retro movies that never were 8
What if Clark Gable made more romantic comedies?
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inktober52: drill
“I am Gunnery Sergeant Hartman, your senior drill instructor. From now on, you will speak only when spoken to, and the first and last words out of your filthy sewers will be ‘sir.’ Do you maggots understand that?”
DCS: pat hingle
You know Pat Hingle, right? Gosh, this guy was in everything! He made his motion picture debut in an uncredited role in Elia Kazan’s On The Waterfront. Over the years, he was cast as Warren Beatty’s father and Sally Field’s father. He played such diverse characters as “Colonel Tom Parker” in John Carpenter’s Elvis biopic …
retro movies that never were 7
What if Lawrence Oliver tried horror instead of Shakespeare?
DCS: chadwick boseman
Chadwick Boseman passed away on August 28, 2020 at the age of 43, to much shock and surprise. He began his career in television, eventually making his big-screen debut in a supporting role in the 2008 film The Express. In 2013, he was cast in his first starring role in a major motion picture. He …
inktober52: balance
Part of a balanced breakfast. (Elephant shown as a serving suggestion.)
DCS: mimi forsythe
Mimi Forsythe had dreams of becoming an actress. She had hoped that her family’s wealth and influence (her father was an associate of Andrew Carnegie) would advance her proposed career, but it did not. Instead, she married producer Benedict Bogeaus. Mimi headed for Hollywood. She agreed to appear in an amateur 16mm short subject called …
DCS: justin townes earle
Justin Townes Earle would often quote his father’s mentor — the singer-songwriter Townes Van Zandt — for whom he was named… “There’s only two kinds of songs. There’s the blues and Zip-A-Dee-Doo Dah.” Justin passed away on August 20 at the age of 38. A gifted songwriter who led a troubled life… and he was well …
retro movies that never were 6
What if Elizabeth Taylor went for a crazy teenage romp after National Velvet?
inktober52: gauntlet
In his speech at his first inauguration as Governor of Alabama in 1963, George Wallace said: It is very appropriate that from this cradle of the Confederacy, this very heart of the great Anglo-Saxon Southland, that today we sound the drum for freedom as have our generations of forebears before us time and again down …