Tuesday, June 23, 2020

Top Five Favorite "MAD MEN" Season Two (2008) Episodes

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Below is a list of my top five favorite Season Two episodes of AMC's "MAD MEN":



TOP FIVE FAVORITE "MAD MEN" SEASON TWO (2008) Episodes

1 - 2.08 A Night to Remember

1. (2.08) "A Night to Remember" - During this game-changing episode, copywriter Peggy Olson agrees to help a friendly priest named Father Gill create a promotion for a Church-sponsored dance. Office manager Joan Holloway helps Television Advertiser Harry Crane read new television scripts and discovers that she likes the job. Still reeling from comedian Jimmy Barrett's revelation of Don Draper's infidelity, Betty Draper helps her husband with an important business dinner, before she later confronts him about his affair with Bobbie Barrett.



2 - 2.05 The New Girl

2. (2.05) "The New Girl" - Don and Bobbie heads out of the city for a night together, before getting into a traffic accident. Don recruits Peggy to help him cover up the incident. Meanwhile, a new Sterling-Cooper secretary named Jane Siegel begins working for Don.



3 - 2.04 Three Sundays

3. (2.04) "Three Sundays" - Over the Easter holidays, Don and Betty clash over the discipline of their son Bobby. Peggy meets the new family priest, Father Gill. And Head of Advertising Duck Phillips recruits the agency in an effort to win over American Airlines as a new client.



4 - 2.07 The Gold Violin

4. (2.07) "The Gold Violin" - Art director Sal Romano develops a case of unrequited attraction for Accounts man Ken Cosgrove. Joan and Jane clash over an incident regarding a new painting in owner Bert Cooper's office. And Betty learns about Don's affair with Bobbie Barrett at a media party, thanks to her husband Jimmy.



5 - 2.09 Six Month Leave

5. (2.09) "Six Month Leave" - Owner Roger Sterling leaves his wife for Jane Siegel. Senior copy Freddie Rumsen's alcoholism spirals out of control. And the death of Marilyn Monroe has an impact upon the firm's female employees.




Monday, June 1, 2020

"BARBARY COAST" (1935) Photo Gallery



Below are images from "BARBARY COAST", the 1935 adaptation of Herbert Ashbury's 1933 book about old California. Directed by Howard Hawks, the movie starred Miriam Hopkins, Edward G. Robinson and Joel McCrea:



"BARBARY COAST" (1935) Photo Gallery