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Toronto is an embarrassment of film riches. There’s what – something like 5,000 distinct annual film festivals, not to mention year round programming from TIFF, screened at the temple of cinema known as the TIFF Bell Lightbox. Any day of the week, you can see an amazing piece of cinema read more

By Fritzi Kramer on March 30, 2014 in Blog, Feature, Silent Movie Review, Silents vs Talkies Think Chicago started as a 1970′s musical? Think again! The original play by Maurine Watkins was filmed twice before it was ever a musical, once as a silent and once as a talkie. Juicy though the stor read more

Yes, this is an advertisement, and a webtoon at that, however, even in advertising there is room for creativity. Also, as I have discussed before with Disney animated shorts there is room for advancement without neglecting the past. Here to introduce Disney’s then-new online check-in for their read more

I wish I had found some camouflage maternity pants… I realize things have been pretty slow here since Oscar season, but not without good reason.  I only have a couple of weeks (or less!) left before my bundle of joy bursts out of me Alien style and into the world.  My husband and I have been read more

I am going share an amazing journey with you that started with the love of movies. Like so many other bloggers, I started writing A PERSON IN THE DARK to share my love of movies. In the beginning, before I branched out a bit and met more like-minded writers, I really did feel alone i read more

If you love style in the movies, you are invited to a special 6-part webinar series to learn all about THE STYLE ESSENTIALS: HISTORY OF FASHION IN FILM.  The Style Essentials represent iconic costume design from film that immediately impacted fashion and continues to influence the industry read more

Hollywood. New York City. San Francisco. These are some of the locations you probably think of when it comes to classic film. But what if I told you Kansas should be in this list? While many folks consider places like Kansas as more of a "fly over state," or only associate any classic film via Dorot read more

Hollywood. New York City. San Francisco. These are some of the locations you probably think of when it comes to classic film. But what if I told you Kansas should be in this list? While many folks consider places like Kansas as more of a "fly over state," or only associate any classic film via Dorot read more

US / 14 minutes / bw silent / Thanhouser, Mutual Dir: Edwin Thanhouser, Lawrence Marston Pr: Edwin Thanhouser Cast: William Garwood, Marie Eline, Florence LaBadie, Riley Chamberlin. This interesting little one-reeler—a thematic precursor of, among other movies of noirish interest, items like Close- read more

By Fritzi Kramer on March 23, 2014 in Blog, Feature, Silent Movie Review Erich von Stroheim turned his singular talents to a classic operetta and the resulting film was the biggest hit of his career. It’s all about central European royalty (natch), an empty treasury and an extremely wealthy w read more

Whether one is fully aware of it or not, foreign Disney branches and the foreign Disney parks do contribute to the canon. Here is a short Holiday (Christmas) themed greeting featuring Oswald, the Lucky Rabbit (Walt’s first creation), and his girl Ortensia. It’s interesting for both thos read more

Following several days of great anticipation among festival attendees, the TCM Classic Film Festival unveiled its final lineup yesterday via its website. Featuring a veritable amalgam of lesser-seen movie classics and fan favorites, this is sure to be a year to remember. One of the unexpected high read more

The highly coveted full shedule for the 2014 TCM Film Festival was posted yesterday. You can find it here and they also posted the full list of special guests here. I also have TCM’s official press release about the new updates on my Google+ page  (As a side note, I’m posting a lo read more

I’ll be honest, I love a good film noir. As a matter of fact, I often love a bad film noir. Yeah, it’s just kind of that way. We all have those genres which we are willing to give more leeway to than others, I suppose. So what exactly is it that makes a particular movie a “black mo read more

Eighty years ago next month, Carole Lombard moved into the house most solely identified with her at 7953 Hollywood Boulevard, just west of Fairfax Avenue on the verge of the Hollywood Hills. About a mile and a quarter east of that legendary home is the center of cinematic history then, and now:It's read more

I’ll be honest, I love a good film noir. As a matter of fact, I often love a bad film noir. Yeah, it’s just kind of that way. We all have those genres which we are willing to give more leeway to than others, I suppose. So what exactly is it that makes a particular movie a “black mo read more

Our Howard Hawks-athon this month at Pretty Clever Films continues with a look at A Song Is Born. A carbon copy remake of Hawks’ own screwball classic Ball of Fire (1941). A Song Is Born stars Danny Kaye, in the role originated by Gary Cooper, with Virginia Mayo taking on the Barbara Stanwyck role read more

I recently watched Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger, which co-starred the adult children of John Wayne and Tyrone Power. So, I thought it'd be fun to write about actors that were the children of classic film stars. The challenge with this kind of post is narrowing the topic to a manageable size. read more

By Fritzi Kramer on March 16, 2014 in Blog, Feature, Silent Movie Review Professor Moriarty is up to his usual wicked tactics. This looks like a job for Sherlock Holmes! You know, that well-known college student. Wait, what? John Barrymore takes an unorthodox, romantic approach toward the famous sl read more

If there was something I wanted to shout from the rooftops after having seeing Get a Horse! was “Thank God for Disney (as a company) not completely forgetting Mickey Mouse’s roots but also fighting to keep him relevant and update his image.” Of course, I knew that there were new ag read more