Category: Montgomery Clift

  • Ripped From the Headlines, Part II: A Feast of Murder, Robbery and Exploitation

    Ripped From the Headlines, Part II: A Feast of Murder, Robbery and Exploitation

    Cecil Kellaway, John Garfield, Lana Turner, “The Postman Always Rings Twice” (1946). By Paul Parcellin As you’ve probably gathered by now, the 1940s and ’50s saw a bumper crop of sensational tales ready-made for the screen. It was an era when Hollywood greedily harvested stories from news tabloids’ front pages.   In the last post, we…