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TMP Reads: “Born to Be Hurt” by Sam Staggs
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Aug 25, 2013
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One of my resolutions for 2013 has been to read more books about film. I’ve done a pretty good job of keeping up with that goal, my latest conquest being Sam Staggs’ “Born to Be Hurt,” a book about Douglas Sirk’s Imitation of Life — one of read more
Classics of the Corn: Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Aug 24, 2013
(Screen capture by Lindsey for TMP)
A group of scientists have traveled to an island in the middle of nowhere, where they hope to study the effects of nuclear testing on the environment. But when they have some airplane trouble, they’re stranded on the island.
Things only seem to get worse fro read more
Reviewin’ the Box: ‘Judy, Frank & Dean: Once in a lifetime’
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Aug 23, 2013
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Reviewin’ the Box: Judy, Frank & Dean: Once in a lifetime
What’s in the box?: A single disc including including musical performances from Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin. These performances come from a 1962 televised special.
Packaging: This DVD, releas read more
Mill Creek Musings: Rhythm in the Clouds (1937)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Aug 22, 2013
Judy Walker (Patricia Ellis) is an aspiring songwriter who is down on her luck. She has been desperately trying to get her music noticed, but has had no success at all. She gets the latest rejection letter from a lyricist named Phil Hale, who says he can’t look at her music until he finishes h read more
Period film: Hammett (1982)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Aug 21, 2013
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“This is an entirely imaginary story about the writer Samuel Dashiell Hammett, who… in the words of one of his most gifted contemporaries… helped get murder out of the Vicar’s rose garden and back to the people who are really good at it. The detective s read more
What to Watch, Summer Under the Stars edition: August 21 – 27
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Aug 20, 2013
Welcome to the weekly installment of What to Watch! During TCM’s Summer Under the Stars, I’ll be selecting three to five films from each day to recommend. There will be no “new to me” selections since I’m going to be out of town/without TCM for half of the month of August and won’t be able read more
The Love Trap (1929)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Aug 19, 2013
Evelyn Todd (Laura La Plante) has been fired from her job as a dancer in the chorus line.
(Screen capture by Lindsey for TMP)
Desperate for money, she takes a friend’s advice and attends a party where she can make money just for showing up and flirting with a few older, rich men. At this party read more
The Devil and Miss Jones (1941)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Aug 18, 2013
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J.P. Merrick (Charles Coburn) is a very rich and very grumpy department store owner. When his employees decide to start unionizing, hoping to get higher pay and better conditions in the workplace, he decides to take action to stop them. Determined to fin read more
The Stars Are Singing (1953)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Aug 17, 2013
Katri Walenska (Anna Maria Alberghetti) is a young polish girl who has jumped ship in New York Harbor. She swims to shore, hoping to find a new life in America.
With nothing to her name but a couple of bucks, a photo of her parents and a letter that her parents had written to an old friend, Katri de read more
Mill Creek Musings: Midnight Warning (1932)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Aug 16, 2013
Though I’ve been impressed by the visual quality of Mill Creek’s DVDs on a few occasions, Midnight Warning is a film that has not aged well. Fuzziness and grain are consistent in this print. (Screen capture by Lindsey for TMP)
Three young people check into a luxurious hotel: two men and read more
Classics of the Corn: Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Aug 15, 2013
The story of Jekyll and Hyde is a familiar one, but British writer Brian Clemens gave the story a huge twist in his 1971 adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s novella.
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Dr. Henry Jekyll is experimenting in an attempt to discover an “elixir of life.” He dec read more
Miss Annie Rooney (1942)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Aug 14, 2013
Annie Rooney (Shirley Temple) is a pretty and sweet teenage girl who comes from a humble family. She lives a happy life with her grandpa and her father, who is an unemployed inventor.
When Annie finds herself falling for her classmate Marty (Dickie Moore), she’s sure she’s found the grea read more
What to Watch, Summer Under the Stars edition: August 14 – 20
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Aug 13, 2013
Welcome to What to Watch, TMP’s weekly film recommendation segment! During TCM’s Summer Under the Stars, I’ll be selecting three to five films from each day to recommend. There will be no “new to me” selections since I’m going to be out of town/without TCM for half of the month of August read more
20,000 Cheers for the Chain Gang (Short, 1933)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Aug 12, 2013
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Yesterday I reviewed the fantastic pre-code crime drama I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang (1932). Included as a special feature on the DVD edition that I own of the film is a musical short titled 20,000 Cheers for the Chain Gang, which was released in 1933.
Running at abou read more
I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang (1932) (2)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Aug 11, 2013
“Don’t shoot, officers! I’m just here for the hamburgers!” (Screen capture by Lindsey for TMP)
James Allen (Paul Muni) has just returned home from fighting in the first World War. Not wanting to settle into a dull, monotonous life, he decides to travel, working odd jobs in co read more
Mill Creek Musings: The Devil’s Daughter (1939)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Aug 10, 2013
Sylvia Walton travels from Harlem to Jamaica, where she has inherited a banana plantation. Sylvia has a half-sister named Isabelle who ran the plantation until her father’s death, but she was disinherited and there’s been no sign of her since the arrival in Jamaica. She isn’t incre read more
Recap and React: Alfred Hitchcock Presents… episodes 30 – 34
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Aug 8, 2013
SEASON 1, EPISODE 30: “Never Again”
DIR. Robert Stevens
STARRING Phyllis Thaxter, Louise Albritton and Warren Stevens
ORIGINALLY AIRED April 22, 1956
Recap: Karen wakes up one day and finds herself in a completely unfamiliar room with a bandaged hand and “the worst hangover ever read more
Book vs. Film: On the Beach
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Aug 7, 2013
In 1957, Nevil Shute published his 21st novel, On the Beach. The story had originally appeared as a four-part story in a London periodical, being bound up into a single edition later that year along with new material that wasn’t included in the original stories.
Set in the then-future of 1964, read more
What to Watch, Summer Under the Stars edition: August 7 – 13
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Aug 6, 2013
Welcome to What to Watch, your weekly chance to be indoctrinated with my film selections! During TCM’s Summer Under the Stars, I’ll be selecting three to five films from each day to recommend. There will be no “new to me” selections since I’m going to be out of town/without TCM for half read more
Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘Notorious’ at Detroit’s Redford Theatre
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Aug 5, 2013
Back in April I posted about how awesome it was to see Alfred Hitchcock’s Rope on the big screen at Detroit’s Senate Theater. I knew that screening would be really hard to top on my list of “greatest screenings I’ve ever attended,” because the Senate is a wonderful thea read more