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I'm not tough. In fact, I'm really kind of a powder puff, the type of person who apologizes at the drop of a hat and can be made to feel bad for months with just a sharp word or a reproving look. Maybe that's why I have always loved the tough dames of classic Hollywood; they exude strength and a "He read more

I'm not tough. In fact, I'm really kind of a powder puff, the type of person who apologizes at the drop of a hat and can be made to feel bad for months with just a sharp word or a reproving look. Maybe that's why I have always loved the tough dames of classic Hollywood; they exude strength and a "He read more

  In January Wyndham Standing, was contracted to star in the Goldwyn picture: Earthbound.[1] By the middle of January, Russian ballet star, Flora Revalles, was added to the cast when she signed to make her film debut with the new Goldwyn production.[2] The project was nearing completion of fil read more

  In January of 1920, Wyndham Standing, was contracted to star in the Goldwyn picture: Earthbound.[1] By the middle of January, Russian ballet star, Flora Revalles, was added to the cast when she signed to make her film debut with the new Goldwyn production.[2] The project was nearing completi read more

  In January of 1920, Wyndham Standing, was contracted to star in the Goldwyn picture: Earthbound.[1] By the middle of January, Russian ballet star, Flora Revalles, was added to the cast when she signed to make her film debut with the new Goldwyn production.[2] The project was nearing completi read more

Open a new window… August 11, 2014 / The Cinema Dilettante Greetings, dear reader. I know it has been an unforgivably long time since my last post, but I’ve had many things on my mind. Namely, I’ve had a couple of friends (real life ones, at tha read more

By Fritzi Kramer on August 10, 2014 in Blog, Double Feature, Feature, Silent Movie Review Mysterious events are afoot in the tiny town of Danburg. Unexplained accidents, missing persons, an abandoned sanitarium… Our nebbish hero is a would-be detective who is determined to get to the bottom of thin read more

Ladies and gentlemen, for no good reason - Mlle. Rosa Moline! I suppose it's reading so much about her of late, but Bette really can take over one's subconscious, especially, as now, when the first words out of any sane person's mouth when looking at either our current or future apartment would hav read more

Ladies and gentlemen, for no good reason - Mlle. Rosa Moline! I suppose it's reading so much about her of late, but Bette really can take over one's subconscious, especially, as now, when the first words out of any sane person's mouth when looking at either our current or future apartment would hav read more

By Fritzi Kramer on August 8, 2014 in Blog, Feature, Video, Video Review We’re heading back to Germany with something that often gets described as a carnival nightmare. I’m not sure if I would go so far but it is marvelously creepy and stylish. Paul Leni (The Cat and the Canary) design read more

Cry Baby: Classics that make me blub like a baby! Back in the old days - the '80s and '90s to be exact - I must have had a heart of stone because it took a lot to make me cry. I would watch the saddest movies and read the most heart-wrenching books and yet not a single tear used to spring fo read more

As I have recently returned from the La Jolla International Fashion Film Festival, thoughts of both modern and classic fashion films have filled my mind.  People have continued to ask me my favorites, which of course include any number of the The Style Essentials.  But though that list may read more

  Bruce Gordon Bbruce-Gordon-on-desert-location   Bruce Gordon came to acting later than most. Born in South Africa (circa 1894), Gordon, at the age of twenty moved to England, to study medicine and surgery at London University. Now his first-tier interests were big-game hunting, and actin read more

  Bruce Gordon Bbruce-Gordon-on-desert-location   Bruce Gordon came to acting later than most. Born in South Africa (circa 1894), Gordon, at the age of twenty moved to England, to study medicine and surgery at London University. Now his first-tier interests were big-game hunting, and actin read more

  Bruce Gordon Bruce Gordon on a Desert Location   Bruce Gordon came to acting later than most. Born in South Africa (circa 1894), Gordon, at the age of twenty moved to England, to study medicine and surgery at London University. Now his first-tier interests were big-game hunting, and acti read more

William E. Thomas is best known today for his rather racy photographs of Carole (or, as she was known at Pathe at the time, Carol) Lombard in the late 1920s...but he had the skill to take portraits of her that reflected entirely different moods, such as bridal-themed pictures or those, such as this, read more

A Caixa Mágica / The Magic Box (1951) Na minha opinião, o melhor cineasta ainda em atividade é Martin Scorsese. Não apenas porque os filmes dele são de excelente qualidade, mas principalmente porque ele ama os filmes antigos. Scorsese é um admirador e apóia as campanhas de conservação read more

By Fritzi Kramer on August 3, 2014 in Blog, Theme Month I do so love a good mystery! This month, I am going to be celebrating a very specific sub-genre, plus some added gems of atmospheric murder. The Old Dark House movie has fallen out of favor but I still love it. The ingredients: 1 old mansion 6 read more

For his 52nd (and penultimate) film a 72-year-old Alfred Hitchcock returned to London to make the first feature he filmed entirely in his native country in two decades.  On the trip he brought with him a lifetime of experience in art and suspense to make a movie about a subject he’d tackled read more

By Fritzi Kramer on August 3, 2014 in Blog, Feature, Silent Movie Review The tale of an emotionally unstable barber who allows his romantic jealousy to consume him and… Advice to fellas: Don’t let the weird guy who is pining after your girlfriend give you a shave with a straight razor. Just saying. read more