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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison from 1957 with Deborah Kerr and Robert Mitchum A nun and a marine have to survive alone on an, alternatingly, abandoned and occupied-by-the-Japanese island in the South Pacific in WWII. It's a "two fish out of water forced together" tale that is funny, dramatic and...
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    I understand Alice's aversion to bars on windows, but she'll want those bars on a basement window in Brooklyn, even in the "safe" post war years, especially if she is , oh I don't know, raising a kid, anyone's kid.
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    Krause and Alice met at the right time in their lives. Five or ten years earlier, they wouldn't have been ready for each other. (Well, Alice might not have been "available" for part of that time, too.) Sometimes Caniff's storytelling is so good, I don't give the illustrations enough credit, but...
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    The Quiet Little Woman by Louisa May Alcott The introduction to The Quiet Little Woman (no spoilers) explains that, in Alcott's time, five young sisters, inspired by Ms. Alcott’s books, started a small magazine out of their home in Massachusetts. With the help of a printer, they achieved a...
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    I did not think Caniff would kill off another character, especially a woman, after Raven Sherman, but I'm not feeling so sure about that anymore. And yes, the coffee coming out of the dolphin's mouth is fanfreakintastic.
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    Yes, that was quite mean of him.
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    Conflict from 1945 with Humphrey Bogart, Alexis Smith and Sidney Greenstreet Conflict's director Curtis Bernhardt did a highly competent job making this engaging noir crime-drama mystery. Still, you can't help wondering what Alfred Hitchcock would have done with the same material as the story...
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    What always amazes me about those letters is the effort that went into them - paper, pen, sit down, write, envelope, address, stamp, lick, mail. It takes no effort to rant on social media today, but Sailor Crazy Lizzie put some real time and effort into that little screed.
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    Nick's too smart to ever let a DA get a safe full of evidence against him. I would love to see Nick come back, though.
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    The War Against Mrs. Hadley from 1942 with Fay Bainter, Edward Arnold, Richard Ney, Jean Rogers, Sara Allgood, Spring Byington and Van Johnson Tucked in amidst all the WWII propaganda films of 1942 is this odd and engaging one that is so politically one sided you just have to chuckle at its...
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    "Blood on the Moon" Is a top five Western for me, probably because, as you note, it's very noirish. The only thing I'd add to your excellent comments are that the two female leads - Barbara Bel Geddes and Phyllis Thaxter - are outstanding in it. My comments on it here: #27,985
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    Annie has many fine traits, minding her own business is not one of them. Her entire personality is the opposite of minding one's own business.
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    The Sicilian Clan from 1969 with Alain Delon, Jean Gabin and Lino Ventura The Sicilian Clan is a classic heist movie with cool 1960s French style and serious acting heft. It also has a fresh take on the age-old game of jewelry robbery, plus plenty of mob intrigue and a dogged French detective...
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    When I lived in Boston, in the late '90s/early '00s there was an old immigrant Italian tailor who was like that. The guy was very talented, a bit cranky, had posted hours that didn't mean anything and his pricing was pulled out of his head and different every time, but always reasonable. And, of...
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    And I thought Mr. Ginsburg was retired. Also, kudos to Alice - she's redefining the term "skinny" to move the goal posts in her favor - very 2023.
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    Christmas Stories, The Everyman's Library, published in 2007 Christmas Stories compiles short stories from the past two centuries and from around the world. From a Dickens Christmas gobblin story, to Russian tales about cobblers, to a twentieth century author writing about the sexual...
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    Back Street from 1932 with Irene Dunn and John Boles Back Street, based on a popular novel, can be seen as an unconventional love story or a sad look at the lonely life of a mistress relegated to the "back streets" of a selfish man's world. The answer, as with most things, probably lies in an...
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    Agreed, it's a very good movie. If you haven't read it, I recommend the book it's based on as it's an even better read.
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    Lizzie, thank you making the extra effort to bring us "Terry & The Pirates" today.
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    If I had to churn out seven illustrated comic strips every single week, I'd need drugs too.

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