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2014 has been jam-packed with anniversaries significant to classic film lovers. The year has marked not only the on-screen centennial of Chaplin's "Little Tramp," but also the centenary birth dates of many silver (and Technicolor) screen luminaries including Alec Guinness, Hedy Lamarr, Ida Lupino, T read more

2014 has been jam-packed with anniversaries significant to classic film lovers. The year has marked not only the on-screen centennial of Chaplin's "Little Tramp," but also the centenary birth dates of many silver (and Technicolor) screen luminaries including Alec Guinness, Hedy Lamarr, Ida Lupino, T read more

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Paul Powell, 1921   Paul Powell offers an interesting back-story to his film career, with writing and censoring duties being his entrance to Hollywood. Powell began as a reporter in Chicago with the Tribune, and then he moved on to Los Angeles, with the Express as a political writer and city ed read more

Paul Powell, 1921   Paul Powell offers an interesting back-story to his film career, with writing and censoring duties being his entrance to Hollywood. Powell began as a reporter in Chicago with the Tribune, and then he moved on to Los Angeles, with the Express as a political writer and city ed read more

Paul Powell, 1921   Paul Powell offers an interesting back-story to his film career, with writing and censoring duties being his entrance to Hollywood. Powell began as a reporter in Chicago with the Tribune, and then he moved on to Los Angeles, with the Express as a political writer and city ed read more

Alias Smith and Jones stars Pete Duel and Roger Davis. Tragedy and irony surround the evolution, success, and cancellation of Alias Smith and Jones, the breezy Western-comedy that ran on ABC from 1971 to 1973. Producer Roy Huggins initially came up with the idea for a TV series loosely inspired by read more

By Fritzi Kramer on November 4, 2014 in Blog, GIF, Humor The Magic Cloak of Oz has many moments that– to employ an overused word of a few years back– can be best described as random. Why is the heroine named Fluff? Why would a kingdom put her and her brother in charge of anything? They read more

One of the films featured at Philly QFest (when I went) was called Limbo. The tale of a 5th Grade homosexual boy who falls into a delusional world after suffering an accident. Having missed this film upon its initial screening it became a DVD must. However, this film in the end suffers from more tha read more

Back in 1979, my Mother and Grandmother were propitious enough to be able to witness Lauren Bacall live on the Mike Walsh Show in Sydney. This event was being held by my Uncle’s school, and anybody that was attending that day had a bus provided for them that would commute them to and from the read more

Edgar Allen Poe’s The Fall of The House of Usher has been the subject of a number of filmic adaptations over the years, and while most fans of horror films consider Roger Corman‘s 1960 take to be the go-to version, I’d like to submit a couple of other, much earlier versions for you read more

Edgar Allen Poe’s The Fall of The House of Usher has been the subject of a number of filmic adaptations over the years, and while most fans of horror films consider Roger Corman‘s 1960 take to be the go-to version, I’d like to submit a couple of other, much earlier versions for you read more

Although made in the late 1950s, Night of the Demon (US: Curse of the Demon) owes its inspiration to producer Val Lew-ton's 1940s “B” horror films. Constrained by a low budget, Lewton knew he couldn’t afford to show a scary monster, so he made psychological thrillers like The Leopa read more

Louis Sorin   Louis Sorin was far better known on stage, than in film, finding a thirty year stint on Broadway, [1] including: Humoresque, 1923, The Constant Nymph, 1927, and The Night Before Christmas, 1941. In late 1941, Sorin replaced Morris Carnovsky, as Mr. Appopolous in, My Sister Eileen. read more

Louis Sorin   Louis Sorin was far better known on stage, than in film, finding a thirty year stint on Broadway, [1] including: Humoresque, 1923, The Constant Nymph, 1927, and The Night Before Christmas, 1941. In late 1941, Sorin replaced Morris Carnovsky, as Mr. Appopolous in, My Sister Eileen. read more

By Fritzi Kramer on October 30, 2014 in Blog, Feature, Silent Movie Review Bankrupt in New York? California, here we come! That, in a nutshell, is the plot of Rubber Tires, a romantic road comedy from the tail end of the silent era. Can our madcap family roll into Newhall in their battered flivver? read more

Even before hitching to Clark Gable as her second husband, Carole Lombard showed the public her sudden fondness for rural life through a series of Paramount publicity photographs taken at the San Fernando Valley ranch she owned in 1937. (It's probably some subdivision now.) Above is p1202-1589, whic read more

Louis Sorin   Louis Sorin was far better known on stage, than in film, finding a thirty year stint on Broadway, [1] including: Humoresque, 1923, The Constant Nymph, 1927, and The Night Before Christmas, 1941. In late 1941, Sorin replaced Morris Carnovsky, as Mr. Appopolous in, My Sister Eileen. read more

Rita Hayworth: a deusa e a femme fatale Ela nasceu Margarita Carmen Cansino em 1918. Para milhões de pessoas, ela será para sempre Gilda, a protagonista do filme de 1946. Mas Rita Hayworth foi muito mais que a sex symbol que seduziu Glenn Ford no clássico noir. Ela inclusive chegou a dizer read more

Rita Hayworth: a deusa e a femme fatale Ela nasceu Margarita Carmen Cansino em 1918. Para milhões de pessoas, ela será para sempre Gilda, a protagonista do filme de 1946. Mas Rita Hayworth foi muito mais que a sex symbol que seduziu Glenn Ford no clássico noir. Ela inclusive chegou a dizer read more