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Classic Films in Focus: IVANHOE (1952)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Jul 19, 2016
Adapted from the novel by Sir Walter Scott, Ivanhoe (1952) makes a perfect companion to The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938). Both are rousing Technicolor adventures set during the days of King Richard the Lionheart, and Robin even plays a critical part in the later story. Robert Taylor might lack th read more
Classic Films in Focus: IVANHOE (1952)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Jul 19, 2016
Adapted from the novel by Sir Walter Scott, Ivanhoe (1952) makes a perfect companion to The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938). Both are rousing Technicolor adventures set during the days of King Richard the Lionheart, and Robin even plays a critical part in the later story. Robert Taylor might lack th read more
Classic Films in Focus: TOWER OF LONDON (1939)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Jul 18, 2016
Tower of London (1939) lacks the poetic grandeur of Shakespeare's Richard III, but the story remains more or less the same, with an atmosphere of horror injected into the historical drama through the appearance of genre icons like Boris Karloff and Vincent Price. As history goes, this is bloody stuf read more
Classic Films in Focus: TOWER OF LONDON (1939)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Jul 18, 2016
Tower of London (1939) lacks the poetic grandeur of Shakespeare's Richard III, but the story remains more or less the same, with an atmosphere of horror injected into the historical drama through the appearance of genre icons like Boris Karloff and Vincent Price. As history goes, this is bloody stuf read more
Classic Films in Focus: STAGE FRIGHT (1950)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Jul 12, 2016
Released just before the wildly successful Strangers on a Train (1951), Stage Fright (1950) ranks among the minor entries in the Alfred Hitchcock canon. It lacks the screw tightening suspense of the best of the director's pictures, and its humor, while engaging, never reaches that pitch black, twist read more
Classic Films in Focus: STAGE FRIGHT (1950)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Jul 12, 2016
Released just before the wildly successful Strangers on a Train (1951), Stage Fright (1950) ranks among the minor entries in the Alfred Hitchcock canon. It lacks the screw tightening suspense of the best of the director's pictures, and its humor, while engaging, never reaches that pitch black, twist read more
Classic Films in Focus: MOONTIDE (1942)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Jul 7, 2016
Although its name doesn't telegraph anything about the plot, Moontide (1942) does give the viewer an accurate impression of its mood, which is dreamy but dark, yielding a seductive fantasy with noir's sharp edge, or perhaps a noir film with romance's soft center. France's Jean Gabin and rising star read more
Classic Films in Focus: MOONTIDE (1942)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Jul 7, 2016
Although its name doesn't telegraph anything about the plot, Moontide (1942) does give the viewer an accurate impression of its mood, which is dreamy but dark, yielding a seductive fantasy with noir's sharp edge, or perhaps a noir film with romance's soft center. France's Jean Gabin and rising star read more
Film, Fact & Fiction: Buffalo Bill
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Jun 8, 2016
Buffalo Bill's
defunct
-- e.e. cummings
Like many historical figures of the American West, William F. Cody, better known as Buffalo Bill, became a legend within his own lifetime. Unlike many of his contemporaries, however, Cody engineered the process himself, carefully craf read more
Film, Fact & Fiction: Buffalo Bill
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Jun 8, 2016
Buffalo Bill's
defunct
-- e.e. cummings
Like many historical figures of the American West, William F. Cody, better known as Buffalo Bill, became a legend within his own lifetime. Unlike many of his contemporaries, however, Cody engineered the process himself, carefully craf read more
Guns of the Old Western in Wyoming
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Jun 6, 2016
We spent last week in Montana and Wyoming, mostly touring Yellowstone and Grant Teton National Parks, but I'm happy to say that I still found some balm for my classic movie loving soul. One of the best spots for indulging a cinema obsession was Cody, Wyoming, where we spent a full day exploring the read more
Guns of the Old Western in Wyoming
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Jun 6, 2016
We spent last week in Montana and Wyoming, mostly touring Yellowstone and Grant Teton National Parks, but I'm happy to say that I still found some balm for my classic movie loving soul. One of the best spots for indulging a cinema obsession was Cody, Wyoming, where we spent a full day exploring the read more
Classic Films in Focus: STRANGERS ON A TRAIN (1951)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on May 17, 2016
Strangers on a Train (1951) brought Alfred Hitchcock back to box office success after the lull that followed Notorious (1946), and today it remains a favorite with the auteur's fans. Hitchcock presents a deliciously twisted thriller in this tale of murder and blackmail, with Farley Granger returning read more
Classic Films in Focus: STRANGERS ON A TRAIN (1951)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on May 17, 2016
Strangers on a Train (1951) brought Alfred Hitchcock back to box office success after the lull that followed Notorious (1946), and today it remains a favorite with the auteur's fans. Hitchcock presents a deliciously twisted thriller in this tale of murder and blackmail, with Farley Granger returning read more
Top 10 List: My Favorite Westerns
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on May 16, 2016
My Westerns lifetime learning class is wrapping up this week, and my students have asked me about a top ten list of classic Westerns. I imagine there are plenty of such lists naming the "best" Westerns, but I'd rather make mine a list of personal favorites. I do aim for some diversity in terms of de read more
Top 10 List: My Favorite Westerns
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on May 16, 2016
My Westerns lifetime learning class is wrapping up this week, and my students have asked me about a top ten list of classic Westerns. I imagine there are plenty of such lists naming the "best" Westerns, but I'd rather make mine a list of personal favorites. I do aim for some diversity in terms of de read more
Five Movies on an Island Blogathon: My Five Picks
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on May 15, 2016
This week the Classic Film & TV Cafe is hosting the Five Movies on an Island Blogathon, in which different bloggers pick five movies they'd want to take with them to a castaway life. Of course, we're assuming that our islands are hooked up for movie viewing! For me, the five chosen films are one read more
Five Movies on an Island Blogathon: My Five Picks
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on May 15, 2016
This week the Classic Film & TV Cafe is hosting the Five Movies on an Island Blogathon, in which different bloggers pick five movies they'd want to take with them to a castaway life. Of course, we're assuming that our islands are hooked up for movie viewing! For me, the five chosen films are one read more
10 Great Westerns of the 1950s
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on May 9, 2016
The 1950s produced a bumper crop of A-level Westerns with some of Hollywood's biggest stars in the leading roles, including some we don't necessarily associate with the genre. Over the course of the decade, darker and more complex psychological Westerns appealed to adult viewers, even as the matinee read more
10 Great Westerns of the 1950s
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on May 9, 2016
The 1950s produced a bumper crop of A-level Westerns with some of Hollywood's biggest stars in the leading roles, including some we don't necessarily associate with the genre. Over the course of the decade, darker and more complex psychological Westerns appealed to adult viewers, even as the matinee read more