Tag: Shirley Jones

Pat Boone’s 1957 one-two punch: Bernadine + April Love

Pat Boone’s 1957 one-two punch: Bernadine + April Love

June 25, 2015 | By

Reviews of Pat Boone’s one-two film debut in 1957: Bernadine (still unavailable on video) + April Love on Blu from Twilight Time.

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BR: April Love (1957)

BR: April Love (1957)

June 25, 2015 | By

If a supporting role in Bernadine proved to Fox brass that singer Pat Boone could in fact act (and make money for the studio), then it seemed natural to quickly slide the crooner into a starring project that tied all the demographics together into a light, almost classically written puffball musical…

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BR: Two Rode Together (1961)

BR: Two Rode Together (1961)

June 14, 2014 | By

Based on the novel Comanche Captives by Will Cook, Rode is a mish-mash of ideas and tones that make for a strange movie which starts off like a buddy film – First Lt. Gary (Richard Widmark) forcibly escorts old buddy / small town Marshal McCabe (James Stewart) away from a cozy job…

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