Movies

Mister 880 (1950) Thank you, Donna, for reminding me that I had not written this up. Just about the most heartwarming story of crime and counterfeiting you will ever see. Based on a true story, about an old man in New York City who supplemented his income by passing one or two crudely designed counterfeit one dollar bills every day. His systematic and offbeat approach kept him from being captured for some ten years. I had been wanting to see this for quite a while, having read of it in one of the many compendia of crimes, rogues and scoundrels on the shelves here at the Kooks Museum. Young, wavy-haired Burt Lancaster won't give in until he captures lovable kindly Edmund Gwenn. Dorothy McGuire plays The Girl but for some reason she has always passed instantly from my memory. You can have Miracle on 34th Street, this is better and you don't have to wait until December to watch it. All-around good fun for everyone. 10/10