Asides

Two classic films, released 17 years apart, about alcoholism in America. How do they stand up? We’d say, reasonably well although our patience is still tested by movies about incorrigible drunks. Having said that, we like that each of these movies draws superb performances from solid casts, and an Oscar nomination for Jack Lemmon (always […]

  She portrayed the pure and innocent girl next door and later the ideal wife. Now, we ask:  how could you NOT warm up to June Allyson. She was the epitome of marital fidelity in the Forties and Fifties, the lovingly supportive partner onscreen to bandleader Glenn Miller and baseball pitcher Monte Stratton (both played […]