John Facenda (1913-84)
Philly icon’s movie-star turn I recently did a deep dive into Paul Wendkos’ riveting 1957 noir “The Burglar” starring Dan Duryea and Jayne Mansfield, which […]
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‘The Burglar’ (1957)
The movie that made me love Dan Duryea The independently produced noir masterpiece “The Burglar” could not have been made within the Hollywood studio system. […]
Mott at the Keswick (April 8, 2019)
‘If my wheel could take another turn …’ By Mark Voger | Author, “Groovy” Philly has always been a Mott town — and a Bowie […]
‘Phantoms of Philadelphia’ excerpts
Men behind the monsters Much of my talk “Phantoms of Philadelphia” on Halloween at Independence Branch in Philly was “boilerplate” stuff about the Monster Craze, […]