Peebs

Moon Over Miami (1941)

Shockley, Ben -- Clint Eastwood in The Gauntlet (1977)

Evans, Gene

It Could Happen to You (1937)

Coates, Phyllis

Disorderly Conduct (1932)

Aldo Ray

Yes, good point, the show obviously takes some artistic license. I thought they did a good job of casting Mosley and Mitford although the real ones are far creepier, I think. I'll have to read about her sister. It's an interesting, disturbing, bit of history. (I just read about the sister, Unity Valkyrie (!) Mitford. Another strange story, friends with Hitler. She survived shooting herself in the head in 1939 for 9 years until her death in1948.)

Bad, Bad Leroy Brown -- Jim Croce

Mala Powers was in Geraldine with Jim Backus

Kristine Miller Next: Margaret Mary Emily Anne Hyra

Peaky Blinders. I just finished season 6 which is the last season of the series to be followed by a movie at some point. I watched season 5 way back in 2019 when it originally aired. The first three episodes of season 6 were very slow and seemed off from the previous seasons. I imagine the writers had to rework the planned storylines after the death of Helen McCrory (Aunt Polly). The first few episodes have too much of other female characters trying to fill the void left by Aunt Polly's death. I completely agree with Swithin about Anya Taylor-Joy. She stinks. Her scenes as Michael's American wife are verging on embarrassing. Her character slinks around as if we or other characters are supposed to find her sexy but ugh, she's just miscast. Cillian Murphy is wonderful as Thomas Shelby and is the reason I started watching PB. I also enjoyed Tom Hardy's quirky reappearance as Alfie Solomon. I can't say that I knew much about the real Oswald Mosely and his second wife Diana Mitford and if they were pure works of fiction, you might think that the writers went over the top. But the charming couple really did get married in 1936 Berlin with Hitler in attendance. Their inclusion foreshadows WWII and I believe that is where the series will end. Again, I agree with Swithin about Tommy's brother Arthur who spent most of this season a sloppy mess because of his opium addiction. If he were one of Tommy's prized horses, he'd just put him out of his misery. The season finally felt like it kicked into gear somewhere in episode 4 with Tommy finally settling some scores. The last episode has a bit of a twist as to Tommy's fate. Overall, the last half of the season was entertaining. I hope it won't be too long for the movie to wrap up Thomas Shelby's story. I enjoyed the series but yes, it's not for everyone.

Walker, Clint

The Sea of Grass (1947)

You're in the Army Now (1937)

Trainwreck: Woodstock '99 (2022) Currently on Netflix, labeled as a 3-part mini-series. It really could just be a 2 hr. 20 min movie. About the 1999 version of Woodstock and how it went wrong on so many fronts. Woodstock co-founder Michael Lang was back, regarded as a rather mythical presence overseeing the proceedings. By the end he and promoter John Scher came off as out of touch and indifferent to the complaints of concert goers. Lee Rosenblatt, a twenty-something assistant at the time, said that he tried to point out that some of the bands that Lang was booking (Limp Bizkit, Korn, Rage Against the Machine) were not exactly in line with the three days of peace and music of 1969. Fans of those bands slammed into each other in mosh pits, the lead singers working the crowd into a frenzy. This time the people in charge wanted to make a profit and sold the rights to food vendors who overcharged the young concert goers. They also prohibited any outside food, searching bags as people came in. By the third day as supplies ran short, some vendors were charging as much as $12 a bottle for water. The promoters also cut costs on security and sanitation. One concertgoer said she had trench mouth from consuming contaminated water near the overflowing porta potties. The last night Lang had the staggeringly naive idea of handing out lit candles to the audience, against the advice of his site manager. Countless fires were started as the remaining audience tore apart and burned anything they could get their hands on. Days later reports of women who were raped during the three days came into the office. I found the topic interesting to revisit, I remember the reports of general chaos and overpriced water, but the documentary is somewhat hypocritical. While they lay blame with the poor planning, several talking heads also talk about the culture of sexist, young men. The documentary makes liberal use of clips of topless young women who, I imagine, felt they were getting into the spirit of 1969 by taking off their clothes. Woodstock 1999 also had a pay-per-view option, the director of which laughingly admitted capitalized on the nudity, drug taking and general debauchery. Not quite the classic 1970 doc, Woodstock that featured so many memorable performances. I think most people would be hard pressed to name anyone who played in 1999.

William Talman & Elisabeth Fraser Next: Flying By (2009)

Week-End with Father (1951)

Thaxter, Phyllis

The Breaking Point (1950)

The Unholy Four (1954)

I See a Dark Stranger (1946) Next: On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970)

Portman , Natalie

Celia Lovsky was in Soylent Green with Edward G Robinson Who was in The Prize with Paul Newman Next: Charles Herbert

King, Smoothie -- Spencer Tracy in Bottoms Up (1934)