Considering my obsession with this period in history, and some of its tenants, I cannot believe it took me so long to find this book. I have heard, anecdotally, of the Bright Young People but I knew little about their specifics. Even with this marvelous history as a guide, they are still a fluid, amorphous…
REVIEW: SHERLOCK HOLMES (2009)
I grew up on Sherlock, quite literally. I grabbed my dad’s heavy volumes and looked at the original Strand etchings even before I could read the complicated stories. And Jeremy Brett IS Sherlock Holmes. Doyle himself couldn’t have a qualm with that casting. So I was initially thrilled when I heard of the pairing of Robert…
REVIEW: LURED (1947)
This fascinating, well-paced and superbly-acted film has somehow managed to slip away unnoticed in the annals of classic film. It stars a young and cheeky Lucille Ball as an American chorus girl/hoofer in 1940s London. Her best friend disappears after answering an ad in the personal section. While questioning the spunky Sandra, Scotland Yard enlists her…