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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

  What could be better than Philo Vance, the suave, debonair, fascinating, intelligent, erudite detective portrayed by the suave, debonair, fascinating, intelligent, erudite actor, William Powell? Little can best the seventy-three minutes spent with this gem of a mystery based on the novel wri read more

  What could be better than Philo Vance, the suave, debonair, fascinating, intelligent, erudite detective portrayed by the suave, debonair, fascinating, intelligent, erudite actor, William Powell? Little can best the seventy-three minutes spent with this gem of a mystery based on the novel wri read more

  What could be better than Philo Vance, the suave, debonair, fascinating, intelligent, erudite detective portrayed by the suave, debonair, fascinating, intelligent, erudite actor, William Powell? Little can best the seventy-three minutes spent with this gem of a mystery based on the novel wri read more

Miriam Hopkins ranked among the top film actresses of the 1930s, especially among the critics. Like her peer, Bette Davis, her stellar career spanned from the 1920s through the 1960s and encompassed theatre, radio, television and film. From her first film in 1930 she displayed a verve that made her read more

  Classic Movie Halloween Pin-Ups, PR and More… Shirley Temple ….. Veronica Lake ….. Cary Grant and Priscilla Lane (Arsenic and Old Lace) ….. Judy Garland ….. Mary Pickford ….. Ava Gardner ….. Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis ….. Ann Miller ….. Y read more

Miriam Hopkins ranked among the top film actresses of the 1930s, especially among the critics. Like her peer, Bette Davis, her stellar career spanned from the 1920s through the 1960s and encompassed theatre, radio, television and film. From her first film in 1930 she displayed a verve that made her read more

Miriam Hopkins ranked among the top film actresses of the 1930s, especially among the critics. Like her peer, Bette Davis, her stellar career spanned from the 1920s through the 1960s and encompassed theatre, radio, television and film. From her first film in 1930 she displayed a verve that made her read more

Miriam Hopkins ranked among the top film actresses of the 1930s, especially among the critics. Like her peer, Bette Davis, her stellar career spanned from the 1920s through the 1960s and encompassed theatre, radio, television and film. From her first film in 1930 she displayed a verve that made her read more

Today, I’m happy to write this text to celebrate my 9th favourite actress, the marvellous Teresa Wright. Even if I had seen only two of her movies, I just fount her incredible, especially in Hitchcock’s Shadow of A Doubt (1943). For what I’ve seen of this actress, acting look so s read more

By Fritzi Kramer on October 27, 2014 in Blog, GIF, Humor I don’t mean to be judgmental. I really don’t. It’s just that… I mean, I can’t… NO! You cannot microwave tea water. I stand firm in my conviction. This is what electric tea kettles were invented for. In the read more

Here's proof that not all "classic Hollywood portraiture" took place in Hollywood...or even in southern California. This pensive shot of Carole Lombard, Paramount p1202-2, was taken in New York by Herman Zerrenner in the late summer of 1930, when Lombard was in the East to make "Fast And Loose," wha read more