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The Stranger brought together a triumvirate of stellar pre-war Hollywood actors. Edward G. Robinson gained fame as Rico in the movie Little Caesar. So famous was this movie and Robinson’s performance that the authors of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act purposely made the title read RICO in reference to the character Robinson portrayed. Robinson, a man with a great career is known to most people today for his last movie, Soylent Green, which is better forgotten.

Loretta Young was lovely, but not in a “bombshell” manner. She was a competent actress with a great fashion sense that kept her forever in work and allowed a successful transition to television.

It is the story of four schoolboys, who come upon evidence of skullduggery and work together to stop a murder. The lads are a mischievous gang who are always cooking up some scheme. Dion Pride, yup, son of country music legend Charlie Pride, is Specks. Vincent Spano plays Foster. Diminutive Greg Hodges is Homer and Jeff Nicholson plays Billy Ray, always in cowboy hat.

The film is most instructive in a sociological sense. In that era, there were commercials with taglines such as Is it true blonds have more fun? and If I have one life, let me live it as a blond. Three Blondes in His Life certainly deconstructs that thesis. Being blond led only to problems.

What do the movie Casablanca and the cartoon character Pepe Le Pew have in common? No, this is not a trick question. They were both influenced by Algiers. Pepe Le Pew is the amorous deep voiced skunk who is based on Pepe Le Moko, played by Charles Boyer in Algiers. The dark, smoldering Gallic lover is certainly more suave than the skunk.

From the opening moments of the film, as the camera moves across the barren winter landscape, Winter Lily creates a desolate world which nonetheless draws viewers into its cold embrace. Canadian filmmaker Roshell Bisset uses Winter Lily to explore some bizarre and disturbing themes, using a beautiful setting and talented cinematography to contrast these sometimes off putting themes.