Humphrey Bogart

Posted by Robin on May 7, 2013 in Featured, The Arts | Comments Off on The Big Sleep, by Raymond Chandler

“Philip Marlowe here. This book was my first appearance in print. Of course, I’d been solving crimes in L.A. for years when...

Posted by Robin on Jan 25, 2012 in Featured, Film | Comments Off on The African Queen

The African Queen pairs the number one male screen legend with the number one female screen legend. Or at least, that’s how...

Posted by Robin on Mar 14, 2011 in Songs | Comments Off on Song: "As Time Goes By"

It’s the bane of a songwriter’s existence that the songs they write that become hits are forever associated with the...

Posted by Robin on Jan 30, 2011 in Film | Comments Off on Film: Movies of 1954

Most of us think of the 1950s as a bland, forgettable decade. The calm before the storm. On the movie front, however, it was a...

Posted by Robin on Jul 15, 2010 in Film | Comments Off on Film: The Caine Mutiny

I don’t think I’ve ever known anyone who was clinically paranoid. But if I ever meet someone with that mental illness, I do...

Posted by Robin on May 21, 2010 in The Arts, Writers | 1 comment

I’m a little bit sheepish to admit this, but it must have something to do with the two-syllable names. I sometimes can’t...

Posted by Robin on Mar 11, 2010 in People | Comments Off on Person: Edward R. Murrow

Had Adolph Hitler not chosen to subjugate England during the blitz of 1939, Edward R. Murrow might be just another forgotten wartime...

Posted by Robin on Feb 14, 2010 in Film | Comments Off on Film: Casablanca

“Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine.” It’s the movie that made Humphrey...