Oct 13, 2009 | Connecticut Post
Movie based on Bridgeport priest's murder to be screened
Murder, ghostly apparitions and creepy goings-on are the themes of this month's movie selections at the Burroughs-Saden Branch of the Bridgeport Public Library.
Dana Andrews: Huntsville and Hollywood
Dana Andrews, the most famous movie star to hail from Huntsville, Texas, was born 100 years ago, in 1909.
Festival to feature Dana Andrews films
The Political Science Junior Fellows and Friends of the Wynne will host a Dana Andrews Film Festival at the Wynne Home Arts Center on Sept.
Films on Friday - Aug 28, 2009
MARTY McFly, Deanna Durbin and three doses of Tarantino, in the film guide that's investigating its own death.
CRASH DRIVE is a grand World War II film starring Tyrone Power, U.S.M.C.R. The film costars Dana Andrews and Anne Baxter, but this is the charismatic Power's movie all the way -- his last starring role before leaving Hollywood for real-life wartime service.
Film Review: Preminger Film Noir
Nevertheless both are worthy in their own right -- dark crime thrillers that slide in and out of genre boundaries, but effectively create an identity of their own.
Man About Town: Get your Johnny Mercer fix this weekend
Elsewhere here in DO you can read about this weekend's exciting premiere of Miriam Center's play "Johnny & Me!", and there are other chances this weekend for those in need of a Mercer fix.
"Westerns are timeless. The soundtracks rarely are." Lileks tweeted that pithy two-liner a few weeks ago, and I've been thinking about it ever since.
MADMAN has recently released three fine films noirs from director Otto Preminger that were made for Fox in the 1940s and early 1950s.
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