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Michael Brandon and Lindsay Wagner in Lindsay Wagner: Another Side of Me (1977)

Costumes designed by Gordon Brockway.

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Michael Brandon

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The Strangers in 7A (1972, Paul Wendkos)

5/12/24

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Clip of the Week: With Alexis' help, Arlen Marshall's wife Carol forces him to fire Sammy Jo in this scene from the reunion.

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Blank Narcissus (Passion of the Swamp) (2022) Peter Strickland

December 15th 2022

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Wishing a happy birthday to Jennifer on My Mind star Michael Brandon!

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Michael Brandon

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Four Flies on Gray Velvet & Till the Clouds Roll By

I wanted to show a friend Dario Argento’s FOUR FLIES ON GREY VELVET (1971, DVD) on a new DVD I had bought with a better print than the version I had watched (and reviewed) a few years back. To my shock, the better-quality reproduction made the film appear worse, except for some stylish murders and Jean-Pierre Marielle’s over-the-top performance as a gay private eye. With a clearer image, Mimsy Farmer’s inexpressiveness and Michael Brandon’s blankness when not playing comedy are hard to swallow.

So, to make up for it I showed him the musical numbers from the Jerome Kern biopic TILL THE CLOUDS ROLL BY (1946, TCM, YouTube) from Richard Whorf, Vincente Minnelli, George Sidney and lots of other directors. We skipped the boring book scenes, which involve Kern’s (Robert Walker) friendship with a fictional character (Van Heflin) whose cute daughter grows up to be a diva (Lucille Bremer) and Kern’s courtship of his wife (Dorothy Patrick), who in the film is so dull I’ve almost forgotten she existed. Not all the musical numbers are good, and Frank Sinatra’s rendition of “Ol’ Man River” ascends to the heights of camp as he sings black dialect about “sweat and strain” while dressed in an immaculate white tux. What’s to treasure are Lena Horne’s versions of “Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man of Mine” and “Why Was I Born,” Judy Garland’s “Look for the Silver Lining,” Virginia O’Brien’s “Life Upon the Wicked Stage” and a sadly truncated “A Fine Romance” and Dinah Shore’s impeccable phrasing on “They Didn’t Believe Me.” The biggest surprise is Van Johnson. MGM rarely gave him a chance to flex his musical muscles, but his delivery of “I Won’t Dance” is witty, and his dancing (with Bremer) spry and energetic, even if his double-breasted suit sometimes makes him look like a dancing coffin.

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Review: Renegades

"It's almost A British Version Of The Expendables" Read the Screen One review of Renegades #Renegades #LeeMajors #NickMoran @ShogunFilms @101FilmsUk @AimPublicity @Sothcott @JanineNerissa @Patsy_Kensit

Jonathan Sothcott returns with his latest gangland production after the popular Nemesis, this ‘elevated revenge’ thriller Renegades. Starring the former ‘Six Million Dollar Man’ Lee Majors, we once again find ourselves in the capital’s seedy underbelly and a criminal syndicate picking on the wrong set of friends to mess with. It’s almost a British version of The Expendables… Carver (Lee Majors),…

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The Crow (1994) dir. Alex Proyas

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