Let us be crooked but never common,” Colonel Harrington urges his daughter, Jean. He’s played by Charles Coburn, grand in every meaning of the word, and she’s played by Barbara Stanwyck, arguably the greatest actor to grace the silver screen. … Continue reading THE LADY EVE
Preston Sturges worked on almost 20 screenplays before figuring out how to keep mediocre directors from mucking up his words and stories: direct the pictures himself. Lucky for him, Sturges scripts made bank, and Paramount Pictures was desperate for the … Continue reading THE GREAT MCGINTY
Michael J. Cinema 