Tag Archives: Clark Gable

KPK on the CINEMA (140): “The Films of October 2023”

Posted on November 1, 2023 by KPKeelan

. > This month: a Noël Coward comedy of manners, a previously unseen Hitchcock thriller, a return to seminal swashbucklers of my youth, the Greatest Concert Film Ever Made, a silly Marx Brothers lark, Tracy and Hepburn meet Elia Kazan, … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged adventure, Africa, African safaris, Alexandre Dumas, Alfred Hitchcock, American Indians, Angel on My Shoulder, Angie Dickinson, animation, Ann Margaret, Anne Baxter, Anthony Asquith, Anthony Perkins, appearances, Aramis, Archie Mayo, artists, arts, Athos, Australian outback, Ava Gardner, Barry Corbin, Beauty and the Beast, Bobby Rydell, British cinema, Bye Bye Birdie, celebrities, celebrity, Charlie Musselwhite, Chris Frantz, cinema, Clark Gable, class, classics, Claude Rains, collectives, comedies, comedy, concerts, corruption, crime, criticism, D'Artagnan, Dan Duryea, David Byrne, Dead Ringer, Dean Stockwell, Dick Van Dyke, divorce, documentaries, drama, Dyan Cannon, dysfunctional relationships, Ed Sullivan, Edgar Buchanan, Elemental, Elia Kazan, Elizabeth Taylor, Elke Sommer, empowerment, England, entertainment, epics, espionage, exploitation, fables, fairy tales, fame, fantasy, farming, feuds, films, France, Frank Finlay, fraud, French cinema, game trafficking, George Sidney, Go West, God, good and evil, Grace Kelly, greed, Greer Garson, Gregory Peck, HBO, Herbert Ross, Hume Cronyn, humor, Ian McShane, ideas, infidelity, injustice, intrigue, Jack White, James Colburn, James Garner, James Mason, Janet Leigh, Jean Cocteau, Jerry Harrison, Jesse Plemons, Jessica Tandy, Joan Hackett, John Ford, John Lithgow, John Qualen, Jonathan Demme, Joseph Cotton, justice, Karen Morley, Karl Malden, Katharine Hepburn, Kevin Keelan, Killers of the Flower Moon, King Vidor, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Last Stop Larrimah, Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone, Lionel Barrymore, love, Maggie Smith, Margaret Rutherford, marriage, Martin Scorsese, Marx brothers, Maureen Stapelton, Melvyn Douglas, Michael York, Mogambo, morality, movies, murder, music, musicals, mystery, Noel Coward, Norma Shearer, Norman Jewison, Oliver Reed, opinion, Orson Welles, Osage Nation, Our Daily Bread, Paddy Moriarty, Paul Lynde, Paul Muni, personalities, Pete Yorn, Pixar, Porthos, poverty, Private Lives, privilege, racism, Raquel Welch, redemption, relationships, reviews, rich and famous, Richard Benjamin, Richard Burton, Richard Chamberlain, Richard Lester, Robert De Niro, Robert Montgomery, rock and roll, Rod Taylor, romance, Satan, Shadow of a Doubt, slapstick, small towns, socialism, Spencer Tracy, spies, Stephen Sondheim, Stop Making Sense, stunts, supernatural, survival, suspense, swashbuckling, Talking Heads, Tay Garnett, Terrence Rattigan, The Art of Love, the eighties, The Four Musketeers, the great depression, The Last of Sheila, The Sea of Grass, The Three Musketeers, The V.I.P.s, The Valley of Decision, Thornton Wilder, Tina Weymouth, Tom Keene, tragedy, violence, westerns, whodunnit | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (126): “The Films of August 2022”

Posted on September 6, 2022 by KPKeelan

. > AUGUST 2022 (126) (All films are rated on a 5-star basis and must be over a decade old to get 5 stars.) > This month I review the following 7 films: THE PRIDE AND THE PASSION (1957) **** A … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged A Sunday in New York, action, Akira Kurosawa, Alexander Skarsgård, Anya Taylor-Joy, Arthur Miller, arts, battle, Björk, Cary Grant, cinema, Claes Bang, Clark Gable, classics, Cliff Robertson, cowboys, criticism, drama, Eli Wallach, entertainment, Ethan Hawke, fantasy, feudal Japan, films, Frank Sinatra, genius, George Harrison, George Martin, ideas, Jane Fonda, Japanese cinema, John Huston, John Lennon, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Let It Be, Linda McCartney, Macbeth, Marilyn Monroe, Martha Ritter, Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Mike Mitchell, Montgomery Clift, morality, movies, music, music documentaries, musicians, Nevada, Nicole Kidman, Norse mythology, opinion, Paul McCartney, Peter Jackson, Reno, revenge, reviews, Ringo Starr, Robert Culp, Robert Eggers, rock and roll, Rod Taylor, romance, Ronin, sex, songwriters, Sophia Loren, Spain, Stanley Kramer, supernatural, The Beatles: Get Back, The Misfits, The Northman, The Pride and the Passion, The Seven Samurai, Throne of Blood, Toshiro Mifune, values, violence, war, westerns, Willem Dafoe | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (258): “Clark Gable Wants to Be TEACHER’S PET For Doris Day”

Posted on December 26, 2021 by KPKeelan

TEACHER’S PET (directed by George Seaton, 1958) ***+ (out of 5) . > Clark Gable and Doris Day star in this light comedy of the sexes, and it’s a fun romp. . Gable is a hardboiled newspaperman who is invited by … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged arts, cinema, Clark Gable, comedy, criticism, Doris Day, entertainment, films, George Seaton, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, opinion, reviews, romance, Teacher's Pet | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (113): The Films of July 2021

Posted on August 6, 2021 by KPKeelan

. This month: Fantasy! Film Noir! Psychological Drama! Comedy! Superheroes! Biblical Silliness! Biography! Animation! Environmental Disaster! Crime and Punishment at the F.B.I.! Another coming-of-age story from Judd Apatow! Social Satire from Jean Renoir! A serial murderer on the loose! The … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged 1906, action, American history, Angela Lansbury, animation, art, Bible stories, biblical epics, Billy Cook, biography, Black Panthers, Body and Soul, Boudu Saved From Drowning, boxing, California history, Chris Pine, cinema, Clark Gable, class, comedy, comic book characters, corruption, crime, criticism, D.W. Griffith, Daniel Kaluuya, death, Death Takes a Holiday, disaster films, Don Hertzfeldt, drama, earthquakes, entertainment, experimental, F.B.I., fantasy, film noir, films, France, Frederick March, French cinema, Gal Godot, genius, George Sanders, George Tobias, Grim Reaper, Hedy Lamarr, Herbert Anderson, heroes, heroines, Ida Lupino, ideas, illness, It’s Such a Beautiful Day, Jean Renoir, Jean Seberg, Jeanette MacDonald, Jesse Plemons, John Garfield, Judas and the Black Messiah, Kevin Keelan, kidnapping, killers, Kirsten Wiig, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, LaKeith Stanfield, Lilith, love, Lynda Carter, Martin Sheen, mental illness, movies, murder, musicals, opinion, Pablo Pascal, Percy Anderson, Peter Fonda, race, redemption, reviews, Robert Rossen, Robert Ryan, Robert Wise, romance, Samson and Delilah, San Francisco, Spenser Tracy, superheroes, supernatural, The Hitch-Hiker, the meaning of life, The Set-Up, Victor Mature. D. W Griffith, W. S. Van Dyke, Walk a Crooked Mile, Warren Beatty, Wonder Woman 1984 | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (62): The Films of APRIL 2017

Posted on June 16, 2021 by KPKeelan

. April was another busy movie month for me. I saw 23, mostly entertaining/occasionally stunning films made between 1920 and 2016, running the gamut from broad romantic comedy to serious documentary, from silent to musical, from the U.S. and countries … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged acting, Alfred Newman, Australian cinema, Barack Obama, Barry, Benedict Cumberbatch, biography, Carla Juri, Casey Affleck, Chris Pine, Cinema Verite, City of God 10 Years Later, Clark Gable, Clifton Webb, Clive Owen, comedies, destiny, Devin Terrell, Disney, Doctor Strange, documentaries, Doris Day, drama, Ed Wynn, Elia Kazan, Elite Zexer, fantasy, film noir, Fire at Sea, Fritz Lang, From the Terrace, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Gentlemen's Agreement, George Stevens, Gianfranco Rosi, Gig Young, Greg Kinnear, Gregory Peck, Growing Up Wild, Harriet Andersson, Hillary Clinton, Ingmar Bergman, Ira Sachs, Israeli cinema, Jane Russell, Joanne Woodward, Kevin Spacey, Korean cinema, Lampedusa, Little Men, Marilyn Monroe, Matthew Modine, Millie Perkins, Morris From America, musicals, Myrna Loy, Naomi Watts, nature, Netflix, NOW In the Wings on a World Stage, Paul Newman, refugees, rescues, Richard Basehart, Richard III, Robert Wise, romance, Sam Mendes, Sand Storm, Scrabble, Scrabylon, Shakespeare, Shelley Winters, silent films, Stefan Fatsis, Summer With Monika, Sundance, Swedish cinema, Tanna, Teacher's Pet, The Confirmation, The Diary of Anne Frank, The Final Hours, The House on Telegraph Hill, The Wailing, Tilda Swinton, wildlife | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Clark Gable

KPK on the CINEMA (140): “The Films of October 2023”

KPK on the CINEMA (126): “The Films of August 2022”

FLIX PIX (258): “Clark Gable Wants to Be TEACHER’S PET For Doris Day”

KPK on the CINEMA (113): The Films of July 2021

KPK on the CINEMA (62): The Films of APRIL 2017

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