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Thirteen years after The Great Escape, John Sturges returned to WWII as the subject for his final film.

https://youtu.be/FgiLkbhK4fE

When an old movie isn’t available on YouTube, Archive.org is worth checking. Night Must Fall is a well-regarded 1937 film that was adapted from a stage play, making it chatty and slow by today’s standards. Rosalind Russell is excellent as a very attractive old maid, to use an outdated expression.

The poster frame for the video has the name Douglas Shearer, brother of actress Norma Shearer. She was the wife of MGM studio executive Irving Thalberg, who had died suddenly the year before Night Must Fall. I used to assume that Douglas had a title at MGM thanks to his sister, and he never did any real work. How wrong I was. I’ll say more about him later.

Monday night’s Better Call Saul was quite a wild ride. Some of the situations and plot devices in the series are a bit contrived, as they were in Breaking Bad, but every character is brought to note-perfect life by the actors. Which was not the case with Breaking Bad. At least it wasn’t for me.

The collaboration of Noel Coward and David Lean produced some of the finest films in British cinema. One of them is the superb This Happy Breed, starring Robert Newton and Celia Johnson.

Remembered for playing villains, Newton is anything but menacing in this role. Celia is beyond wonderful, as she always was.

This is a YouTube video that’s sure to be pulled, so don’t save it for later. Watch it now.

https://youtu.be/8_6eBYUWk2Y

A perfect double-feature with this film would be the previously featured Here Come the Huggetts.

Gorging on McHuggetts

For a limited time, part 1 of the 2-part season premiere of the series finale is available online for free. With commercials, of course.

https://www.amc.com/shows/better-call-saul/episodes/season-6-wine-and-roses–1053312

A new trailer for Better Call Saul. They sure can pack a lot of teasing into 30 seconds.

Good thing there’s more!