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From Here to Eternity

Saturday, March 22, 2008

Okay, okay!   So I finally broke down and saw this classic (from 1953), set in Hawaii just prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.  And I just loved it.  Everybody is smoking like crazy, drunk at every free moment (and it’s always a little adorable or cutsey…no mean drunks allowed), and folks are […]

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Sahara (1942)

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

I saw this gem the other day on AMC (here in the US), and later watched the full version on DVD. I liked it for a few reasons, mainly because I’m a Bogart fan. But there is another reason, and it had to do with a scene at the bottom of a nearly dried up […]

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Clark Gable and Combat America

Friday, August 10, 2007

I found this poster on the net some time ago, and wondered just what Mr. Gable did in the Army Air Force. Turns out, he was a bit of a player, flying combat missions and then producing the movie Combat America, the first ten minutes of which is linked here via youtube. The narration is […]

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Jack Dempsey

Saturday, July 28, 2007

Found this in a sports section from OCT 1944. Former boxer Jack Dempsey is here, and according to the caption, gives a “good natured kidding” to another. And the final phrase, still in use today: “You should have seen the other guy.” This is American copy writing bravado at its best. I was reading a […]

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