For as long as I have been that I can remember, I have adored Ginger Rogers. She is one of the best Hollywood film actresses, and anyone who thinks otherwise is a fool. However, Ginger was not infallible, and she gave some bad performances. Perhaps the most terrible one can be found in Magnificent Doll. […]
Daily Archives: August 30, 2009
In the 1920s William A. Wellman’s lavish aerial war adventure, Wings (1927), took the first best picture Oscar; in the 1930s Wellman made splendid films about American aspiration and defeat: So Big (1932) and A Star Is Born (1937). But three of his four best films arrived during the Second World War: Roxie Hart (1942), […]
Dennis Grunes 