On this week’s bonus episode of What’s in the Basket, we’re peeping in on the Van Heflin-Evelyn Keyes film noir The Prowler (1951). We discuss big ol’ foreheads, Dalton Trumbo’s handling of female characters, ghost towns, sarsaparilla, and Heflin’s presence in the films of Van Johnson (hint: he isn’t in them).
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On this week’s bonus episode of What’s in the Basket, we brave the floodwaters for a research-free look at Ricardo Cortez, Bela Lugosi, and Patricia Ellis in Postal Inspector (1936) and Judith Allen and Alice White in Telephone Operator (1937). We learn that Alice White was Jughead, FDR was Alexa, and everyone in Old Hollywood was a tax evader.
Continue reading “Bonus 07. Postal Inspector (1936) and Telephone Operator (1937): People Have Always Been Scammin’”
On this week’s episode of What’s in the Basket, we’re cornering the entire frozen orange juice market as we discuss the Eddie Murphy-Dan Aykroyd role-swapping comedy Trading Places (1983). We attempt to parse the ins and outs of commodities trading, determine whether or not Don Ameche was dead, and learn how Candice feels about Cats (2019).
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