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Barbara, with a lot of tears, wise-cracks and ‘hope’ is the perfect actress for a self-sacrificing bad girl-turned-good girl in her third talky ‘Ladies of Leisure’ (1930).   Plot: Artist Jerry Strong (Ralph Graves) is at a wild party hosted by his carefree, society read more

A Bela, a Fera e o silêncio Tendo a honra de ser a única animação a ser indicada ao Oscar de Melhor Filme, “A Bela e a Fera” tornou-se uma obra-prima dentro do universo criado pelos Estúdios Disney desde o dia em que estreou, há exatos 21 anos. A história surgiu 250 anos antes, read more

Cinco filmes para a posteridade Fazendo uma das tarefas de minha aula de espanhol, surgiu a ideia para este post. Eu tinha de responder a uma pergunta já formulada, que segue: Uma caixa com objetos que representam nosso desenvolvimento na Terra está sendo preparada para ser mandada em uma mis read more

Ho-hum.  It’s always hard to shake that melancholic feeling that follows the realization that another Halloween has come and gone.  Although my blog isn’t exclusively confined to the Horror, it’s always fun to devote an entire month to one of my favorite genres.  As read more

Gone with the Wind-Giving a Damn An epic review for an epic movie?  Quite the expectation from my girlfriend regarding her favourite film of all time! One thing I can certainly say is that this film has lent itself to over 70 years of critique, angst and adoration, which if anything ind read more

On this day seven years ago, the Chicago White Sox won the 2005 MLB World Series. What does this have to do with motion pictures? Absolutely nothing. read more

When I discovered there was to be a Val Lewton blogathon hosted by twitter film pals Stephen aka @sreggie and Kristina aka @HQofK , I just had to to get in on the action. This post is part of the Val Lewton blogathon hosted by Stephen aka Classic Movie Man and Kristina of the Speakeasy&nbs read more

  The hallmark of Camp is the spirit of extravagance. - Susan Sontag, "Notes on Camp" Today's SSCE requires me to, as David Niven said of the Oscars streaker, reveal my own shortcomings.  I have to admit that I either never knew or have utterly forgotten that the great Briti read more

Actress Jeanne Eagels, one of the great legends of early 20th century American theater, became the toast of the New York stage by the time she was 30. She most famously originated the role of Sadie Thompson on Broadway in John Colton's Rain (based on a Somerset Maugham short story); the play ultimat read more

Actress Jeanne Eagels, one of the great legends of early 20th century American theater, became the toast of the New York stage by the time she was 30. She most famously originated the role of Sadie Thompson on Broadway in John Colton's Rain (based on a Somerset Maugham short story); the play ultimat read more

With the upcoming of the 3rd Edition of his Italian Horror Blog-A-Thon at Hugo Stiglitz Makes Movies, Kevin J. Olson has written one of the most complete and documented pieces I had to read lately about Italian Horror Films. A subgenre I don’t know much about but will eventually explore. Havin read more

The headline refers to previous Shearer pictures  "The Divorcee" and "Strangers May Kiss" The climax of the 1931 film "A Free Soul" is a fourteen-minute continuous take -- a courtroom scene where Lionel Barrymore, as alcoholic attorney Stephen Ashe, back from a months-long bender, uses hi read more

The Popeye cartoons that Dave Fleischer did at Paramount in the 1930s are unusually dense -- the backgrounds teem with detail and Popeye mutters about three times as much dialogue as he seems to be speaking. This cartoon is especially memorable to me -- maybe because of the storyline or maybe becaus read more

Being a lifelong monster-movie fan, I have a huge love for Hammer Films, the British movie company that specialized in horror, science-fiction, and adventure films in the 1950s-70s. The company has recently been revitalized due to new ownership, and one of the projects the "new" Hammer has been read more

It's Just a Shot Away Having re-ploughed through season 3 of The Sopranos and driving home listening to Gimme Shelter by The Rolling Stones I was suddenly inspired to examine Martin Scorsese's preoccupation with rock music and how he uses them to great effect. For years of enjoyment of w read more

This year marks a momentous landmark, the 100th anniversary for Paramount Pictures. The lovely Angela of The Hollywood Revue created a remarkable blogathon to celebrate this historic occasion- the Paramount Centennial Blogathon. When I consider the parade of outstanding talent that has been a produc read more

MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS (1974): A Lauren Bacall Classic Labels: Agatha Christie, Albert Finney, Anthony Perkins, Ingrid Bergman, John Gielgud, Lauren Bacall, MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS (1974), Sean Connery, Sidney Lumet, Vanessa Redgrave, Wendy Hiller Lauren Bacall boards th read more

She appeared in more Best Picture winners - five - than any other performer, and if you have a favorite studio picture made between 1923 and 1964, there's a fairly good chance she's in it.  It's probably safe to say that in sheer number of titles - well more than 700 - she's the most prolific a read more

Lucile Watson May 27, 1879 - June 24, 1962 Quebec City, the historic French settlement, trading post and sometime capitol of New France and Lower Canada, was the birthplace of Rosine Mary Lucile Watson on May 27, 1879.  Educated in one of the predominantly Catholic province's many convent s read more

    When my fellow cinephiles Aurora of Once Upon a Screen and Paula of Paula's Cinema Club and I decided to create a blogathon event based on the unsung heroes of cinema, What A Character! was formed. The inherent challenge in such a blogathon is narrowing down to just one character ac read more