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Classic Quiz: Vol. 2 Answers
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Mar 12, 2015
I can admit when an idea doesn’t work out as I hoped, and the Classic Quiz is one such idea! Due to very low participation in the previous two quizzes, I won’t be continuing this series. But I do want to finish it off by providing the answers to the last quiz, for anyone who was interest read more
Jessie Matthews: A tribute
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Mar 11, 2015
Today is the 108th anniversary of the birth of Jessie Matthews, one of Britain’s greatest screen stars. Jessie is incredibly under-appreciated, even by devoted classic film fans, so I’ve decided to pay tribute to her today in hopes to bring more attention to her spectacular films.
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Rachel, Rachel (1968)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Mar 10, 2015
Note: Tuesday is usually the day for a ‘TMP Recommends: Five Films on TCM’ post, but I simply don’t have time to make that post today. (Next week is my spring break, and I’m scrambling to get a lot of work done this week so I can actually enjoy some time off, rather than havi read more
Blonde Ice (1948)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Mar 9, 2015
(Image via notrecinema.com)
Claire Cummings (Leslie Brooks), a society reporter living in San Francisco, is giving up her career in favor of marriage. Her groom is Carl Hanneman (John Holland), a wealthy businessman.
Claire isn’t in love with Carl. She’s actually in love with Les Burns ( read more
One year, one film: 1928 – The Wind
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Mar 8, 2015
One year, one film: 1928
The film:
The Wind, dir. Victor Sjostrom
starring Lillian Gish, Lars Hanson, Montagu Love
Rating:
Recommended | Highly Recommended | MUST-SEE
(Image via The Most Beautiful Fraud in the World)
Surprise, surprise – another Gish/Sjostrom/Hanson film! I was originally pla read more
Book vs. Film: The Most Dangerous Game
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Mar 5, 2015
Originally published in Collier’s in 1924, Richard Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game” (also known as “The Hounds of Zaroff”) is an incredibly chilling and suspenseful story. It begins with a man named Rainsford, traveling on a boat. He’s having a conversati read more
Collection Update: February 2015
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Mar 4, 2015
Movies/TV
A much greater number of acquisitions this month than last! Let’s get into the list.
DVD
22 Jump Street – Amazon
I’m not a huge fan of new-release comedies but I enjoyed this one a lot. Definitely my favorite comedy release in recent years (and, in my opinion, better tha read more
TMP Recommends: Five Films on TCM, March 4 – 10
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Mar 3, 2015
Welcome to this week’s installment of TMP Recommends! Here are five films you should keep an eye out for over the next seven days on TCM. All times are listed in EST and come from the US version of the TCM schedule.
(Image via Fright.com)
The Brain That Wouldn’t Die (1962)
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For the Defense (1930)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Mar 2, 2015
William Foster (William Powell) is a successful defense attorney. He’s in love with actress Irene Meyers (Kay Francis) but won’t marry her, because he doesn’t want to marry at all. In order to provoke jealousy from Foster, Irene begins spending time with Defoe (Scott Kolk), a socie read more
Dramatic School (1938)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Feb 28, 2015
“Behind the enchantment of the footlights there is the hard reality of the long climb to success. Mere talent is not enough — there must be, in the heart of the young player, a burning love of the stage which would sacrifice all else. This is the story of Louise Mauban — a dramatic read more
Book vs. Film: Austenland
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Feb 27, 2015
Published in 2007, Shannon Hale’s Austenland follows Jane Hayes, a 30-something New Yorker. She’s an average woman, with an average life, but for one thing: she’s obsessed with Colin Firth’s Mr. Darcy from the BBC adaptation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice.
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Cronaca di un amore (aka Story of a Love Affair) (1950)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Feb 26, 2015
Carloni (Gino Rossi) is a detective at a Milan agency. When we meet him, he is looking through a stack of photos of a beautiful woman.
(Image via Circeo59)
A wealthy man, Enrico Fontana (Ferdinando Sarmi), recently visited the agency and brought the photographs, which are of his wife Paola (Lucia Bo read more
So Long Letty (1929)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Feb 25, 2015
Letty Robbins (Charlotte Greenwood) is a loud and energetic woman who works as a solicitor for a beauty parlor. She’s married to Tommy (Bert Roach), a far less exuberant man.
Tommy’s uncle Claude (Claude Gillingwater), a millionaire, comes to town for a visit. He and his granddaughters, read more
TMP Recommends: Five Films on TCM, February 25 – March 3
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Feb 24, 2015
Welcome to this week’s installment of TMP Recommends! Here are five films you should keep an eye out for over the next seven days on TCM. Times are listed in EST and come from the US version of the TCM schedule. Happy viewing!
(via doctormacro.com)
Mister Roberts (1955)
Airing on TCM February read more
Top of the World (1955)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Feb 23, 2015
Lee Gannon (Dale Robertson) is an Air Force man, but he’s too old to keep flying jets. He’s being reassigned to Alaska’s Ladd Air Force Base, where he’ll still be active in the Air Force, just in a different capacity.
Gannon’s ex-wife, Virgie (Evelyn Keyes), is also liv read more
One year, one film: 1927 – It
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Feb 22, 2015
One year, one film: 1927
The film:
It, dir. Clarence Badger
starring Clara Bow, Antonio Moreno, William Austin, Jacqueline Gadsdon
Rating:
Recommended | Highly Recommended | MUST-SEE
(Image via Doctor Macro)
Of the 1927 Clara Bow releases, two are the most iconic films she ever made: It and Wings. read more
Classic Quiz: Vol. 2
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Feb 21, 2015
Welcome to TMP’s second Classic Quiz! Each quiz will contain five questions, pulled from my collection of Hollywood trivia books. Before we get to this week’s questions, here are the answers to last week’s quiz:
Veda Ann Borg
Mervyn LeRoy
All Star Revue
Ginger Rogers
Irma La Douce read more
Period film: Selma (2014)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Feb 20, 2015
“Unflinching” is a word that can be used to describe quite a few of the film releases of late 2014/early 2015, and Selma is among them. This early ’60s period film, focused the march for black voting rights from Selma, Alabama to the state capital of Montgomery, brings to life the read more
TMP Reads: “I’d Love to Kiss You…” Conversations with Bette Davis by Whitney Stine
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Feb 19, 2015
Whitney Stine became a fan of Bette Davis before he’d seen even one of her films.
Plagued by a series of illnesses as a child, Stine was often confined to his bedroom, unable to take up an outdoor hobby. His sister had a solution: she gave him a stack of fan magazines, left over from her own c read more
The Young in Heart (1938)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Feb 18, 2015
(Image via Movie Poster Shop)
THE RIVIERA!
Coney Island with a monocle…. where the beach twinkles like a gold piece and the moon comes rolling out of a slot machine… here Millionaire Mama seeks a glamorous son-in-law, while Tired Papa looks for new ways to get trimmed… and here cam read more