Operation Petticoat

This movie has become a part of lore among the men and women of the finest combat contstruction organizations of the US military. It is a nice Hollywood adaptation of the creation of the US Navy Seabees. And who can forget the best character in the movie -- Natasha! It's not often that you see JW's character make the ultimate sacrifice. I watch this and see the beginning of some traditions and attitudes still in practice today. "With Compassion for Others, We Build - We Fight, for Peace with Freedom," from the Seabee Museum. Remember their montra: Seabee Can-Do.

The Great Race

Director Blake Edwards, fresh from the success of the first two Pink Panther movies, indulged his love of classic slapstick comedy with this long free-for-all, which throws in everything but Laurel and Hardy's kitchen sink. The film reunites Some Like It Hot stars Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon, ably...

Taras Bulba

This is a great movie-Tony Curtis, but at the time it was made it raised issues of national security in the country where it was filmed - Argentina. Because of budgetary and political considerations (remember it was the height of the Cold War) the producers decided to forgo the authenticity of shooting it on the vast, rolling steppes of the Ukraine, opting instead for the cheaper and more convenient location of the Argentine pampas.