Saw an obituary in the Post today for an artist I'd only discovered in recent years: rockabilly singer Janis Martin of Danville, VA, billed in the 1950's as "The Female Elvis." She hit fairly big while still in her teens (she was appearing on local TV by the time she was 13, and was signed to a record contract by 15. Two years later, her label ( Read more... )

20 Friday

12:30 PM     Thrill Of A Romance (1945)
      A soldier returning from World War II finds love with a lady swimmer. Cast: Esther Williams, Van Johnson, Tommy Dorsey. Dir: Richard Thorpe. C-105 mins, TV-G, CC
2:30 PM     Easy To Wed (1946)
      In this remake of Libeled Lady, a tough newspaper editor hires a gigolo to compromise a woman suing ( Read more... )