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"Honestly, who names their kid 'Kingery'?" "Kenesaw Mountain" had already been taken. ********************************************************* I know he was injured, but he seems better, so any idea why Skeezix hasn't been called back for D Day?

Lizzie, agreed on King, brilliant.

Diabolique, a French film from 1955 with Simone Signoret, Vera Clouzot and Paul Meurisse Set in a dreary French boarding school, the film follows two teachers: the principal's wife (played by Vera Clouzot) and his mistress (played by Simone Signoret). Together, they plot to kill the principal...

I like your take. I enjoyed it a lot too. My comments on it here: #28,739

I think I've lost the thread in "Harold Teen" along the way: why can't Shadow run either the soda-fountain shop or the youth center? Or get a job in a war factory? I get that his height keeps him out of service, but why can't he do anything?

The Story of Temple Drake from 1933 with Mariam Hopkins, William Gargan, Jack La Rue and Florence Eldridge The Story of Temple Drake, based on the William Faulkner novel Sanctuary, was scandalous in its day. Still, despite being a precode, little is actually shown in this tale of rape, sexual...

Kudos, Lizzie, fun take on "Ma Sweeney's Gang" today.

One Touch of Venus from 1948 with Ava Gardner, Robert Walker, Eve Arden, Tom Conway and Olga San Juan Hallmark has been running with the mellow-romcom baton for years now, but before Hallmark, Hollywood, in its golden era, turned out Hallmark-like movies. Hollywood's version, though, came with...

"...redeemable classes bef'oeh I c'n stawrt." "Remedial," corrects Sally, carefully controlling her expression." :) As Skeez and Nina exchange nervous glances. Yes, that line really stood out; Nina wouldn't have been out of bounds to slap his face. "Ha, sure, and like a lot of typical...

"You," snorts Mozelewski, "don' NEED no peplum." Nice.

The Best of Everything from 1959 with Hope Lange, Joan Crawford, Diane Baker, Suzy Parker, Brian Aherne, Louis Jourdan and Stephen Boyd "Would you ever marry a girl who wasn't [a worried and embarrassed pause] pure." – Diane Baker playing the pretty and young April Morrison contemplating...

In Honolulu, the war has brought a business boom for tattoo parlors, where a total of thirty three tattooists have all the customers they can handle. Conservative estimates place the annual take in the shops at more than $500,000, with about 65 percent of the customers described as...

One Is a Lonely Number from 1972 with Trish Van Devere, Melvin Douglas, Scott Beach and Janet Leigh One Is a Lonely Number is a time capsule of the social, cultural and legal shifts that were in play when it was made in 1972. Yet it also has something to say about relationships and marriage...

Great summary. I enjoyed this movie. Like you, I didn't know Ms. Dixon either, but she gave a heck of a good performance. My comments on it here: #30,354 (As always, please feel free to pass on reading them.)

"Gypsy -- in the remainder bin??? Sic transit gloria mundi." True, but she's in good company, "Kitty Foyle," books by D.H. Lawrence and Pearl S. Buck and many other notable titles and authors. As you said, "sic..."