Canada Carries On - Proudly She Marches - 1944

For Canada Day today, which celebrates the 1867 founding of the Canadian Confed… Read more Canada Carries On - Proudly She Marches - 1944

Hollywood Fights Fascism - now in print and eBook

Classic films were often extraordinary chroniclers of their own times.  Despite… Read more Hollywood Fights Fascism - now in print and eBook

The summer after that...

There is a scene in Since You Went Away (1944) of such gossamer poignance that… Read more The summer after that...

Wear a mask.

In this era of repulsive politicizing of a simple, commonsense act of wearing a… Read more Wear a mask.

Requiescat in pace - Vera Lynn

Dame Vera Lynn (2017-2020) has died at 103 years old, but longevity in a challe… Read more Requiescat in pace - Vera Lynn

Rationing - 1944

Rationing (1944) pokes fun at a wartime home front nuisance while at the same … Read more Rationing - 1944

Nash-Kelvinator Goes to War

Their eyes lock with yours. That’s the first thing you notice, and the raw emot… Read more Nash-Kelvinator Goes to War

Wretched Refuse of Your Teeming Shore - Since You Went Away (1944)

Since You Went Away (1944) is a tribute to the American home front during Worl… Read more Wretched Refuse of Your Teeming Shore - Since You Went Away (1944)