John Ford

Posted by Robin on May 16, 2014 in Featured, Sports | 1 comment

Some have called Althea Gibson “the female Jackie Robinson“, and that’s pretty close. While the international tennis...

Posted by Robin on Feb 10, 2012 in Director, Featured | Comments Off on John Ford, Director

He developed a brand: “A John Ford Western.” Not all of his films fell into this genre, but a lot of them did. John Wayne,...

Posted by Robin on Jun 27, 2011 in Film | 1 comment

I have to acknowledge up front that the highest-grossing film of the year was also the Academy Award winner: Lawrence of Arabia. A British...

Posted by Robin on May 10, 2011 in Actor | Comments Off on Actress: Barbara Stanwyck

Barbara Stanwyck had a long career in films, then followed that with success in television. She made an amazing 85 movies in 38 years, then...

Posted by Robin on Oct 29, 2010 in Film | 3 comments

For unknown reasons, some years just happened to feature more great movies than others. From time to time, we’ll feature the...

Posted by Robin on Mar 30, 2010 in Actor | Comments Off on Actor: John Wayne

Let’s start, this time, with all of John Wayne’s accolades. The Harris Poll has conducted a survey each year, asking people to...