Tuesday Jan 31 | San Diego Reader
In spite of the forced, bully-boy shipboard comedy and mismatched attempts to stitch sumptuous location shots with obvious studio replicas, countless childhood viewings of a center-scan print of Mister Roberts on The Best of CBS render this title beyond criticism.
All hands on deck for laughter
Sixteen guys and one nurse together aboard a Navy ship may sound unconventional, but then the USS Reluctant isn't just any wartime vessel.
Since 1980 Philip Carey has been a fan favorite as One Life to Live's wheeler-dealer business tycoon, Asa Buchanan.
Chris Lemmon Remembers Father Jack Lemmon in Twist of Lemmon, NYC Cabaret Show, Oct. 14
Actor-writer Chris Lemmon, son of Hollywood star Jack Lemmon, shares his memories and his original music in a new one-man show, Twist of Lemmon: A Musical Memoir, at 7 PM Oct.
Scenes of awesome engineering under pressure in the movies
I love the films Apollo 13 , The Killing Fields , and Mister Roberts . Each of them has scenes where characters improvise technical solutions to a real problem using minimal materials, and under pressure.
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