What to Watch on Independence Day

The 4th of July is Independence Day in the U.S.  Here are a few classic movies to watch on that day. Nice Girl? (1941) Deanna Durbin ,...

Wednesday, July 01, 2015
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The Kissing Bandit (1948) - Frank Sinatra and Kathryn Grayson

The world's goofiest bandit makes time with a young lady in The Kissing Bandit (1948). Ricardo ( Frank Sinatra ) returns home from...

Monday, October 27, 2014
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Step Lively (1944) - Young Frank Sinatra in a Musical

Today, we review a film from Frank Sinatra's early movie phase. Step Lively (1944), a film version of the Broadway play R...

Friday, November 22, 2013
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Java's Journey has received the Stylish Blog Award

Clara, author of classic movies blog Via Margutta 51 , has awarded Java's Journey - along with several other blogs- with the Stylish Blo...

Monday, March 28, 2011
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Frank Sinatra's Facial Twitch

They had faces then. Whoever coined this apothegm about classic movie stars was right on the nose - their faces were relatively unique fo...

Wednesday, March 02, 2011
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This Week in Classic Movies on the Radio, Dec 26 - Jan 1

12/29 -  Anchors Aweigh - Lux Radio Theater (click here to listen at the Internet Archive) Year: 1947 Starring: Gene Kelly, Frank Sinat...

Sunday, December 26, 2010
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Judy Garland without Oz vs. Deanna Durbin

“[Judy Garland] ran second to Deanna [Durbin] then, but not now. The Wizard Of Oz took care of that. If we removed Oz from the equation, I...

Thursday, November 18, 2010
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Doris Day's Recent Interview

This must be Java's week for studying reclusive stars with double D initials. Actress, singer, activist, entrepreneur Doris Day graci...

Saturday, November 06, 2010
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The Rat Pack: 25 Never-Seen Photos

Life Magazine Life magazine released 25 (actually it's 28) never-seen photographs of four members of the Rat Pack - Sammy Davis, Jr.,...

Friday, September 10, 2010
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Classic Movies On the Radio

When radio was king, adaptations of popular movies were all the rage. An hour or half an hour would be devoted to a streamlined script of Je...

Tuesday, September 07, 2010
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The Art of Manliness - Frank Sinatra

Mention Frank Sinatra and what comes to mind? His boy-ish, public persona in the 1940s? His quest for mature roles in the 1950s? Sinatra the...

Wednesday, July 28, 2010
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Quote of the Day: Frank Sinatra

[On Elvis Presley's music in 1957] "Sung, played and written for the most part by cretinous goons; and by means of its almost imbec...

Monday, June 21, 2010
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Can-Can (1960)

Simone (Shirley MacLaine) owns a cafe whose dancers perform the illegal Can-Can in 19th century France. The place is constantly raided. The...

Tuesday, May 04, 2010
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10 Random Movie-Related Things about Java Rush

10 Random Things is a meme going around the blogosphere these days. So I decided to jump in untagged. Here are 10 Random Movie-Related Thin...

Monday, July 06, 2009
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Mario Lanza and the Crooner's Coffin

Update 06/08/09: The link is fixed I have just found a link to a brief essay on Mario Lanza's contribution to the expansion of the imag...

Sunday, June 07, 2009
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