Monthly Archives: March 2012

Reelviews #2: The Fountainhead

In 1949’s “The Fountainhead”, Gary Cooper plays Howard Roark, a brilliant engineer and terrible architect. Roark offers a Faustian bargain to the city of New York; he will solve their most pressing civil engineering problems, but only on condition that … Continue reading

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Reelviews #1: The Caine Mutiny

Possibly the first in a continuing series. 1954’s “The Caine Mutiny” (directed by Edward Dmytryk) tells the story of aging nightclub “singer” May Wynn’s (May Wynn, nee Donna Lee Hickey) attempts to secure a marriage to a young, handsome, but … Continue reading

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