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Jimmy Stewart rides again

by Bill on June 14, 2009

I’ve just started reading Marc Eliot’s book, Jimmy Stewart: A Biography. Having just begun, I can’t say anything about it’s merits, though I can say I read Eliot’s book from a few years ago, Cary Grant: A Biography and enjoyed it. I’m not sure why, but I like reading biographies of Hollywood’s luminaries of the [...]

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Movies, books and upkeep

by Bill on May 17, 2009

I guess you could say I did a bit of house-cleaning with my blogs today – a sisyphean task to complete, but I gave it a go. Although Piddleville continues to be an organizational mess, I made a few changes – temporary ones, I hope. (It needs some fixing). One was to create a “book [...]

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Reviews

by Bill on January 1, 2007

3 Godfathers 8 ½ (1963) A Shot In The Dark (1964) A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (2001) Abyss, The (1989) The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) Affair to Remember, An (1957) Alec Guinness Collection, The Lavender Hill Mob, The Captain’s Paradise, The Kind Hearts and Coronets Man in the White Suit, The Ladykillers, The All That Jazz [...]

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My Wicked, Wicked Ways – review

by Bill on May 1, 2005

The Autobiography of Errol Flynn (1959) by Errol Flynn I just finished reading, and thoroughly enjoyed, My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Autobiography of Errol Flynn, originally published somewhere around 1959, available now through Cooper Square Press (part of Taylor Trade Publishing group). Heavens, what a helluva good read. Is anything he says true? Well, maybe. [...]

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