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Stagecoach to Stardom
Maureen O’Hara once nailed the appeal of her favorite leading man: “To the world, John Wayne is not just an actor. John Wayne is the...
Oct 1, 20253 min read
Thomas Mitchell
Many call 1939 Hollywood’s Greatest Year. So what should we call the actor who appeared in five of the top films released back then?...
Aug 1, 20253 min read
Hollywood At War
To mark the recent 80th anniversary of D-Day, here’s my Top 10 list of Hollywood’s greatest World War II films: The Pacific Theater “From...
Jun 15, 20242 min read
Oscar's "Maine" Man
Decades before Cambridge whiz kids Ben Affleck and Matt Damon went Hollywood, another New Englander trekked West to make a wicked big...
Feb 1, 20242 min read
Noir Star Dana Andrews
“Always understated and all too underrated.” That’s how writer David Stenn describes Dana Andrews. Film historian Jeanine Basinger...
Mar 15, 20233 min read
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