Category Archives: Books

What I Saw Last Year: Best Feature Films 2017

Posted on January 31, 2018 by Ted Hicks

                _______________________________________________________                 ________________________________________________________ Wind River is my top pick for the year, with A Ghost Story as a close second. They’re quite different, but they … Continue reading →

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Ladies and Gentlemen, Robby the Robot!

Posted on November 30, 2017 by Ted Hicks

On November 21, 2017, there was an auction of movie memorabilia called “Out of this World,” sponsored by Turner Classic Movies. It was held at Bonhams, an art-auction house here in New York City. The centerpiece was the original Robby … Continue reading →

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My Movie Life: The Early Years, Part 4 – 1955 & 1956

Posted on November 14, 2017 by Ted Hicks

1955 In retrospect, the most important film I saw in 1955 was Blackboard Jungle, written and directed by Richard Brooks, adapted from a novel by Evan Hunter. Hunter later wrote the screenplay for Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds (1963). Under the name … Continue reading →

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My Movie Life: The Early Years, Part 3 – 1954

Posted on October 31, 2017 by Ted Hicks

As stated in Parts 1 and 2, I saw hundreds of films while I was growing up in Iowa. Here are some of the ones I remember from 1954. ________________________________________________________ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPLLrdtKksc I was already hooked on Walt Disney films and … Continue reading →

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My Movie Life: The Early Years, Part 2 – 1953

Posted on October 17, 2017 by Ted Hicks

As I stated in Part 1, I saw hundreds of films while I was growing up. These are some of the ones I remember from 1953. This was the year of 3D and CinemaScope. I remember when the Vista Theater … Continue reading →

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My Movie Life: The Early Years, Part 1 – 1949 to 1952

Posted on September 30, 2017 by Ted Hicks

One of my earliest movie memories is of seeing Bambi and being totally traumatized by the death of Bambi’s mother. Who wasn’t? It fact, that’s the only thing I remember about the film. Since Bambi was originally released in 1942, … Continue reading →

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More Tie-Ins: TV Shows & John Wayne comics!

Posted on June 19, 2017 by Ted Hicks

Novelizations and comic book adaptations in the 1950s, ’60s, and ’70s weren’t limited to motion pictures alone. Television provided a large array of material to be novelized and turned into comics. Most of these, though not all, were derived from … Continue reading →

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Movie Tie-Ins: Novelizations & Comic Books

Posted on May 31, 2017 by Ted Hicks

NOVELIZATIONS Film novelizations have been around since the 1920s, but it was in the 1950s, with the proliferation of mass-market paperbacks, that they began to appear in large numbers. This is when I started reading them. Novelizations, as you would … Continue reading →

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Men’s Adventure Magazines: Weasels Ripped My Flesh

Posted on March 30, 2017 by Ted Hicks

I often find some very interesting stuff when I’m doing a search for film posters, stills, and other materials. Recently the cover for a men’s adventure magazine from the 1950s popped up. I dropped what I was doing and started … Continue reading →

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Best Docs 2016 – Update

Posted on February 25, 2017 by Ted Hicks

When I wrote my recent post on the best documentaries of 2016, I hadn’t yet seen three films that I thought would have made my list based on what I’d heard about them.: Fire at Sea, I Am Not Your Negro, and … Continue reading →

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