History of Sorts

Hollywood

  • They went on to do bigger things.

    Over the decades there have been so many iconic movies and TV shows which spawned many big actors and actresses.But it didn’t always happen over night, sometimes these stars started off in big shows or movies with minor obscure rolls, or even in music videos. Below are just a few examples. Before Dirty Dancing. The

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  • Your job in Germany and Our Job in Japan.

    Cat in the hat;How the Grinch Stole Christmas! and It’s a Wonderful Life are not stories you would associate with WWII or propaganda, and yet they have a distinct ,albeit indirect link to WWII propaganda movies. The name Theodor Seuss Geisel will mean little to many people,although there is a hint in his name which gives

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  • How Peter Falk cheated the system to serve in WWII-Columbo’s 1st case

    I have always been a great fan of the cop show Columbo with Peter Falk in the title role. However I did not know that Peter Falk and I had a few things in common. Born in New York City, Falk was the son of Michael Peter Falk , owner of a clothing and dry

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  • May the Force be with you

    No movie buff could ignore this day’May the 4th’ or better known as “May the 4th be with you”. The day that is now widely accepted as Star Wars day. But why is that: The original movie “Star Wars -A New hope” opened on May 25th 1977. It would forever change the way movies were

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  • I pronounce you Mr and Mrs Dougherty-a slightly different WWII story.

    A young couple in love,neighborhood sweethearts getting married. It was just like a fairy tale, what could possibly go wrong. Well WWII for one, but not in the usual World War 2 drama sense, but  there were more reasons. one being fame. They began dating in January 1942 and were married in June of that

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  • When Stalin wanted to kill John Wayne

    No this is not the title of a movie, but why this never was turned into a movie is beyond me. Joseph Stalin wanted John Wayne gone so badly he sent two men to pose as FBI agents to take him down.It might come as a surprise that Joseph Stalin, Soviet dictator, man of steel,

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  • Movie sequels that never should have been made.

    I am not going to say that every movie sequel is bad, because there are some good ones out there. However in general most sequels are really money making vehicles especially when they are following a very successful movie. I could easily fill this page with hundreds of bad sequels but I am limiting it

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  • The humour of Laurel and Hardy

    Today is the 53 rd anniversary of the passing away of Stan Laurel, time to look back at some of the wonderful and funny moments he and his ‘Partner in Crime’ delivered for our entertainment. The power of the humour of Laurel and Hardy is that it did not date, it is still as fresh

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  • Corporal Mel Brooks

    “I was a Combat Engineer. Isn’t that ridiculous? The two things I hate most in the world are combat and engineering.” — Mel Brooks By far one of the funniest people on earth,Mel Brooks, born Melvin Kaminsky in Brooklyn in 1926. I won’t go into his life as Comedian,Director.Actor,Producer and Singer because I’d be here

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  • Recasting Movies-What if?

    I have never made a movie but I am a movie buff. It is hard to cast movies, not every actor is suited to every movie. I do have a theory of ‘ Stand-by’ actors which is purely and solely based on my own imagination, what I mean with ‘stand-by’ actors is , when a

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