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The Return of the Vampire is an interesting, WWII-set take on the overdone vampire genre that gets point for having a female Van Helsing character.  Sorry, I can’t say Van Helsing; due to legalities with the Stoker estate, even though this is read more

Crazy Like a Fox is one of Charley Chase’s funniest silent shorts. I literally lost the ability to breath the first time I saw it. Charley is trying to wiggle out of an engagement by convincing his prospective in-laws that he is insane. Does read more

Someone at a Facebook group posted this image of Carole Lombard, and I know absolutely nothing about it; the person who put it up was similarly stumped. Anyone care to venture a guess of what film it might be from? As you can tell, there's no coding read more

Many people’s quest to “have a good time at a party” is often thwarted due to a variety of reasons – either by unpleasant people they happen to run into, the party ends up being the ever-common term: lame, or, the most common read more

My Rating —Worth a Watch—  Your Bogie Fix:  out of 5 Bogies! Director:  John Ford The Lowdown Two inmates (Spencer Tracy and Warren Hymer) escape prison to help a recently released convict (Humphrey Bogart) who’s being blackmailed. What read more

The title, Paul Williams Still Alive, might be considered a spoiler if anyone except writer-director Kessler was sure Paul Williams wasn’t alive. The film chronicles Kessler’s rediscovery of Paul Williams–more as a seventies entert read more

Blue Jean (1917) Status: Print held by the George Eastman House Blue Jeans is another film by the acclaimed director John Collins. Within a year of completing it, Collins was dead from the Spanish Influenza at the age of 28. Actress Viola Dana lost read more

Welcome to Classics of the Corn, the series in which I share my love for the cheesy goodness that lives in the underbelly of the cinematic realm. Today we’re taking a look at my new favorite piece of corny corny corn, which I loved so much that read more

In Doctor X, Newspaper man Lee Taylor (Lee Tracy) dogs the New York City police as they investigate the “Moon Killer Murders,” a spate of serial killings that leave victims stabbed with a scalpel and cannibalized. When police determine t read more

Earlier this month we made the trip down to Mobile, Alabama, to take the Kid to camp, and while we were there we paid a visit to the USS Alabama. As I perused a wall of photos from the ship's memory book, I was delighted to find this one of Ray Milla read more

  Marlene Dietrich: Queen of Drag Marlene Dietrich is a woman of many titles. International movie star, cabaret artist extraordinaire, Allied power’s most valuable cheerleader and, of course, gay icon. No-one pulls off a suit quite like Marlene read more

Garbo ponders her identity. A plot device staple, despite its unlikely real-life occurrence, amnesia has shown no favoritism toward any particular genre nor sex. Screen legend Greta Garbo made it fashionable for women to forget their identitie read more

On Sunday 16th June the Classic Horror Campaign teams up with the brand new Space Monsters classic sci-fi magazine to present a Ray Harryhausen double-bill at the Roxy Bar and Screen in London Bridge. We are screening Earth Vs. The Flying Saucers (19 read more

Noir and Chick Flicks, is really looking forward to sharing "What I will be Watching" posts with my fellow bloggers and readers. I have really missed putting them together. I'm also going to make a few fun changes on the side-bar. I'm adding... "M read more

Judy Garland’s life was filled of heartache, of that there’s no doubt, but biographer Anne Edwards was the first to blame society – specifically the Hollywood studio system – for the wealth of diseases that came to wrack, and read more

This is a slight revamp of a post I previously published to celebrate the legend of Judy Garland, the greatest entertainer of the 20th Century.  Judy would have celebrated her 91st birthday today.  I celebrate her always.  This one’s my heart. read more

"Gripping!..Daring!....Too Too Touching" So reads the advertisement.  I thought I saw 'em all, but this film tops the Beyond Incredulous list. Kelly and Dempsey, two befuddled detectives, are driving along a secluded road one dark and st read more

I love the idea of 30 day challenges but most of the ideas listed are more suitable for general film blogs. So, inspired by the assorted lists around the internet, I have decided to adjust the list to be more classic or silent film friendly. These read more

Weekend Movie Recap! Another weekend, another great line-up of classic films! Never in my life have I watched so many (new-to-me) classics in a row as I have within the past month! It's been one heck of a ride, let me tell you. I've been DVR read more

It’s rare that I go into a film without knowing at least something about it.  Even when I watch a film I haven’t heard of before (generation Um, for example), I do at least a little homework to understand what I’m about to get into read more

I’ve been away from How Sweet It Was for some time now.  Unintentionally.  And return with a post I had no intention of posting until a couple of hours ago.  Let me explain… I try to post daily tributes on my tumblr page, Citizen Screen, read more

As the list of 2013 films that I had seen grew, I started ranking those releases on a semi-regular basis on Facebook.  As time marched on and those films that I missed in the theater made their way to home video, my occasional FB posts became weekly read more

As you recall, my theme month for June was chosen by my readers in a poll. Now I am going one step further. I am going to have an entire month in which a review nothing but reader requests! Here’s how it works: Request a silent movie that you read more

During the 1970s, Carey put nearly all of his energy into his follow-up to THE WORLD’S GREATEST SINNER, TWEET’S LADIES OF PASADENA. He turned down a big part in THE GODFATHER, as he was in the throes of making TWEET’S. After Francis read more

On this day, June 9, 1955, Miss Pier Angeli was in all likelihood one of the two or three loveliest things in all of Los Angeles (as well looking far more interesting and engaging than, sadly, she was ever really able to do on film).  And Life w read more

Here are notable facts about Mary. Info provided by IMBD. Founded MTM Enterprises in 1969 with ex-husband Grant Tinker. Sold the company in 1990. Her sister, Liz, was born 3 months earlier than her own son. Elizabeth was born March 20, 19 read more

  Leslie Banks was an English theatre and cinema actor, director, and producer best remembered for playing gruff, menacing characters in black-and-white films of the 1930s and 1940s.     Leslie Banks was born June 9, 1890 in West Derb read more

Far From the Madding Crowd (1915) Status: Missing and presumed lost If ever there was a tale to showcase leading men, this is it. Thomas Hardy’s 1874 novel features three juicy parts for the boys: The flashy playboy, the mature stalker and the read more

As a fan of Ebert’s Bigger Little Movie Glossary, I was thrilled to come across this 1922 article from Photoplay detailing the top silent film cliches of the time. Some of them are still true, while others seem odd and obscure (I am going to k read more

You can bet Laura gives Rob an earful when he gets home after the sketch airs… (Screen capture by Lindsey for TMP) SEASON 1, EPISODE 16: “THE CURIOUS THING ABOUT WOMEN” DIR. JOHN RICH WRITTEN BY DAVID ADLER ORIGINALLY AIRED JANUARY read more