Hollywood’s Canada

Hollywood’s Canada: CANADIAN PACIFIC

September 5, 2023September 5, 2023ReviewCanadian Pacific, Hollywood's Canada, Nancy Olsen, Randolph Scott, Robert Barrat

It’s been over three years since the last entry of my Hollywood’s Canada series, reviews inspired by Pierre Berton’s immortal tome of the same name. One particular challenge was that many of the titles he

HOLLYWOOD’S CANADA: Blue Canadian Rockies

July 28, 2020March 9, 2021ReviewBlue Mountain Rockies, Don Beddoe, Gail Davis, Gene Autry, Hollywood's Canada, Pat Buttram, Ross Ford

Like any decent film fan, I’ve made a point of catching some of the finest fare the Western genre has to offer. From John Ford’s sojourns to Monument Valley to Clint Eastwood’s Spaghetti screen-feasts, I’ve

HOLLYWOOD’S CANADA: Johnny Belinda

March 10, 2020March 2, 2020ReviewAgnes Moorehead, Charles Bickford, Hollywood's Canada, Johnny Belinda, Lew Ayres, Stephen McNally

Most of the films I’ve covered in the course of this column tend to fall among the high adventure or thriller genres.Golden Age Hollywood didn’t seem all that predisposed to use the Great White North

HOLLYWOOD’S CANADA: Northern Pursuit

November 19, 2019March 2, 2020ReviewErrol Flynn, Helmut Dantine, Hollywood's Canada, John Ridgely, Northern Pursuit

While there was plenty of action in the European and Pacific Theatres to keep Axis forces occupied in WWII both in real life and on-screen, it seems the Nazis just couldn’t keep their paws off

HOLLYWOOD’S CANADA: I Confess – Review

September 18, 2018February 5, 2020ReviewAne Baxter, Hollywood's Canada, I Confess, Karl Malden, Montgomery Clift, O.E. Hasse, Ovila Legare

From the day a French priest landed with Jaques Cartier on what would become Canadian soil, the Roman Catholic Church would play a central part in the governing the daily lives lived in the Province

HOLLYWOOD’S CANADA: Susannah of the Mounties – Review

April 10, 2018September 16, 2018ReviewHollywood's Canada, Maurice Moscovitch, Moroni Olsen, Randolph Scott, Shirley Temple, Susannah of the Mounties

From 1935 to 1938, Hollywood’s number one box office draw was a little girl with curly hair, a winning smile and an Academy Award won at the tender age of 7. Legendary child actress Shirley