Love Letters to Old Hollywood

It's time to celebrate one of classic Hollywood's most underrated actresses: the incredible, gorgeous Janet Leigh! For the next three days, myself and a dozen other bloggers will be paying tribute to this delightful woman -- and just in time for her July 6th birthday, too. Bloggers, please send me your links as soon as possible and I'll link to them as fast as I can. I'm not a big social media person, so if you could please spread the word about this event, that would be so lovely of you! P.S. If you're interested in joining another blogathon, my annual Van Johnson event is fast approaching! Caftan Woman |  Columbo  episode "Forgotten Lady" Realweegiemidget Reviews |  Circle of Fear  episode "Death's Head" The Wonderful World of Cinema | The Manchurian Candidate (1962) The Stop Button |  Hello Down There  (1969) Taking Up Room |  Little Women  (1949) The Midnite Drive-In |  Jet Pilot  (1957) ...

Sharon Norwood: "You know, you're a strange man. I wonder if by any chance you could be nice?" Jim Branch, imitating Popeye: "I yam what I yam, just a newspaper man. Nothing more and I hope nothing less." Is there any other actor who became so identified with a profession like Clark Gable did with newspapermen? As a man who excelled at fast-talking, mischievous characters who never lost their charm, it is easy to see why the actor was cast time and time again as a man in the newspaper industry. After winning an Oscar for his iconic performance as reporter Peter Warne, Gable would star as newspaper editor Jim Branch in After Office Hours , a little-known gem in the King of Hollywood's filmography. It's a bit difficult to define what genre After Office Hours belongs to. What starts as a romantic comedy turns into a murder mystery (which isn't quite a mystery because the audience knows who the killer is), with a few elements of screwball c...