Monthly Archives: February 2012

SentiMental Sunday: 1940′s Progressive Education Program

Posted on February 26, 2012 by

Apparently, there was a national movement toward ‘Progressive Education’ in the 1940′s, geared towards educating students beyond the standard disciplines of reading, arithmetic, geography and writing. The ideal was to train young minds to be responsible, self-reliant, and to become equipped with the ability … Continue reading →

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Saturday Showtime: HOUDINI – starring Tony Curtis & Janet Leigh

Posted on February 25, 2012 by

As promised, here’s the 1953 movie we’ve been building up to all week – “Houdini” in vivid Technicolor majesty. Starring a young Tony Curtis as Houdini, and Janet Leigh as his love interest, the story begins in an 1800′s circus-like side-show. A … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Biography: Houdini

Posted on February 22, 2012 by

Harry Houdini was born March 24, 1874, in Hungary… The rest you can learn here, in this biography.

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SentiMental Sunday: It’s Houdini Week!

Posted on February 19, 2012 by

Tonight’s SentiMental moment is dedicated to Harry Houdini. The Master Escape Artist was made famous with his straight-jacket escapes, and was best known for his death-defying feats, including being chained inside of a weighted coffin and dumped into the river. His later interests … Continue reading →

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Monday Movie: Harry Houdini in ‘The Master Mystery’, 1920

Posted on February 19, 2012 by

Continuing with ‘Houdini Week’, this dusty old 1920 silent-era film stars Harry Houdini as Quentin Locke, manager of the evil Brent Laboratories - but who is secretly working for the Justice Department investigating the violation of recent Anti-Trust laws (1890, 1914). The opening … Continue reading →

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Saturday Showtime: Liz Taylor in ‘A Place in the Sun’

Posted on February 18, 2012 by

It’s another stay-at-home Saturday night for you, eh? No problem We here at The Daily Dibbler love keeping you entertained – and saving you the high cost of theater movies. Tonight’s tragic feature is a 1951 American Classic, and stars Elizabeth Taylor, Montgomery Clift, … Continue reading →

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The Marilyn Monroe A&E Biography

Posted on February 15, 2012 by

In this A & E Biography, you will learn of Marilyns’ illegitimate origins as Norma Jean Baker, her early teenage marriage to a neighbor’s son, and her beginnings as a magazine cover model. Her film history includes a long list of playing the … Continue reading →

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SentiMental Sunday: How to Spot a Communist

Posted on February 12, 2012 by

In the post-World War II days, fear of Commies was on the rise. THE US had dropped the H-Bomb on Japan, and a young American traitor named Theodore Hall, working at Los Alamos, had given our nuclear secrets to the Russians. Now that Russia … Continue reading →

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Saturday Showtime: Niagara, starring Marilyn Monroe

Posted on February 11, 2012 by

  1953. Marilyn was 29 years old when she did this film, and the role, though a departure from her usual light and airy characters, was right up her alley. She was emotionally a very vulnerable woman, and she uses that … Continue reading →

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Monday Movie: The Glass Menagerie (1950)

Posted on February 6, 2012 by

Based on the stage play by Tennessee Williams, this film, released by Warner Brothers in 1950, tells the tale of an aging Southern Belle (Jane Wyman) and her retreatingly shy daughter, Amanda (Gertrude Lawrence), who lives her life lost in a world … Continue reading →

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