About Me

What can I say about myself? I am an ordinary, down-to-earth person who occasionally takes a side-trip down the road to unconventionality. My normalness comes to pass when I’m working my day job. I am obedient, thorough and friendly. My silly self comes to pass when I am within the bosom of my family and friends—who know me well and love me anyway. But it is my serious and oft times eccentric self who surfaces when I am writing. When I take this approach to life I find myself looking at everything with an exploratory eye. I slow down my pace a bit and I develop a keen sense awareness. I become intelligent. I look up, down and all around—and I listen. I may even howl at the moon.

Monday, January 2, 2012

Really Old Films

Fiver Star Final (1931) directed by Mervin LeRoy

After years of waiting for this film to be released, I finally have my copy of Five Star Final (a Christmas present from Flickead). Years ago he had taped it off TCM, but the copy wasn’t that great. Now I have it on DVD.

Newspaper and Tabloid sensationalism to boost circulation is what this film is all about. My favorite line: “God gives us heartache and the devil gives us whiskey” uttered by a remorseful editor after his series of articles, resurrecting a twenty year old murder case, destroys a loving family. That’s all I need say, except that Edward G Robinson is superb as the remorseful editor Joseph Randal, and Boris Karloff is also in the film, playing staff reporter Isopod. It’s funny, but even in a suit and tie impersonating a clergyman, he's scary. He’s pretty good too.
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