The Master of Ballantrae (1953) is based on Robert Louis Stevenson's book of the same name. It's directed by William Keighley a...

 Showing without telling: When I was in grade school, we sometimes had show and tell. Somebody would have something cool to show, a new toy ...

 I'm trying something different today. Today's post can be   found on my substack. Check it out.  

   I don't know why this book came to mind today. Maybe I've still got the  Five Card Stud  movie on my mind. I know the theme song ...

 I had a keen thought earlier to day. In fact it was so sharp that it cut its way completely out of my memory. In the struggle to recapture ...

   I don't think I've talked about this movie before, other than to mention it in passing, It's a western-mystery classic that I...

   I suppose that's what writers tell their characters. I don't make a habit of offing my creations--at least not the ones who have ...