Background to Danger (1943)

Do I really have to finish watching this? George Raft hurts my eyeballs.

Okay, okay, I'll be back later, but I got a feeling I'm not gonna have many nice things to say.

The Wagons Roll at Night (1941)

I don't really remember seeing any wagons rolling at night, but I'll take their word for it.

Small town grocery store clerk Eddie Albert (Green Acres) discovers he has a knack for taming lions (no, really), so he's groomed into lion-taming stardom by circus manager Humphrey Bogart (The Return of Doctor X). One snag, though: Eddie's got a hankerin' for Bogie's virginal sister, the adorable Joan Leslie (Simon & Simon), and who can blame him, considering how it's the adorable Joan Leslie. But normally nice guy Bogie goes all flaflooey whenever anyone talks about his kid sis, much less anyone who's caught canoodling with her on the front porch, amidst the moonlight and the honeysuckle. So Bogie decides to fix Eddie's wagon but good, perhaps the wagon referred to in the title.

Trailin' along in the circus sawdust is Bogie's gal pal Sylvia Sidney (Mars Attacks), who's got saucer-eyes (more like dinner plates)  for the novice, oblivious, yet innocent, yet likeable, yet gawky, yet puppydoggy lion tamer with nice wavy hair.

Very silly, but lots of fun watching Bogie go all perswonky over his obsession for his adorable kid sis, Joan Leslie, fresh out of the convent.

Did I mention how adorable Joan Leslie is?

So adorable!

Just askin'.

Ever meet someone named Chad who wasn't a dick?

Riddle Me This

When is a trumpet player like a mummy?

When he can toot uncommon.

Hmmmmm.....

Why is that piece of music that starts a long movie called an overture? Shouldn't it be called a beginningture?