Until my next move, I will not be able to watch TCM on my computer because I am currently using a wireless hotspot for internet and it chokes on any substantive attempt on the bandwidth. I resent this state of affairs not only for the serious reason that it made me miss out on the groundbreaking lineup of race films at the end of July,1 but for the much shallower one that I won't be able to watch King Vidor's H. M. Pulham, Esq. (1941) tomorrow. I am not generally interested in the movie despite the starring presence of Robert Young; it's mostly that the supporting cast features Van Heflin, as pictured below.
It's one of the two movies he made between his breakout role in Santa Fe Trail (1940) and his Oscar win for Johnny Eager (1942); he's fifth-billed and doesn't rate a mention in TCM's article, so he may not have much to do with the plot. I find I don't care. I'd watch a movie for that philosophical asymmetry. I will not have the chance this month. I'm still glad to have run across the photo: if nothing else, though the coat's too good for the character, I think it has given me a definitive image for Kennedy; I never could find a good shot from Johnny Eager. Alas that Robert Young, with or without a copy of True Love Story, doesn't look anything like MacBride.
1. I am consoling myself that the full selection and more just became available on DVD and if I can't afford the box set, maybe one of my local libraries will spring for it. Oscar Micheaux's Within Our Gates (1920) and Veiled Aristocrats (1932) are currently heading the list, but I want to watch basically everything in there, the singing cowboy musical included.
It's one of the two movies he made between his breakout role in Santa Fe Trail (1940) and his Oscar win for Johnny Eager (1942); he's fifth-billed and doesn't rate a mention in TCM's article, so he may not have much to do with the plot. I find I don't care. I'd watch a movie for that philosophical asymmetry. I will not have the chance this month. I'm still glad to have run across the photo: if nothing else, though the coat's too good for the character, I think it has given me a definitive image for Kennedy; I never could find a good shot from Johnny Eager. Alas that Robert Young, with or without a copy of True Love Story, doesn't look anything like MacBride.
1. I am consoling myself that the full selection and more just became available on DVD and if I can't afford the box set, maybe one of my local libraries will spring for it. Oscar Micheaux's Within Our Gates (1920) and Veiled Aristocrats (1932) are currently heading the list, but I want to watch basically everything in there, the singing cowboy musical included.
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