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One of the most common “truths” about movies is that the sequel is never as good as the original. However, with Thor: The Dark World and the upcoming Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Amazing Spider-man 2, Marvel’s superhero movies seem intent to disprove that belief. Anyway, read more

The short intro: For those who are unfamiliar with the concept, Old Time Radio is the phrase generally used to refer to the time when radio was (mostly) live, and was full of a variety of different shows, as opposed to simply being a means for record labels to use robots to promote the top records o read more

Classic Film Aficionados High Sierra, 1941 directed by Raoul Walsh, written by John Huston and W.R. Burnett. Starring Ida Lupino and Humphrey Bogart, with Arthur Kennedy, Joan Leslie, Henry Travers and Cornel Wilde. This would be the last film where Bogart did not receive top billing.   101 Dalmatia read more

Classic Film Aficionados High Sierra, 1941 directed by Raoul Walsh, written by John Huston and W.R. Burnett. Starring Ida Lupino and Humphrey Bogart, with Arthur Kennedy, Joan Leslie, Henry Travers and Cornel Wilde. This would be the last film where Bogart did not receive top billing.   101 Dalmatia read more

High Sierra, 1941 directed by Raoul Walsh, written by John Huston and W.R. Burnett. Starring Ida Lupino and Humphrey Bogart, with Arthur Kennedy, Joan Leslie, Henry Travers and Cornel Wilde. This would be the last film where Bogart did not receive top billing.   Bogart never look more demented! read more

Loves of Pharaoh (1929) stars Emil Jannings Beginning at 6:15 am Eastern/3:15 am Pacific on Tuesday, January 28, Turner Classic Movies will treat its viewers to thirteen hours of 'the Lubitsch Touch'. Kicking off TCM's birthday tribute/Lubitsch-fest will be the spectacular The Loves of Pharaoh ( read more

High Sierra, 1941 directed by Raoul Walsh, written by John Huston and W.R. Burnett. Starring Ida Lupino and Humphrey Bogart, with Arthur Kennedy, Joan Leslie, Henry Travers and Cornel Wilde. This would be the last film where Bogart did not receive top billing.   Bogart never look more demented! read more

Loves of Pharaoh (1929) stars Emil Jannings Beginning at 6:15 am Eastern/3:15 am Pacific on Tuesday, January 28, Turner Classic Movies will treat its viewers to thirteen hours of 'the Lubitsch Touch'. Kicking off TCM's birthday tribute/Lubitsch-fest will be the spectacular The Loves of Pharaoh ( read more

That’s right, Durnmoose Movie Musings, this here blog, is now a proud new member of the Large Association of Movie Blogs otherwise known as the LAMB. We’re actually Lamb #1740, and right now the site is featured on the front page of their site.. So what exactly is the LAMB? Well, accordi read more

Vertigo was recently crowned the best film of all time, but the objectification of its heroine is hard to take on an empty stomach. Rear Window, also beloved by critics, is slow paced and clever rather than frightening, known for being groundbreaking in style. For the slow-burning suspense the maste read more

US / c650ft (11 minutes) / bw / American Mutoscope & Biograph Dir: Wallace McCutcheon Pr: Francis J. Marion Cine: G.W. Bitzer Cast: Anthony O’Sullivan, Robert G. Vignola. Supposedly based on a real case that took place in NYC, this is often cited as the earliest surviving gangster movie. T read more

Classic Film Aficionados In June of 1914 on Thursday the 11th, The Knockout premiered; early on in this 27 minute short (starring Roscoe ‘Fatty’ Arbuckle, produced by the Keystone Film Company and Mack Sennett, as well as directed by the comic genius and released by Mutual Film)  we see a read more

Classic Film Aficionados If you have yet to purchase “The Complete Metropolis” then you lack a serious part of cinematic history. This Blu-ray disc will captivate and fan the flames of love of film for you. But today I put aside Metropolis itself and concentrate on Voyage to Metropolis. Die Reise read more

If you have yet to purchase “The Complete Metropolis” then you lack a serious part of cinematic history. This Blu-ray disc will captivate and fan the flames of love of film for you. But today I put aside Metropolis itself and concentrate on Voyage to Metropolis. Die Reise nach Metropoli read more

Classic Film Aficionados In June of 1914 on Thursday the 11th, The Knockout premiered; early on in this 27 minute short (starring Roscoe ‘Fatty’ Arbuckle, produced by the Keystone Film Company and Mack Sennett, as well as directed by the comic genius and released by Mutual Film)  we see a read more

Classic Film Aficionados If you have yet to purchase “The Complete Metropolis” then you lack a serious part of cinematic history. This Blu-ray disc will captivate and fan the flames of love of film for you. But today I put aside Metropolis itself and concentrate on Voyage to Metropolis. Die Reise read more

If you have yet to purchase “The Complete Metropolis” then you lack a serious part of cinematic history. This Blu-ray disc will captivate and fan the flames of love of film for you. But today I put aside Metropolis itself and concentrate on Voyage to Metropolis. Die Reise nach Metropoli read more

Poster for “Counted Out” which is an adaptation from “The Knockout” Scene from “The Knockout”, 1914 In June of 1914 on Thursday the 11th, The Knockout premiered; early on in this 27 minute short (starring Roscoe ‘Fatty’ Arbuckle, produced by the Keysto read more

Poster for “Counted Out” which is an adaptation from “The Knockout” Scene from “The Knockout”, 1914 In June of 1914 on Thursday the 11th, The Knockout premiered; early on in this 27 minute short (starring Roscoe ‘Fatty’ Arbuckle, produced by the Keysto read more

Here’s the first video of the year: a tribute to the debonair Cary Grant on what would have been his 110th birthday. I debated (with myself) for a very long time over what would accompany this little montage, and ended up with this version of ‘Isn’t It Romantic’ from the Edd read more