This is us right now...A Face in the Crowd (1957) "Good night, you stupid people..."

 

For more on this fascinating and important...and timely...film, have a look at this previous post.

Hollywood Fights Fascism is a collection of posts from this blog that showcase a braver era in Hollywood, when fascism was called out for what it was.  eBook and print from Amazon;

Available in eBook here from Barnes & Noble, Apple, and a varied of other online shops.

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Jacqueline T. Lynch is the author of Ann Blyth: Actress. Singer. Star. and Movies in Our Time - Hollywood Mirrors and Mimics the Twentieth Century and Hollywood Fights Fascism and Christmas in Classic Films. TO JOIN HER READERS' GROUP - follow this link for a free book as a thank-you for joining.

CHILDREN'S WARTIME ADVENTURE NOVELS - The Silent Generation's Vicarious Experience of World War II -- is available in eBook here at Barnes & Noble, Apple, Kobo, and a wide variety of other online shops.

And it is here in eBook, paperback print, and hardcover, from Amazon.

It is also here in paperback from Ingram.

And here in hardcover from Ingram.

From Cherry Ames, to Meet the Malones, from Dave Dawson to Kitty Carter - Canteen Girl, the Silent Generation spent their childhood immersed in geopolitical events through the prism of their middle grade and young adult books.  From the home front to the battlefield, these books are a window on their world, and influenced their hard-working, conformity-loving generation. 

Buy this or any of my books online here at Bookshop.org.

This is us right now...JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG (1961)...

 

For more on this fascinating and important...and timely...film, have a look at this previous post.

Hollywood Fights Fascism is a collection of posts from this blog that showcase a braver era in Hollywood, when fascism was called out for what it was.  eBook and print from Amazon;

Available in eBook here from Barnes & Noble, Apple, and a varied of other online shops.

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Jacqueline T. Lynch is the author of Ann Blyth: Actress. Singer. Star. and Movies in Our Time - Hollywood Mirrors and Mimics the Twentieth Century and Hollywood Fights Fascism and Christmas in Classic Films. TO JOIN HER READERS' GROUP - follow this link for a free book as a thank-you for joining.

CHILDREN'S WARTIME ADVENTURE NOVELS - The Silent Generation's Vicarious Experience of World War II -- is available in eBook here at Barnes & Noble, Apple, Kobo, and a wide variety of other online shops.

And it is here in eBook, paperback print, and hardcover, from Amazon.

It is also here in paperback from Ingram.

And here in hardcover from Ingram.

From Cherry Ames, to Meet the Malones, from Dave Dawson to Kitty Carter - Canteen Girl, the Silent Generation spent their childhood immersed in geopolitical events through the prism of their middle grade and young adult books.  From the home front to the battlefield, these books are a window on their world, and influenced their hard-working, conformity-loving generation. 

Buy this or any of my books online here at Bookshop.org.

Requiescat in pace - Eva Marie Saint

 

Classic film fans will mourn the death of the lovely Eva Marie Saint, who passed yesterday at the age of 102, one of the last stars from Hollywood's heyday.  Active at TCM events and interviews in recent years, she was a treasure.

For more on her work in North By Northwest (1959), see this previous post.

This is us right now...MEET JOHN DOE (1941) "Lighthouses" scene...

 

For more on this fascinating and important...and timely...film, have a look at this previous post.

Hollywood Fights Fascism is a collection of posts from this blog that showcase a braver era in Hollywood, when fascism was called out for what it was.  eBook and print from Amazon;

Available in eBook here from Barnes & Noble, Apple, and a varied of other online shops.

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Jacqueline T. Lynch is the author of Ann Blyth: Actress. Singer. Star. and Movies in Our Time - Hollywood Mirrors and Mimics the Twentieth Century and Hollywood Fights Fascism and Christmas in Classic Films. TO JOIN HER READERS' GROUP - follow this link for a free book as a thank-you for joining.

CHILDREN'S WARTIME ADVENTURE NOVELS - The Silent Generation's Vicarious Experience of World War II -- is available in eBook here at Barnes & Noble, Apple, Kobo, and a wide variety of other online shops.

And it is here in eBook, paperback print, and hardcover, from Amazon.

It is also here in paperback from Ingram.

And here in hardcover from Ingram.

From Cherry Ames, to Meet the Malones, from Dave Dawson to Kitty Carter - Canteen Girl, the Silent Generation spent their childhood immersed in geopolitical events through the prism of their middle grade and young adult books.  From the home front to the battlefield, these books are a window on their world, and influenced their hard-working, conformity-loving generation. 

Buy this or any of my books online here at Bookshop.org.

This is us, right now...KEEPER OF THE FLAME (1942) excerpt.

For more on this fascinating and important...and timely...film, have a look at this previous post.

Hollywood Fights Fascism is a collection of posts from this blog that showcase a braver era in Hollywood, when fascism was called out for what it was.  eBook and print from Amazon;

Available in eBook here from Barnes & Noble, Apple, and a varied of other online shops.

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Jacqueline T. Lynch is the author of Ann Blyth: Actress. Singer. Star. and Movies in Our Time - Hollywood Mirrors and Mimics the Twentieth Century and Hollywood Fights Fascism and Christmas in Classic Films. TO JOIN HER READERS' GROUP - follow this link for a free book as a thank-you for joining.

CHILDREN'S WARTIME ADVENTURE NOVELS - The Silent Generation's Vicarious Experience of World War II -- is available in eBook here at Barnes & Noble, Apple, Kobo, and a wide variety of other online shops.

And it is here in eBook, paperback print, and hardcover, from Amazon.

It is also here in paperback from Ingram.

And here in hardcover from Ingram.

From Cherry Ames, to Meet the Malones, from Dave Dawson to Kitty Carter - Canteen Girl, the Silent Generation spent their childhood immersed in geopolitical events through the prism of their middle grade and young adult books.  From the home front to the battlefield, these books are a window on their world, and influenced their hard-working, conformity-loving generation. 

Buy this or any of my books online here at Bookshop.org.

In memory of 9-11

In remembrance of September 11, 2001, the day of infamy that became an era, and to the many who have suffered illness and death in the 25 years since from the toxic horror of that day.

Ann Blyth - Summer Theatre

 

Before summer ends, here's another memory of summer theatre from long ago.  Lovely Ann Blyth, whom we lost earlier this summer, stars as Maria in The Sound of Music at the old Melody Top tent theater in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from June 1972.  My thanks to Melody Top fan and historian Dan Pagel, who has gathered and preserved a collection of photos and artifacts from that well-loved summer theater.

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Jacqueline T. Lynch is the author of Ann Blyth: Actress. Singer. Star. and Movies in Our Time - Hollywood Mirrors and Mimics the Twentieth Century and Hollywood Fights Fascism and Christmas in Classic Films. TO JOIN HER READERS' GROUP - follow this link for a free book as a thank-you for joining.

My new non-fiction book, CHILDREN'S WARTIME ADVENTURE NOVELS - The Silent Generation's Vicarious Experience of World War II -- is now available in eBook here at Barnes & Noble, Apple, Kobo, and a wide variety of other online shops.

And it is here in eBook, paperback print, and hardcover, from Amazon.

It is also here in paperback from Ingram.

And here in hardcover from Ingram.

From Cherry Ames, to Meet the Malones, from Dave Dawson to Kitty Carter - Canteen Girl, the Silent Generation spent their childhood immersed in geopolitical events through the prism of their middle grade and young adult books.  From the home front to the battlefield, these books are a window on their world, and influenced their hard-working, conformity-loving generation. 

Buy this or any of my books online and support your local bookstore here at Bookshop.org.

Myrna Loy - Summer Theatre

 

The days of summer theatre when big screen stars came to a tent or barn near you.  Here's Myrna Loy at the Colonie Summer Theatre in Colonie, New York from 1967, in Barefoot in the Park.  

In two years, the tent was replaced with a permanent building, then called the Colonie Coliseum, and after plays gave way to musical acts in the 1970s, the venue closed in 1997 and was demolished in 2012.

One imagines Myrna gave those starry summer evenings a touch of class.

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Jacqueline T. Lynch is the author of Ann Blyth: Actress. Singer. Star. and Movies in Our Time - Hollywood Mirrors and Mimics the Twentieth Century and Hollywood Fights Fascism and Christmas in Classic Films. TO JOIN HER READERS' GROUP - follow this link for a free book as a thank-you for joining.

My new non-fiction book, CHILDREN'S WARTIME ADVENTURE NOVELS - The Silent Generation's Vicarious Experience of World War II -- is now available in eBook here at Barnes & Noble, Apple, Kobo, and a wide variety of other online shops.

Or here from my Shopify store if you want to buy direct from me and avoid the big companies.

And it is here in eBook, paperback print, and hardcover, from Amazon.

It is also here in paperback from Ingram.

And here in hardcover from Ingram.

From Cherry Ames, to Meet the Malones, from Dave Dawson to Kitty Carter - Canteen Girl, the Silent Generation spent their childhood immersed in geopolitical events through the prism of their middle grade and young adult books.  From the home front to the battlefield, these books are a window on their world, and influenced their hard-working, conformity-loving generation. 

Buy this or any of my books online here at Bookshop.org.

Requiescat in pace -- Ann Blyth

Ann Blyth left us last night at 98 years of age. Her millions of fans join her family and friends in sorrow for her loss, but we can continue to celebrate her memory as a profoundly talented actress and singer, and a wonderful human being.

I have written so much about her career, I will not repeat it here, but here is a link to a People online obituary that summarizes her achievements.

She was two months' shy of her 99th birthday.  We classic film fans will inevitably mourn the passing of our idols and favorites as if they were family.  But for one who has lived such a long, healthy, productive, and apparently happy life, my thought is that she is with her dearly beloved husband, and perhaps also her mother, whom she lost when she was a teenager.  Ann Blyth McNulty surely deserves that eternal perfect peace her faith promised her.  

Semiquincentennial

I offer this re-post about observations on both the film 1776 and the 250th on July 4th, which at the time of this post was still eight years away.  

I reread with it chagrin and sadness, but still with a stubborn hope that revolutions come in many forms and the Republic is still alive with some hope that the courage that gave birth to it may yet save it.

The nostalgia in the piece remains a warm glow.  

Memorial Day

Memorial Day, when heroes should be remembered with reverence for fighting not only for our country, but for the very idea of democracy.

Robert Cummings in Saboteur (1942) has an inspirational showdown of words with Otto Kruger.

Happy National Classic Movie Day!

Happy National Classic Movie Day!  I celebrate the continuing relevance of classic films.  Here, Spencer Tracy in Judgment at Nuremberg (1961).  I celebrate when movies took a stand.

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Jacqueline T. Lynch is the author of Ann Blyth: Actress. Singer. Star. and Movies in Our Time - Hollywood Mirrors and Mimics the Twentieth Century and Hollywood Fights Fascism and Christmas in Classic Films. TO JOIN HER READERS' GROUP - follow this link for a free book as a thank-you for joining.

My new non-fiction book, CHILDREN'S WARTIME ADVENTURE NOVELS - The Silent Generation's Vicarious Experience of World War II -- is now available in eBook here at Barnes & Noble, Apple, Kobo, and a wide variety of other online shops.

Or here from my Shopify store if you want to buy direct from me and avoid the big companies.

And it is here in eBook, paperback print, and hardcover, from Amazon.

It is also here in paperback from Ingram.

And here in hardcover from Ingram.

From Cherry Ames, to Meet the Malones, from Dave Dawson to Kitty Carter - Canteen Girl, the Silent Generation spent their childhood immersed in geopolitical events through the prism of their middle grade and young adult books.  From the home front to the battlefield, these books are a window on their world, and influenced their hard-working, conformity-loving generation. 

Buy this or any of my books online here at Bookshop.org.