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“The Hitch-Hiker,” a taunt film noir directed by Ida Lupino
Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on Oct 23, 2020
“The Hitch-Hiker,” a taunt film noir directed by Ida Lupino
The Hitch-Hiker (1953) is a film noir directed by Ida Lupino and starring Edmund O’Brien, Frank Lovejoy, and William Talman. The movie is based on the true-crime spree of psychopathic murderer Billy Cook. The cinemato read more
Silver Screen Standards: Tension (1949)
Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Oct 23, 2020
Silver Screen Standards: Tension (1949) Although it’s not as celebrated as noir classics like The Maltese Falcon (1942) or Sunset Blvd. (1950), director John Berry’s Tension (1949) is one of my go-to picks for the genre because it packs so much punch to appreciate into 95 minutes of keenly depict read more
Annabelle
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Oct 23, 2020
Branching out The Conjuring series, Annabelle tells the story of a young couple and a doll that becomes possessed with evil. Mia (Annabelle Wallis) and John (Ward Horton) are a picture perfect couple living in the California suburbs. Mia is adorably pregnant and John is dutifully sweet, even giving read more
Book Review: ‘This Life’ by Sidney Poitier
The Wonderful World of Cinema Posted by Virginie Pronovost on Oct 22, 2020
Three weeks ago, I went back to the library to return the book Jean Arthur: The Actress Nobody Knew by John Oller. I then took the opportunity to borrow another one. My choice was Sidney Poitier’s autobiography This Life which was initially published in 1980. I chose this book because, 1- Poit read more
Our Dancing Daughters (1928): Joan Crawford Ascending
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Oct 22, 2020
Our Dancing Daughters is an inflection point of silent film for the very fact it stands out for setting Joan Crawford up to be in incandescent star for generations to come. She calls upon her flapper talents and bouncy effervescence fully embodying the jazz age through the character of “Dange read more
'Libeled Lady' is going to press, or at least to Blu-ray
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Oct 22, 2020
It's the fall of 1936, and William Powell is getting rave reviews for his work with Carole Lombard in the Universal comedy "My Man Godfrey." But weeks after that hit theaters in September, Powell's home studio of MGM added to the fun by releasing another star-studded comedic treat -- and we've just read more
Hometowns to Hollywood Posted by Annette Bochenek on Oct 22, 2020
Secretary of Labor: The Department of Labor wishes to note that the workers of Freedonia are demanding shorter hours. Rufus T. Firefly: Very well, we’ll give them shorter hours. We’ll start by cutting their lunch hour to 20 minutes. —Duck Soup (1933) Of the many great comedy teams read more
Happy 6th Anniversary to The Wonderful World of Cinema! + Answering a few questions
The Wonderful World of Cinema Posted by Virginie Pronovost on Oct 21, 2020
Already six years ago, I decided to begin a blog, and I had no idea by then that it would go so far and that I’ll still be writing it today. I remember writing my articles at the university library back in 2014 and 2015. At the time, I was doing a screenwriting certificate at the University of read more
SCREENPLAY BY: James Ashmore Creelman
The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on Oct 21, 2020
SCREENPLAY BY: James Ashmore Creelman
On October 21, 2020October 21, 2020 By CarolIn Uncategorized
James Ashmore Creelman’s tragic death came after a short, yet prolific career in Hollywood as the screenwriter behind some of the most iconic horro read more
Alias Nick Beal (1949): Ray Milland’s a Devil
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Oct 21, 2020
This is my entry in the CMBA Politics on Film Blogathon. Alias Nick Beal handily flips the paradigm of cinematic angels in vogue with Hollywood, specifically during the 1940s. You could make a whole subgenre out of them. As its name suggests, the lynchpin character of the whole movie is Nick, thoug read more
On Blu-ray: In a Smashing Performance Spanky McFarland Steals Kentucky Kernels (1934) from Wheeler and Whoolsey
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Oct 21, 2020
All the films I previously watched starring the Bert Wheeler
and Robert Woolsey comedy duo were from earlier in the pre-code era and as I
remember heavily reliant on scantily-clad chorus girls. The 1934 production
Kentucky Kernels trades in shapely legs for the cute factor, a role perfectly
filled b read more
Summer of ’84
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Oct 21, 2020
François Simard and Anouk Whissell’s 2018 film Summer of 84 is a surprisingly dark tale of American suburbia. The 80s nostalgia factor makes it kind of like a Stranger Things grounded in reality. The story of a kid across the cul-de-sac spying on his neighbor gives the film a suspenseful Rear Window read more
CMBA 2020 FALL BLOGATHON, POLITICS ON FILM: What Every Woman Knows, 1934
Caftan Woman Posted by on Oct 21, 2020
Politics on Film is the topic for the Classic Movie Blog Association's Fall Blogathon running from October 20th to 23rd. Click HERE for the fascinating contributions to this timely blogathon.
John Shand is a young man of great confidence and ambition. Shand has a lot of opinions and a talent read more
The (Almost) Great McGinty
Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on Oct 21, 2020
There is Fitzgerald’s Jay Gatsby, who chased a wondrous
fantasy that sprang out of his disjointed vision of the American
Dream. And there is Preston Sturges’s Dan McGinty whose aspirations didn’t, at
first, extend beyond the opportunities of the moment, a warm bowl of soup, a
coupl read more
Pre-Code Connie, two 'Topper' tales and an ersatz 'Godfrey'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Oct 21, 2020
This is Carole Lombard's Paramount portrait p1202-69, from late 1930. It was early in Carole's somewhat successful seven years at the Melrose Avenue studio, but there's long been conjecture she wouldn't have landed at Paramount had she not been dismissed from Pathe in the fall of 1929, after she had read more
The Unknown (1927): Silent Cinema Out on The Big Top
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Oct 20, 2020
As someone always trying to steep myself in more and more silent cinema, I still have much to contend with when it comes to the careers of Tod Browning and Lon Chaney. However, from everything I can gather, The Unknown is a wonderful melding of their talents, Browning drawing on his penchant read more
Feminist Political Flicks: Together Again
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Oct 20, 2020
Together Again (1944) is one of those curious rom-coms that’s so entertaining it’s hard to understand why it isn’t well known. It pits a wised-up, small-town, widowed mayor (Irene Dunne) against her crafty father-in-law (Charles Coburn). She is devoted to her town and to commemorat read more
Chaplin's "The Great Dictator" at 80: Dreamers and Doers
A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on Oct 19, 2020
This is my entry in the Classic Movie Blog Association's Politics in Film Blogathon. For more examples of how this red hot topic is handled on the silver screen, click here.Spoiler alert: this is going to get political. Typically, I try (sometimes not always successfully) to keep politics read more
Musical Monday: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court (1949)
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Oct 19, 2020
It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 600. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: A Connecticut Yankee in read more
Watch FILM NOIR STYLE: BEFORE THE WAR on Vimeo!
GlamAmor Posted by on Oct 19, 2020
Thanks to all who came to last night's event Film Noir Style: Before the War 1940-1941! A great time was had by all! It was wonderful to step into my beloved world of film noir and celebrate its influential style. In case you missed the event live, the video is now available on demand on Vimeo. read more