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Those born in the age of streaming will never know the excitement of catching a favorite film on TV, running to get a tape on time to record it, and succeeding. With adept timing skills, one could even cut out the commercials. There were a few films I loved so much that I was willing to record them read more

Leslie Stowe Leslie Stowe began his career on stage in 1893 making his debut in the comic opera Ship Ahoy, [1]appearing through the years in the tour of The Merry World; [2] yet another tour company, and productions of, The Student Prince,[3] and Barbara Fritchie [4].” He also had roles on Broadway read more

Leslie Stowe Leslie Stowe began his career on stage in 1893 making his debut in the comic opera Ship Ahoy, [1]appearing through the years in the tour of The Merry World; [2] yet another tour company, and productions of, The Student Prince,[3] and Barbara Fritchie [4].” He also had roles on Broadway read more

Leslie Stowe Leslie Stowe began his career on stage in 1893 making his debut in the comic opera Ship Ahoy, [1]appearing through the years in the tour of The Merry World; [2] yet another tour company, and productions of, The Student Prince,[3] and Barbara Fritchie [4].” He also had roles on Broadway read more

The new true crime documentary WHITEY: United States of America v. James J. Bulger opens in Toronto on Friday, July 4. Enter below to win a free double pass to see WHITEY: United States of America v. James J. Bulger at the Bloor on Saturday, July 5 at 9:15 pm!   read more

From right to left, Carole Lombard, Fred MacMurray and Una Merkel were having a riotous time in "True Confession," which turned out to be Lombard's last film at Paramount. It was a musical time, too, even though none of the three sang or performed in the movie.As was the case for many studios at the read more

By Fritzi Kramer on June 30, 2014 in Video Almost immediately after their invention, the movies began to used to demand social justice. This 1912 Thanhouser production shines the spotlight on the common and repugnant practice of child labor. The child workers are not actors, they are real employee read more

At the bottom of this photo of Carole Lombard from the May 1929 issue of Motion Picture magazine is a reference to Cecil B. De Mille; at the time this was printed, the 20-year-old starlet had been hired by De Mille as the female lead in his latest movie, "Dynamite." By the time this hit newsstands, read more

Originally posted on Travalanche: Tonight at midnight on TCM, Charlie Chaplin’s 1923 melodrama masterpiece A Woman of Paris. (He wanted us to call him “Charles” at this stage. You’ll never find a greater Chaplin apologist than this author, but calling him “Charles” is simply a Bridge Too read more

By Fritzi Kramer on June 29, 2014 in Blog, Feature, Silent Movie Review, Silents vs Talkies He’s a Cossack prince. She’s the rabbi’s daughter. Can they find love? Also, the hero is a tad bit genocidal. Yes, that is the plot. The unusual duo of Mary Philbin and Ivan Mosjoukine (in his only Hollywood read more

Two Carole Lombard comedy favorites, both teaming her with Fred MacMurray, are among a six-pack of fun films to be shown this summer at the Seattle Art Museum under the title "For Laughing Out Loud.""Hands Across The Table" will be shown July 10, with "True Confession" set for July 24. Other films i read more

    The Fire Detective, was a Pathé Exchange Chapter-play (10 two-reelers in length), directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and Thomas Storey, from a story by Frank Leon Smith, adapted by George Arthur Gray; starring Gladys McConnell, Hugh Allan and Leo D. Maloney. According to the Exhibitors read more

    The Fire Detective, was a Pathé Exchange Chapter-play (10 two-reelers in length), directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and Thomas Storey, from a story by Frank Leon Smith, adapted by George Arthur Gray; starring Gladys McConnell, Hugh Allan and Leo D. Maloney. According to the Exhibitors read more

    The Fire Detective, was a Pathé Exchange Chapter-play (10 two-reelers in length), directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and Thomas Storey, from a story by Frank Leon Smith, adapted by George Arthur Gray; starring Gladys McConnell, Hugh Allan and Leo D. Maloney. According to the Exhibitors read more

Spencer Gordon Bennet   Spencer Gordon Bennet, (sometimes spelled: Bennett) anyone familiar with serials (silent or talkies) knows the work of Mr. Bennet, he has for a long while be considered the king of the chapter-play, and he may have more serial titles to his name than we thought! In Septe read more

Spencer Gordon Bennet   Spencer Gordon Bennet, (sometimes spelled: Bennett) anyone familiar with serials (silent or talkies) knows the work of Mr. Bennet, he has for a long while be considered the king of the chapter-play, and he may have more serial titles to his name than we thought! In Septe read more

Spencer Gordon Bennet   Spencer Gordon Bennet, (sometimes spelled: Bennett) anyone familiar with serials (silent or talkies) knows the work of Mr. Bennet, he has for a long while be considered the king of the chapter-play, and he may have more serial titles to his name than we thought! In Septe read more

By Fritzi Kramer on June 27, 2014 in Blog, Feature, Silent Movie Review A sort of orphanage-western-drama-comedy, Zander the Great was one of Marion Davies’ big hits and her first film for the newly-merged MGM. She is an orphan who takes in a small boy and then sets out in search of his fathe read more

"It was the great film studio of the world," actress Helen Hayes recently recalled of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in the 1930s, "not just of America or of Hollywood, but of the world". Every time the magnificent head of the lion appears and his menacing roar is heard it conjures up images of MGM's golden a read more

Here is a very charming curio from 1926. As noted in the caption, the map of Hollywood is consciously old fashioned and it is quite cute too, I might add. It is quite interesting to see who made the cut and got mentioned on the map by name. I live in California and I have never seen a leaping tuna. read more