PETER CUSHING CENTENNIAL BLOGATHON / Tuesday's Overlooked (or Forgotten) Film: THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES (1959) starring Peter Cushing, Andre Morell and Christopher Lee

It's a combo Tuesday again, the day I usually post about movies for Todd's blog, which today means I'm talking about the 1959 version of THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES - my entry in the much anticipated Peter Cushing Centennial Blogathon:SourceTo learn more about the Blogathon and the one and only Peter Cushing (1913 - 1994), British actor and gentleman extraordinaire, please use the link labeled above as 'source'.*********THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES...

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Memorial Day Weekend

Painting by N.C. WyethRemember the men and women whose sacrifices made and continue to make it possible for us to live in a free society."If you don't know history then you don't know anything. You are a leaf that doesn't know it is part of a tree."   Michael Crich...

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Friday's Forgotten (or Overlooked) Book: WHEN IN ROME (1971) by Ngaio Marsh

The elegant and oh-so-handsome Superintendent Roderick Alleyn of the C.I.D. is travelling in Rome pretending to be a tourist. He is hot on the trail of drug smugglers whose apparent point man is Sebastian Mailer, a seedy, blackmailing low-life tour guide - 'the cicerone' of Il Cicerone Conducted Tours.Working with the approval of the Italian police, Alleyn joins the tour alongside several rather eccentric if not out-and-out suspicious individuals: Lady...

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Sunday Salon: More Mario Cooper (1905 - 1995)

Mario Cooper for Colliers 1941 sourceMario Cooper 1930 SourceMario Cooper - SourceMario Cooper 'Bad Dream' Colliers 1944 SourceMario Cooper - Colliers 1942 SourceMario Cooper for Agatha Christie's 'Murder in Retrospect' American Weekly 1947 - SourceMario Cooper for Agatha Christie's 'Murder for Christmas' Colliers - SourceMario Cooper for Agatha Christie's 'Appointment with Death' Colliers - SourceMario Cooper for Agatha Christie's 'Sad Cypress'...

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Don't faint, it's still me.

Yeah, I know, I'm fussing with the blog again. Can't help it. A new grand-baby and I'm in the mood for a change.The basic design always stays the same, I like it well enough. But I like to tinker with the colors and the header at the change of seasons.I love this vintage Mario Cooper illustration and here's my chance to share it with y...

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B is for Boy!

I have a grandson now! My granddaughter is officially a Big Sister.Adorable grandson born yesterday. Mom and baby doing we...

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Additional Comfort Reading

Artist: Rae Andrews - viaOkay, ladies and gents - what's better than a package of books on the doorstep?All together now: NOT MUCH!!I had ordered a couple of baby things (my grandson is due to make his debut this week) and a few books a while back and everything arrived packed together.Here's the loot:Tongues of Serpents by Naomi NovikCrucible of Gold by Naomi NovikThe Plumed Bonnet by Mary BaloghRegency Buck by Georgette HeyerThe first two books...

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Tuesday's Overlooked (or Forgotten) Film: HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS (2004) starring Ziyi Zhang, Andy Lao, Takeshi Kaneshiro

This is a film which, from beginning to end, is like an unraveling of a dangerous but beautiful visual poem. It is a feast for the eyes and yet, in one spectacular scene near the end, pulls in all the emotions it has toyed with for most of the film and delivers a heart-stopping pay-off with dialogue rather than visuals. (Though we are staggered as well by the incredible duel of knife and sword which has taken place in the snow.)HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS...

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