Recent Posts Tagged With 'movies'

• CONNIE FRANCIS: WHERE THE BOYS ARE

  Posted on Sunday September 6th, 2009 at 13:14 in music, movies, crime

  Needed a new story for RK today so I went over to Johnny Bee's Facebook page to scope out the newest videos Bee added. Bee finds the coolest musical videos of all time. So looking for Retro inspiration I went HERESure enough Bee had Connie Franci...

• LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME: DORIS DAY

  Posted on Sunday July 19th, 2009 at 10:21 in movies, Movie Stars, crime, mobsters

  Doris Day and James Cagney starred in Love Me or Leave Me in 1955 but I saw this movie on TV as a kid throughout the 60's. To me it is the best of all of Doris Day's films. Her look, fashions, acting and singing are all melded together at that perfec...

• PETER FALK: MURDER, INC. 1960

  Posted on Sunday July 19th, 2009 at 09:06 in movies, Movie Stars, crime

  MURDER, INC. Peter Falk's fabulous film debut. As Abe Reles a vicious thug who led the Murder Inc and a cold blooded ice pick killer. Falk is the picture of menace—it’s hard to believe that Peter went on to be the beloved Lt. Columbo.He is a fasc...

• RETRO: KIMMER: THURSDAY VIDEO FAVORITES

  Posted on Thursday July 16th, 2009 at 05:42 in movies

  GENE PITNEYTHE SHIRELLESRONNIE SPECTORJAY AND THE AMERICANS...

• CASINO: THE TRUE PLAYERS

  Posted on Sunday May 17th, 2009 at 14:54 in movies, crime, mobsters

  This post is for Beth!In my top 5 favorite movies of all time is Casino. Guess Marty Scorsese and I go way back. Most people know the true back story behind Goodfellas and the fictional similarities to real life characters in The Godfather but most k...

• HELLO GORGEOUS: FUNNY GIRL!

  Posted on Saturday April 18th, 2009 at 23:13 in music, movies, Movie Stars

  Funny Girl is a 1968 musical film based on the stage musical of the same name. The semi-biographical plot is based on the life and career of Broadway and film star and comedienne Fanny Brice and her stormy relationship with entrepreneur and gambler N...

• GIVE ME MY DOLLS..I NEED MY DOLLS!

  Posted on Sunday March 8th, 2009 at 21:56 in movies, crime

  One of the most scandalous books ever written wasValley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann.The book centered around the lives of three women.Neely O'Hara (Patty Duke)Jennifer North (Sharon Tate)Anne Wells (Barbara Parkins)The Valley of the Dolls book ...