McLintock! (1963) is my favorite John Wayne movie. Not being a big fan of Westerns in general, this hardly may be great praise, but perhaps it is. It is on my short list of “westerns worth watching.” I love the humor, the banter, and the playfulness of this movie. My grandmother loved Westerns, and she…
The ladies of The Scarlett Olive are hosting a “For the Boys” blogathon this weekend, and this is our late-in-the-game contribution. To see other posts, visit the Olive and check out what everyone has to say on this topic! The idea of the “woman’s picture” as a genre of classic film–particularly a subset of woman-centric…
I ran into this one on TCM on Saturday quite by accident. I thought immediately of the short story “Weep No More, My Lady” and had to do a little research. The author, James H. Street, wrote the short story, which he then expanded into the 1954 novel Good-bye, My Lady. It’s about an orphaned…
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