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Christmas in July: It isn’t the Coffee, It’s the Bunk.

Christmas in July: It isn’t the Coffee, It’s the Bunk.

Released: October 1940 Directed by: Preston Sturges Cast: Dick Powell, Ellen Drew, Raymond Walburn, Alexander Carr, William Demarest, Ernest Truex, and Franklin Pangborn as Radio Announcer. We don’t really have slogan writing contests anymore. For the winner they can be life changing. About a million years ago Wilma Flintstone and Betty Ruble won a trip for two to Hollyrock for their winning slogan ‘Mamma Leone’s Meatballs Don’t Bounce.’ (and they don’t) for Mamma Leone’s Meatballs. Their win put a strain…

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1941: “To Hollywood…and Glory!”

1941: “To Hollywood…and Glory!”

Released: December 1979 Directed By: Steven Spielberg Cast: Dan Ackroyd, Ned Beatty, John Belushi, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton, Christopher Lee, Tim Matheson, Toshiro Mifune, John Candy, Warren Oates, Robert Stack, Treat Williams, Nancy Allen, Eddie Deezen, Bobby Di Cicco, Dianne Kay, Slim Pickens, Wendie Jo Sperber, Lionel Stander. When I went to see Steven Spielberg’s 1941 when it was first released in 1979, I knew I was going to like it. What I didn’t know was how much. It turned…

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Buck Privates: ‘You’ll Be Caught in a Draft…of Laughter!’

Buck Privates: ‘You’ll Be Caught in a Draft…of Laughter!’

Released: January 1941 Dir.: Arthur Lubin Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Lee Bowman, Alan Curtis, Jane Frazee, Nat Pendleton, The Andrews Sisters. Imagine a world where you and a pal could hangout on a street corner selling neckties for 10 cents apiece. Be chased by a cop, for illegally selling said neckties, hide from him by ducking into a movie theater and then accidentally enlisting in the army. Imagine a world where while waiting to be shipped off to boot…

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The Gumball Rally: Bringing Back Memories of the Drive-in Movie.

The Gumball Rally: Bringing Back Memories of the Drive-in Movie.

Released: 1976 Dir.: Chuck Bail First viewing in over 40 years. Every decade or so, a movie comes along with the power to inspire, motivate, even change the course of one’s life. The Gumball Rally is not one of those films, it is, however, what most movies should be: good, escapist entertainment. The Gumball Rally also brought back some fun memories. Growing up in the 1970s we were lucky enough to have a drive-in theatre in our neighborhood, I could…

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