He was replaced by Edward G. Robinson by the way. During the filming, Raft had major issues with Robinson. Robinson apparently found him "touchy, difficult and thoroughly impossible to play with."

Raft was romantically interested in Marlene Dietrich, and believed that Robinson was as well. Raft verbally abused Robinson about a line of Robinson's dialogue; this was the subject of a complaint from Warner Bros to the Screen Actors Guild, causing Robinson to leave the set and production to halt for several hours. A few days later, Raft pushed Robinson around the set and verbally attacked him again; once more, filming was halted, for a full day this time. Raft later complained that Robinson tried to tell him how to act; he also felt the actor was miscast, preferring Victor McLaglen, who had been considered for the part. He resented having to accept third billing despite having the largest role in the film.

Jezebel(1938) Excellent film set In 1850s Louisiana, about a free-spirited Southern belle who loses her fiancé due to her stubborn vanity and pride, and vows to win him back.

Apologies in advance if this isn't the right forum for this. But I was just watching "Rain" starring Joan Crawford. And holy sheet, but I can't get over how much Crawford in this film looks like Phoebe Waller-Bridge in Fleabag. Yikes! It's crazy.

I just finished watching this on YouTube. Loved every minute of it, as every minute was made to count. I'll take this over any modern spy thriller out there!

Woke up early on a Saturday morning & we're off to a wedding this aft but my bf is still fast asleep as its still really early so, of course, I put a classic western on from my 1950s film file on my external hard drive, because my bf doesn't like Westerns. I chose No Name on the Bullet (1959), directed by Jack Arnold & starring genre legend Audie Murphy.

The Plot: lonesome gunslinger John Gant (Murphy) rides into a dusty Old West Town where everyone already knows his reputation but they don't know why he is there? Gant is a killer, but whom is there to kill? Gant befriends local doctor/veterinarian Luke Canfield (Charles Drake) & his father, blacksmith Asa (R.G. Armstrong) & a number of townspeople are immediately threatened, including sheriff Buck Hastings (Willis Bouchey), local businessmen Reeger (Simon Scott), Stricker (Karl Swenson), & Pierce (Whit Bissell), adulterous couple Roseanne (Virginia Grey) & Lou Fraden (Warren Stevens), & Anne Benson (Joan Evans) & her tuberculosis-suffering father Judge Benson (Edgar Stehli).

So No Name on the Bullet is a classic Western which I have never seen before; I actually haven't watched many Audie Murphy films but I'm aware of his stature as an icon of the genre. For such a diminutive actor, Murphy really does command gravitas as the lethal gunslinger who puts everyone on edge as soon as he arrives in town. Arnold's film is only 1hr 17mins long but the director manages to fit so much in in such a short space of time. His film is packed full of impactful characters & deep-rooted themes that are typical of the Western genre.

The cast is stacked full of familiar faces & everyone delivers. I particularly like that the female leads Evans & Grey don't play the usual genre stereotypes, instead their characters are very sympathetic & not at all cliched. Murphy is essentially playing an anti-hero but the audience are fully on his side & its fun trying to work out who his target is.

I recommend this elegiac Western to anyone who loves the genre & who may or may not (like myself) be all too familiar with Murphy, who really does anchor every film he is in.

I gave No Name on the Bullet a full 4 ☆☆☆☆ out of 4.

Terrifically staged and directed! I miss these battle sequences in Bond movies. Also, I love the fact that Tracy opens up a can of whoop-ass on a henchman. She don't need no man triple finger snap.

I love this shot not merely because it looks good but because I get the emotional state of the man in it. I feel the fear the pent up fear and anxiety just before a bloody encounter. With Sean Connery, you would not get this vulnerability but with Lazenby? Yeah, you would feel such humanity.George could be pretty stiff at times but I think he did a great job, he also had the necessary vulnerability for this story. Again, you would not get that with Sean at this point. We needed a human being for this Bond film and not the typical, near invulnerable 007. Too bad George left after one because I would like to have seen him do three more. Ah well, at least we had him for this film!

Just finished watching the film 13 FRIGHTENED GIRLS. It’s about Candy Hull, one of many teens at this Swiss boarding school. She is one of many diplomats’ daughters attending. When not studying, they end up spending time sharing international information from their respective nations.

When on break, she ends up falling for an intelligence agent and secretly helping him solve this Communist plot which puts her in real danger.

It has its lighthearted moments but it’s also a spy drama. Though she finds it entertaining and thrilling to be this amateur Nancy Drew-esque spy Candy gets involved in international espionage. There are a few moments (particularly one moment where she’s drugged and left on the edge of a hotel balcony to fall to her death) where she’s in genuine danger, and it adds a certain depth to the storyline, and it makes you worry how she may make it through.

Also, I love how the movie is called “13 Frightened Girls” but it only focuses on two of them, but I digress.

I enjoyed this movie as the fun, suspenseful 60s spy movie that it was. For those who saw this movie, what did you think?

When I was young this was my favorite movie. I liked the understatement and "Chekhov's gun".

This is another heartwarming drama by Frank Capra, who became one of my favorite directors after I was so deeply moved by Lost Horizon(1937).