Category1960

Posted May 12, 20176 Comments 1960

Barefoot in the Park (1967)

They don’t make romantic comedies like they used. Or maybe Hollywood just realized there’s no way to top the work of the great Neil Simon. Playwright Simon took the adage … Continue Reading Barefoot in the Park (1967)

Posted March 6, 2017 1960

Ticklish Business – What Ever Happened to Baby Jane (1962)

Guest Danita Steinberg of the What About Meryl podcast and I talk Bette Davis, Joan Crawford and What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? Listening via iTunes? Consider helping Ticklish Business … Continue Reading Ticklish Business – What Ever Happened to Baby Jane (1962)

Posted January 9, 20178 Comments 1960

Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)

“Murder starts in the heart, and its first weapon is a vicious tongue.” You can’t sum up the macabre lunacy of Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte any better. A film more well-known for what … Continue Reading Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)

Posted January 6, 20171 Comment 1960

Fridays With…Debbie Reynolds: The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964)

Entering the world of classic film is a sad endeavor as the knowledge looms large that people you love have been dead for years or will eventually pass. I knew … Continue Reading Fridays With…Debbie Reynolds: The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964)

Posted November 14, 2016 1960

The Night of the Generals (1967)

Twilight Time could never have predicted the recent passing of Omar Sharif, star of their latest Blu-ray release, The Night of the Generals. Directed by Anatole Litvak, this WWII murder … Continue Reading The Night of the Generals (1967)

Posted October 1, 2016 1960

Yours, Mine and Ours (1968)

Hollywood loves kids. They love kids so much they pack as many of them into a film as they can! In 1950 Hollywood gave us our first overburdened family in Cheaper … Continue Reading Yours, Mine and Ours (1968)

Posted July 20, 20168 Comments 1960

The Thrill of It All (1963)

Originally published January 28th, 2015 Second-wave feminism (you’ve already stopped reading, haven’t you?) wouldn’t crop up for another couple of years, but that’s not to say Hollywood wasn’t doing its … Continue Reading The Thrill of It All (1963)

Posted July 18, 20163 Comments 1960

Please Don’t Eat the Daisies (1960)

By the 1960s Doris Day represented everything good and wholesome about Hollywood, a concept that would soon be at odds with the nine years that would follow. As Day’s star … Continue Reading Please Don’t Eat the Daisies (1960)

Posted July 8, 20161 Comment 1960

Marnie (1964)

I belatedly close out Hitchcock week with the film that tore his professional relationship with actress Tippi Hedren. Hedren, despite the issues she’s recounted of working with the director, cites … Continue Reading Marnie (1964)

Posted June 22, 2016 1960

Doctor Zhivago (1965)

Doctor Zhivago is a movie whose reputation precedes it. Doctor Zhivago marks my first foray into David Lean territory – a director I’ve avoided because his movies require getting comfy for … Continue Reading Doctor Zhivago (1965)

Posted May 9, 20161 Comment 1960

The Doll of Satan (1969)

Twilight Time, long the company providing beautiful Blu-ray transfers of oft-neglected titles, enters the giallo business with La Bambola di Satana or The Doll of Satan. Unlike the giallo work … Continue Reading The Doll of Satan (1969)

Posted March 30, 20164 Comments 1960

Support Your Local Sheriff (1969) / Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971)

An unwitting franchise of sorts, the Support Your Local… series acts as simultaneous send-up and loving tribute to the dying Western. Released just three months before Sam Peckinpah shot the … Continue Reading Support Your Local Sheriff (1969) / Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971)