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Classic Films in Focus: ZIEGFELD GIRL (1941)

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Jun 22, 2015

Ziegfeld Girl (1941) provides a different perspective on the Ziegfeld Follies from Best Picture Winner The Great Ziegfeld (1936); it focuses on a trio of chorines rather than the showman himself, who never actually appears in the picture. Judy Garland, Lana Turner, and Hedy Lamarr star as three youn read more

Classic Films in Focus: ZIEGFELD GIRL (1941)

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Jun 22, 2015

Ziegfeld Girl (1941) provides a different perspective on the Ziegfeld Follies from Best Picture Winner The Great Ziegfeld (1936); it focuses on a trio of chorines rather than the showman himself, who never actually appears in the picture. Judy Garland, Lana Turner, and Hedy Lamarr star as three youn read more

Classic Films in Focus: ZIEGFELD GIRL (1941)

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Jun 22, 2015

Ziegfeld Girl (1941) provides a different perspective on the Ziegfeld Follies from Best Picture Winner The Great Ziegfeld (1936); it focuses on a trio of chorines rather than the showman himself, who never actually appears in the picture. Judy Garland, Lana Turner, and Hedy Lamarr star as three youn read more

Classic Films in Focus: THE BEAST WITH FIVE FINGERS (1946)

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Jun 21, 2015

The Beast with Five Fingers (1946) is a surprisingly effective chiller from director Robert Florey and screenwriter Curt Siodmak, who also penned horror classics like The Wolf Man (1941) and I Walked with a Zombie (1943). For genre fans, the chief draw of the picture is Peter Lorre as an obsessed as read more

Classic Films in Focus: THE BEAST WITH FIVE FINGERS (1946)

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Jun 21, 2015

The Beast with Five Fingers (1946) is a surprisingly effective chiller from director Robert Florey and screenwriter Curt Siodmak, who also penned horror classics like The Wolf Man (1941) and I Walked with a Zombie (1943). For genre fans, the chief draw of the picture is Peter Lorre as an obsessed as read more

Classic Films in Focus: THE BEAST WITH FIVE FINGERS (1946)

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Jun 21, 2015

The Beast with Five Fingers (1946) is a surprisingly effective chiller from director Robert Florey and screenwriter Curt Siodmak, who also penned horror classics like The Wolf Man (1941) and I Walked with a Zombie (1943). For genre fans, the chief draw of the picture is Peter Lorre as an obsessed as read more

Classic Films in Focus: HIS KIND OF WOMAN (1951)

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Jun 20, 2015

His Kind of Woman (1951) combines film noir and cock-eyed comedy in the performances of two great stars, Robert Mitchum and Vincent Price. Mitchum handles the grimmer business, facing off against Raymond Burr and a gang of nasty lackeys, while Price hams it up gloriously as an actor who yearns to pl read more

Classic Films in Focus: HIS KIND OF WOMAN (1951)

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Jun 20, 2015

His Kind of Woman (1951) combines film noir and cock-eyed comedy in the performances of two great stars, Robert Mitchum and Vincent Price. Mitchum handles the grimmer business, facing off against Raymond Burr and a gang of nasty lackeys, while Price hams it up gloriously as an actor who yearns to pl read more

Classic Films in Focus: HIS KIND OF WOMAN (1951)

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Jun 20, 2015

His Kind of Woman (1951) combines film noir and cock-eyed comedy in the performances of two great stars, Robert Mitchum and Vincent Price. Mitchum handles the grimmer business, facing off against Raymond Burr and a gang of nasty lackeys, while Price hams it up gloriously as an actor who yearns to pl read more

Classic Films in Focus: ANGEL FACE (1952)

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Jun 18, 2015

Robert Mitchum and Jean Simmons play a deadly game of dysfunctional romance in Otto Preminger's Angel Face (1952), which features a particularly tragic femme fatale caught in the undertow of her own insanity. Everyone around her is in danger of being dragged down, as well, but Mitchum's protagonist read more

Classic Films in Focus: ANGEL FACE (1952)

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Jun 18, 2015

Robert Mitchum and Jean Simmons play a deadly game of dysfunctional romance in Otto Preminger's Angel Face (1952), which features a particularly tragic femme fatale caught in the undertow of her own insanity. Everyone around her is in danger of being dragged down, as well, but Mitchum's protagonist read more

Classic Films in Focus: ANGEL FACE (1952)

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Jun 18, 2015

Robert Mitchum and Jean Simmons play a deadly game of dysfunctional romance in Otto Preminger's Angel Face (1952), which features a particularly tragic femme fatale caught in the undertow of her own insanity. Everyone around her is in danger of being dragged down, as well, but Mitchum's protagonist read more

Classic Films in Focus: THE STRANGE DOOR (1951)

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Jun 17, 2015

Loosely adapted from a short story by Robert Louis Stevenson, director Joseph Pevney's The Strange Door (1951) plays like a primer for one of Roger Corman's Poe pictures, and fans of those films will find much to appreciate here. Gothic elements abound, including a forbidding castle filled with inst read more

Classic Films in Focus: EXPERIMENT PERILOUS (1944)

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Jun 17, 2015

Like the more illustrious Gaslight (1944), Experiment Perilous (1944) focuses on a beautiful woman trapped in a sinister plot to destroy her sanity, with Hedy Lamarr as the lady in peril and George Brent as her aspiring protector. The film also features direction by Jacques Tourneur, but it falls sh read more

Classic Films in Focus: THE STRANGE DOOR (1951)

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Jun 17, 2015

Loosely adapted from a short story by Robert Louis Stevenson, director Joseph Pevney's The Strange Door (1951) plays like a primer for one of Roger Corman's Poe pictures, and fans of those films will find much to appreciate here. Gothic elements abound, including a forbidding castle filled with inst read more

Classic Films in Focus: EXPERIMENT PERILOUS (1944)

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Jun 17, 2015

Like the more illustrious Gaslight (1944), Experiment Perilous (1944) focuses on a beautiful woman trapped in a sinister plot to destroy her sanity, with Hedy Lamarr as the lady in peril and George Brent as her aspiring protector. The film also features direction by Jacques Tourneur, but it falls sh read more

Classic Films in Focus: THE STRANGE DOOR (1951)

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Jun 17, 2015

Loosely adapted from a short story by Robert Louis Stevenson, director Joseph Pevney's The Strange Door (1951) plays like a primer for one of Roger Corman's Poe pictures, and fans of those films will find much to appreciate here. Gothic elements abound, including a forbidding castle filled with inst read more

Classic Films in Focus: EXPERIMENT PERILOUS (1944)

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Jun 17, 2015

Like the more illustrious Gaslight (1944), Experiment Perilous (1944) focuses on a beautiful woman trapped in a sinister plot to destroy her sanity, with Hedy Lamarr as the lady in peril and George Brent as her aspiring protector. The film also features direction by Jacques Tourneur, but it falls sh read more

Classic Films in Focus: DRACULA'S DAUGHTER (1936)

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Jun 16, 2015

Dracula's Daughter (1936) acts as a direct sequel to the 1931 Dracula, picking up mere moments after the earlier film ends. This time, however, the narrative focuses on Van Helsing (mysteriously altered to Von Helsing) and a new representative of the undead, the Countess Maria Zeleska, played with u read more

Classic Films in Focus: DRACULA'S DAUGHTER (1936)

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Jun 16, 2015

Dracula's Daughter (1936) acts as a direct sequel to the 1931 Dracula, picking up mere moments after the earlier film ends. This time, however, the narrative focuses on Van Helsing (mysteriously altered to Von Helsing) and a new representative of the undead, the Countess Maria Zeleska, played with u read more
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