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o/t: if today begins with a “T” and it’s not Thursday, this must be time for . . .
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Sep 9, 2014
. . . Todd Mason’s Tuesday’s Overlooked Films and/or Other A/V — another episode of the exceptionally useful weekly roundup of links to goodies from around the intertubes. For the links themselves you’ll have to go here; the list of articles and posts he links to is: Anne Bil read more
I haven’t been this excited since the last time I saw a squirrel! Animated GIF
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Sep 8, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on September 8, 2014 in Blog, GIF, Humor You guys are so amazing, you would think you had fuzzy tails and hoarded acorns. Heck, you may have fuzzy tails and hoard acorns for all I know. In any case, the participation was wonderful for the blogathon and I wanted to thank everyone wh read more
The Greatest Gift: A Christmas Tale
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Sep 8, 2014
Book reviews are back and we’re already gearing up for Christmas! In honor of the 68th anniversary of It’s a Wonderful Life, Simon & Schuster are releasing the original short story on which the film is based. A short foundation from which director Frank Capra expanded, Philip Van Dor read more
A Day Behind…
The Bogie Film Blog Posted by Bogart Fan on Sep 7, 2014
Sorry weekly readers! I’m one day behind this week due to traveling! The Sunday Bogie Post will be tomorrow! read more
A Epopeia do Jazz / Alexander’s Ragtime Band (1938)
Critica Retro Posted by Lê on Sep 7, 2014
A Epopeia do Jazz / Alexander’s Ragtime Band (1938) Há cem anos, o mundo passava por uma grande turbulência. Estou me referindo, claro, à Primeira Guerra Mundial, que trouxe imensas mudanças na geopolítica, tecnologia e no mundo das artes. O cinema usou o conflito como pano de fundo read more
A Epopeia do Jazz / Alexander’s Ragtime Band (1938)
Critica Retro Posted by Lê on Sep 7, 2014
A Epopeia do Jazz / Alexander’s Ragtime Band (1938) Há cem anos, o mundo passava por uma grande turbulência. Estou me referindo, claro, à Primeira Guerra Mundial, que trouxe imensas mudanças na geopolítica, tecnologia e no mundo das artes. O cinema usou o conflito como pano de fundo read more
A gem from Columbia: Lombard in lingerie
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Sep 7, 2014
Carole Lombard's first film for Columbia, 1932's "Virtue," was more suggestive than racy, at least on screen; while her character Mae is a streetwalker, convicted at the start of the movie for soliciting and ordered to leave New York City (the part of the film the audience doesn't actually see), we read more
Larry Steers, Acting, Politics; a Man Whose Energy Could Not Be Corralled.
Classic Film Aficionados Posted by C. S. Williams on Sep 6, 2014
Larry Steers is an important part of the history of Hollywood, film-making in general, to the state of California and our Country. We may remember him most for his laundry-list of uncredited movie appearances; yet, from 1917-1929 he was well known by audiences, and was applauded as a sound supporti read more
Larry Steers, Acting, Politics; a Man Whose Energy Could Not Be Corralled.
Classic Film Aficionados Posted by C. S. Williams on Sep 6, 2014
Larry Steers is an important part of the history of Hollywood, film-making in general, to the state of California and our Country. We may remember him most for his laundry-list of uncredited movie appearances; yet, from 1917-1929 he was well known by audiences, and was applauded as a sound supporti read more
Celebrating the centenary of a 'revived' rail station
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Sep 6, 2014
Shown on a train in New York in 1935, Carole Lombard visited many a rail station during her brief life, from arriving at Washington's Union Station with husband Clark Gable in December 1940 to leaving the Los Angeles facility of the same name in January 1942 for what would be a final departure from read more
Larry Steers, Acting, Politics; a Man Whose Energy Could Not Be Corralled.
Classic Film Aficionados Posted by C. S. Williams on Sep 6, 2014
Larry Steers is an important part of the history of Hollywood, film-making in general, to the state of California and our Country. We may remember him most for his laundry-list of uncredited movie appearances; yet, from 1917-1929 he was well known by audiences, and was applauded as a sound supporti read more
The Heart of Humanity (1918) A Silent Film Review
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Sep 6, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on September 6, 2014 in Blog, Feature, Silent Movie Review This is the story of five brothers and the woman they… Oh, who am I kidding? There is only one reason people watch this movie and it can be summed up in this little list: Erich von Stroheim + tall window + baby. You d read more
o/t: how noirish is a romantic countdown anyway?
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Sep 5, 2014
Well, obviously noirish enough for me! Here are the latest essays in the marvelous Wonders in the Dark Romantic Countdown. With luck some publisher will have the gumption to think about making a book out of this series. 26. Trouble in Paradise (1932) 25. Love Me Tonight 24. West Side Story 23. 2046 read more
The 'Virtue' of pre-Codes, plus a postscript on a classic
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Sep 4, 2014
We mentioned this slightly more than two months ago, but each Friday in September, Turner Classic Movies in the U.S. is showing 24 hours of pre-Code films (http://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/706696.html), 66 movies in all -- including Carole Lombard in "Virtue" (1932), which airs at 9:45 a.m. (Eas read more
Stephan McNally - A Heavy of the West
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Sep 3, 2014
Stephen McNally had been an actor for eight years before he played his first western heavy. His role in Winchester 73 in 1950 as James Stewart’s vicious, traitorous brother, Dutch Henry Brown, led to roles as either a heavy or a hero in 12 subsequent westerns in the ‘50s and ‘60s a read more
Stephan McNally - A Heavy of the West
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Sep 3, 2014
Stephen McNally had been an actor for eight years before he played his first western heavy. His role in Winchester 73 in 1950 as James Stewart’s vicious, traitorous brother, Dutch Henry Brown, led to roles as either a heavy or a hero in 12 subsequent westerns in the ‘50s and ‘60s a read more
Stephan McNally - A Heavy of the West
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Sep 3, 2014
Stephen McNally had been an actor for eight years before he played his first western heavy. His role in Winchester 73 in 1950 as James Stewart’s vicious, traitorous brother, Dutch Henry Brown, led to roles as either a heavy or a hero in 12 subsequent westerns in the ‘50s and ‘60s a read more
Stephan McNally - A Heavy of the West
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Sep 3, 2014
Stephen McNally had been an actor for eight years before he played his first western heavy. His role in Winchester 73 in 1950 as James Stewart’s vicious, traitorous brother, Dutch Henry Brown, led to roles as either a heavy or a hero in 12 subsequent westerns in the ‘50s and ‘60s a read more
Pic of the Day: “Fifth Man in a String Quartet” revisited
The Timothy Carey Experience Posted by Marisa on Sep 2, 2014
Today’s pic takes another look at the McCloud episode “Fifth Man in a String Quartet,” first airing on February 2, 1972. Timothy’s unnamed apartment super shows McCloud (Dennis Weaver) around the apartment of a musician accused of murder. Tim definitely was at his heaviest i read more
I really want to do this when people won’t even try to watch a silent movie. Animated GIF
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Sep 1, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on September 1, 2014 in Blog, GIF, Humor Sometimes, I feel like a mother with a particularly picky child. “Just try a few minutes of a silent movie.” “No! I’ll hate it! It’s icky!” “Just a little.” “No, no, no!!!!” If you read more