Stories by Peter Hummers

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Stream On: Ian Fleming, who authored the James Bond novels, wrote what he knew

By Peter Hummer A dramatization of James Bond author Ian Fleming’s experiences in British Naval Intelligence during World War II. Full story

Jun 1

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Stream On: Gone too soon—‘Low Winter Sun’

Two detectives murder another. They are the protagonists of this series.
By Peter Hummers Full story

May 25

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Stream On: ‘49th Parallel’ (1941) an odyssey, is one of my favorite movies

By Peter Hummers The shore party from a sunken German U-boat becomes stranded in Canada. They must make it to America, which has not yet entered World War II. Full story

May 18

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Stream On: It’s a giant goose! Red Green’s ‘Duct Tape Forever’

Friends stick together in a wild goose chase. By Peter Hummers Full story

May 11

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Stream On: And now for something completely … Canadian—‘The Red Green Show’

Stream On: And now for something completely … Canadian—‘The Red Green Show’ By Peter Hummers Keep your stick on the ice, eh? Full story

May 4

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Stream On: the definitive Maltese Falcon

John Huston’s suspenseful movie retains most of Dashiell Hammett’s hard-boiled dialogue. By Peter Hummers Full story

Apr 27

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Stream On: the problematic Sam Spade and a flock of Maltese Falcons, part one

By Peter Hummers The road to The Maltese Falcon was a bumpy one. Full story

Apr 20

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Stream On: Hitchcock, du Maurier and Olivier, the perfect storm of ‘Rebecca’

By Peter Hummers The only time Alfred Hitchcock won “Best Picture” at the Academy Awards.   Full story

Apr 13

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Stream On: That girl, before ‘That Girl’—‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’

By Peter Hummers Blake Edwards brings his own gifts to Truman Capote’s masterful novella. Full story

Apr 6

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Stream On: ‘Rhubarb,’ the cat that inherited a baseball team

By Peter Hummers Legendary animal trainer Frank Inn’s protégé, Orangey Minerva, stars as a cat that inherits a Brooklyn baseball team. Full story

Mar 30

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Stream On: Paul Henning, Part 3—‘Lover Come Back’

By Peter Hummers Before his wildly popular trio of “rural comedies,” Paul Henning co-wrote one of Rock Hudson and Doris Day’s three beloved (and tame, by today’s standards) sex comedies. Full story

Mar 23

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Stream On: From the ridiculous to the sublime, part 2, with ‘Petticoat Junction.’

By Peter Hummers. In 1963 Paul Henning created The Beverly Hillbillies’ low-key sequel, Petticoat Junction, placed in the same fictional universe. Full story

Mar 16