West Side Story: When Maria Met Tony

Richard Beymer and Natalie Wood. Photo: United Artists Stage director Jerome Robbins was a key reason why ”West Side Story” became a groundbreaking Broadway hit in 1957. When the time…

Miracle on 34th Street 

Macy’s event director Doris Walker (Maureen O’Hara) hires Kris Kringle (Edmund Gwenn) as a santa, first for the Thanksgiving Day Parade and then at the Macy’s store… but it turns…

Rebel Without a Cause: Forever Young

James Dean. Photo: Warner Every time I watch this movie it's impossible not to think about the heartbreaking tragedies that ended the lives of its three young stars. This was…

The Searchers: A Savage Nature

John Wayne. Photo: Warner The Searchers was a box office hit in its day, but received no Academy Award nominations. Much like several Alfred Hitchcock movies, it's a typical example…

The Great Race 

A few years into the 20th century, a daredevil (Tony Curtis) talks auto manufacturers into promoting a race from New York to Paris; his arch-enemy, the dastardly Professor Fate (Jack…