves

Starring
James Franciscus
Suzanne Pleshette
Geneviève Page
Eva Gabor
Mary Astor
Lee Bowman
Mildred Dunnock
Don Porter
Edward Andrews
John Emery
John Dehner
Kent Smith
Mark Miller

Costars & Pals: Grant, Kerr, Mitchum & Simmons

Disney's First Dad: Fred MacMurray

It wasn't until the late 50's that he became a fixture in Disney films and then the star of a successful, long-running TV series.  Fred MacMurray had found his niche and a great deal of popularity.  Though he made 86 movies from 1929 to 1978, I thought he stood out in only about a half dozen or so and was very good in three.  He excelled when he played against type but what was his type?

Visiting Film Noir: The Dark Corner

1946 Film Noir
From 20th Century Fox
Directed by Henry Hathaway

Starring
Lucille Ball
Clifton Webb
William Bendix
Mark Stevens
Kurt Kreuger
Cathy Downs
Reed Hadley