With the United States entering World War II it was up to Hollywood to do their part, which meant providing propaganda films and some serious flag waving for the people on the Homefront, but where the likes of John Wayne and Humphrey Bogart facing off against the Axis powers made sense it was a little…
Tag: Peter Lorre
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) – Review
Author Jules Verne has often been called the “Father of Science Fiction” and with such titles as From the Earth to the Moon and Journey to the Center of the Earth in his bibliography that’s a fair assumption but it was his novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea that is most heralded as the…
Casino Royale (1954) – Review
If you are out for a pub trivia night and the question arises “Who was the first person to play James Bond?” do not be so quick to yell out Sean Connery because back in 1954 CBS televised a live broadcast of an adaptation of Ian Fleming’s novel Casino Royale which starred American actor Barry…