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I’ve had this entry, a history of Columbia Pictures, done for some time but it never seemed the right time to publish it last year given 2012 was a year of Centennial celebrations for both Paramount Pictures and Universal Studios. It didn’t seem quite right…

History of Columbia Pictures, Part 1

January 8, 2013
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life

All you can take with you is that which you give away. Every year I resist watching Christmas movies until I feel the joy of the season come over me.  And every year that happens later and later.  That’s not to say I don’t feel…

It’s a Wonderful Life

December 7, 2012
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The home of the classics, Turner Classic Movies (TCM) played Frank Capra‘s 1934, Best Picture Academy Award winner, It Happened One Night this past weekend.  This is, for some reason, a film I never think of when I consider Capra’s great films, and he made…

Morality and Relationships, IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT

November 21, 2012
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