Ho, ho, there's more than one way to skin a cat! (What a perfectly horrible expression--and who would ever want to skin a cat?) I sat and watched Sorry, Wrong Number in the comfort of my own home and free of charge, thanks to YouTube. Yes, the whole thing (in segments) is free for the taking and boy, is it great. Barbara Stanwyck had a real face, not like the nipped and tucked and augmented and prettified the Barbie-doll "stars" with the big teeth have today. Her looks were striking and hey, she was a damn good actress. too.
The movie was so scary, although the secondary plot was inane, involving a gangster, a scientist, and very contrived nefarious plots. I understand it had originally been a half-hour radio show, so I guess it had to be fleshed out extensively. That didn't matter, though, as soon as the real draw came on the screen: Burt Lancaster, what a hunk! His acting style was maybe a tad wooden, but one simply doesn't care after a glimpse of those eyes, that mouth, that thick, tumbled hair, all attached to a tall, slim, lithe body--wow!
Anyway, it was a good way to forget the nasty rain coming down and go back to 1948...
Wider: Just a nibble of the incomparable Arthur Silber's post on his "Once Upon A Time..." blog:
"...if you want to stop this murderous madness [the criminal mayhem the U.S. inflicts on the world] -- and I dearly hope you do -- forget about what [the politicians] say their goals are (fostering "democratic" governments, “regional stability,” “security,” and all the associated claptrap), and focus on the real problem: the carefully chosen policy of U.S. geopolitical dominance over the entire globe. On the day Obama announces the scheduled closure of at least one-third of the U.S.'s worldwide empire of bases, I'll believe he's serious about altering any of this, and not a moment before. He never will, and you know he won't."
It's a long essay, as his tend to be, but for clarity, logic, and passion, I count Silber the best of the political--or maybe just human--bloggers. Go here and read the whole thing: http://powerofnarrative.blogspot.com/