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Movie Review: Mystery Street (1950)

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Synopsis: After his wife, Grace, loses their baby during childbirth, a mournful Henry Shanway gets drunk at a Boston tavern. When he is told his yellow Ford is parked illegally, B-girl Vivian Heldon offers to help him move it only to later leave him on the side of the road miles out of town when he sobers up enough to realize she is using his car to drive to the Cape. Six months later, the stolen car and Vivian's skeletal remains are both found, resulting in Shanway being arrested for murder. However, while most people, including Grace, believe he is guilty, Police Lieutenant Peter Morales has doubts and continues to investigate. Who's in it? The movie stars Ricardo Montalban , Sally Forrest , Elsa Lanchester , Bruce Bennett and Marshall Thompson . Review: I've had Mystery Street saved to my movie library for a few months but every time I intended to watch it, I would find another movie instead. I finally changed that this morning and, overall, it turned out to be an i...
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Movie Review: Fighting Trouble (1956)

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Synopsis: When their friend Danny loses his job and faces jailtime over $200 in missing money, Sach and Duke attempt to help him by entering one of Sach's photos in a newspaper contest. They learn the contest is already over, but the city editor offers them an opportunity to earn the money by photographing New York gangster Frankie Arbo and learning more about his criminal activities.  Who's in it? The movie stars Huntz Hall , Stanley Clements , Adele Jergens , Thomas Browne Henry and Queenie Smith . Review: I came across Fighting Trouble about a week ago and added it to my library knowing it was one of the later Bowery Boys movies, post Leo Gorcey , and was interested in seeing how the film was. Overall, I think I'd describe it as not being one of my favorites but also an OK comedy. I think, even by the later films that still had Gorcey, the whole Bowery Boys description was there for name recognition only. Hall was clearly the breakout star with Gorcey falling into mo...
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Movie Review: The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown (1957)

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Synopsis: Struggling to find his way in life after being wrongly imprisoned for murder, Mike teams up with his friend, Dandy, and kidnaps actress Laurel Stevens on the night her new movie The Kidnapped Bride premieres. They have one major problem, however, once the word of the kidnapping gets out, everyone, including the police, think it's just a publicity stunt. Realizing her career will be ruined if people don't believe she was really kidnapped, Laurel tries to help the pair. Adding another complication is she is beginning to fall for Mike and doesn't want to see him go to prison again. Who's in it? The movie stars Jane Russell , Ralph Meeker , Keenan Wynn , Fred Clark and Una Merkel . Review: I added The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown to my movie library a few days ago, mostly because I haven't seen a lot of Jane Russell movies and wanted to give her a try. From the description, I wasn't really expecting much more than a goofball comedy. However, it ended up bein...
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Book Review: Where Art Thou by Sean Patrick Little (2022)

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Synopsis: Chicago private detectives Abe Allard and CS Duffy are given the opportunity to pad their pocketbook when the wealthy Geo McMahon hires them to find a piece of art stolen from his private collection. The theft seems odd from the beginning, a sketch from a relatively unknown artist that wasn't anywhere near as valuable as the other pieces in the collection. The case becomes even stranger when similar pieces are also stolen and Abe's daughter, Matilda, comes across a message board suggesting the stolen artwork contains clues to a hidden treasure. Review: I am going to be honest and say I had some doubts about Where Art Thou when I got it through my library last week. While I did enjoy the previous two Abe & Duff books, I've always been a bigger fan of murder mysteries and the thought of them investigating a basic art theft sounded a bit dull. However, after reading it, I have to say I was pleasantly surprised. There were a few things I really found I liked ab...
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Movie Review: Five Minutes to Live (1961)

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Synopsis: Hardened criminal Johnny Cabot is recruited by bank robber Fred Dorella for his latest heist. Cabot's job is to hold Nancy Wilson hostage in her home while Dorella demands $70,000 from her husband, Ken, the bank's vice president and to kill Nancy if he doesn't receive a phone call confirming the bank robbery's success. As the minutes wind down, Borella discovers an unexpected complication - Ken has been having an affair, plans on leaving his wife and Nancy's death would make it easier for him to marry his mistress. The movie also has the alternative title Door-to-Door Maniac . Who's in it? The movie stars Johnny Cash , Donald Woods , Cay Forester , Vic Tayback , Pamela Mason and Ron Howard . Review: While I do consider myself a Johnny Cash fan, I had completely forgotten the legendary country singer also had an acting career until I came across Five Minutes to Live on one of my movie channels. I was intrigued enough to watch it this morning and wa...
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Trail Camera Photos (4/20/2025-4/21/2025)

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I wasn't sure if it would be worth the time putting one of my trail cameras out last night because I knew we were supposed to get a heavy rain. However, I had to take something out to the garbage bin yesterday evening and since I was already outside, figured I'd at least put one by the house. As expected, there wasn't a ton of activity because of the weather and the rain tripped the camera quite a bit more often than critters did but I did still wind up with a few photos:
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Well, if the Weather Isn't Going to Cooperate, I Guess I'll Just Grow it Indoors

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My zucchini is well past the starter plant stage, but this Wisconsin weather just isn't going to work for me to put it outdoors, at least not as long as the temps are dropping to the thirties at night. So, I brought some planters and a bag of dirt to the office with me this morning and guess I'll just grow it indoors for a while. Perhaps by the end of the week I can finally take them outside, especially since I may need to do the same with my tomatoes soon.
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