"Honey, get your boppin' shoes, Before the jukebox blow the fuse, Everybody's hoppin', Everybody's boppin', Boppin' at the high school hop." Before Johnny Depp took on the role of an undercover cop in a high school in TV's 21 Jump Street, Russ Tamblyn from West Side Story made the first wave in the cult classic B-film High School Confidential! (1958). He plays a new student at Santa Bellow High, but he’s an undercover narcotics agent working with the police to take down “Mr. A,” a jazz pianist and drug dealer played by Jackie Coogan, who is famously known as Uncle Fester.  The film starts with Jerry Lee Lewis belting out the title track from a flatbed truck.      We also meet Tony Baker, a cocky, smart-mouthed punk who transfers to the school, eager to create some chaos and score some weed . Right away, he's causing a stir with his shocking behavior and delightfully 1950s slang that leaves everyone bewildered.      "The name's B

  I have a deep appreciation for vintage movie theaters and murals. Growing up in the 1970s and 80s, my local cinema was The Loews Paradise in The Bronx, NYC. This enchanting venue created the ambiance of an outdoor villa courtyard beneath a starlit sky. I cherished the starry ceiling while enjoying some of my favorite films from that era. Now residing in Ohio, I often discover similar classic theaters that occasionally  and not often enough screen timeless films. While trying to burn off some of the delightful ice cream from  Aglamesis Bro's in Cincinnati, I stumbled upon a massive classic film mural just a block away. Is that Rosemary Clooney? Indeed it is! To my astonishment, the mural was situated above a theater marquee. The theater? The 20th Century Theater.    The 20th Century Theater stands as a charming historic landmark in Cincinnati, Ohio, designed by Fred W. Stritzel and inaugurated in 1941 as an opulent movie house. The inaugural film was Blood and Sand, featuring Rit