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Movie Madness and/or Mania: Back Door To Heaven (William K. Howard, 1939)

Posted on February 17, 2019 by mondomolly

The 1950s might have been the golden age of Juvenile Delinquent movies, but the concept stretches back to the 1930s: Dead End and its subsequent spin-offs, and William Wellman’s Wild Boys of the Road dealt with teenagers on their own … Continue reading →

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Checking In With The Imaginary Summer Book Club: Rebecca By Daphne du Maurier

Posted on July 9, 2015 by mondomolly

(Click here for information on the 2015 edition of Molly’s Imaginary Summer Book Club Featuring Classics of Women’s Literature. As all of the four selected titles have filmed adaptations, we will be looking at the movie versions as we go along. … Continue reading →

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Movie Madness and/or Mania: Girls Town (Charles F. Haas, 1959)

Posted on July 1, 2014 by mondomolly

While Father Flanagan may have claimed that “there are no bad boys”, its opposite number begs to differ. With a cast led by eternal bad girl Mamie Van Doren, the girls of Girls Town are born to be bad… So … Continue reading →

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