Category: Mitzi Gaynor

‘Bloodhounds of Broadway’ from 1952: An Early Mitzi Gaynor Musical

Commentary Author and newspaper columnist Damon Runyon wrote several stories about the rougher citizens of New York. Gangsters, gamblers, chorus girls, and apple sellers were the characters who came to life in his tales. Some of these short stories attracted Hollywood’s attention, although the movie adaptations sometimes bore little resemblance to the original works and…


Golden Era Film: ‘My Blue Heaven’ from 1950: A Fun Fall Story (With a Little Halloweenyness)

Every fall, the celebration of Halloween bombards us with skeletons, goblins, and zombies, making autumn a thoroughly spooky interim between summer and Christmastime. The ghoulishness has become so pervasive that it’s hard to remember that Halloween was once a fun harvest holiday. Unlike Christmas, which is charmingly depicted in countless old movies, this autumnal holiday…