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‘The Fireball’ in Finland

Finnish critic Antti Alanen has reviewed The Fireball, a 1950 Mickey Rooney film featuring a brief appearance by MM. ‘Not a masterpiece like The Lusty Men, but there is something of the same gritty sense of reality in The Fireball. … Continue reading


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Nick Ray’s Long Goodbye

 The final extract from Patrick McGilligan’s Nicholas Ray: The Glorious Failure of an American Director concerns Ray’s reaction to Marilyn’s death. Ray was filming 55 Days at Peking in Spain when he heard the news. (The magazine cover above shows … Continue reading


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