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This is it! 75 GREATEST MOVIE POSTERS of NEO-NOIR! 15 – 1
Where Danger Lives Posted by Mark on Dec 1, 2012
Welcome back! Let’s put this countdown on ice!
15. Heat (1995)
Were it not for those long shadows, this would have fallen far back in the countdown. Clearly this is a ‘big faces’ poster if ever there was one, but I’ve been drawn to posters that find a novel w read more
Short Film Saturday: How It Ended
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Dec 1, 2012
On quite a few occasions I have discussed Film Movement’s Film of the Month Club, which I think is great. Part of what makes their selections unique, aside from the material they choose is that each feature is paired with at least one short film on DVD. One of the better shorts I saw over the read more
Watch It & Review It: Male and Female (1919)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Nov 30, 2012
Cecile B. DeMille’s Male and Female was released on November 30, 1919, and this one is a beauty people! You’ve got sexual tension between aristocrats and common folk, you’ve got shipwrecks, and you’ve got savage jungle survival! There’s thrills and chills! And there read more
Morality and Relationships, IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Nov 21, 2012
The home of the classics, Turner Classic Movies (TCM) played Frank Capra‘s 1934, Best Picture Academy Award winner, It Happened One Night this past weekend. This is, for some reason, a film I never think of when I consider Capra’s great films, and he made many of them, but I was reminde read more
Watch It & Review It: Our Hospitality (1923)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Nov 19, 2012
Buster Keaton’s Our Hospitality was released on November 19, 1923. I’m pretty sure I don’t need to tell you anything more than its BUSTER KEATON. But you can slip away for an hour today, watch Our Hospitality, and marvel over just how funny and fresh it is lo these many years late read more
Vlog: It Happened One Night (1934)
Stardust Posted by Vanessa on Nov 19, 2012
Vlog: It Happened One Night (1934)
Gable teaches Colbert the proper way to dunk a donut in It Happened One Night (1934).
"Oh! He flies through the air with the greatest of ease! The daring young man on the flying trapeze!"
Unfortunately it's been a while since I've sat down and read more
What is ‘IT’?
Random Pictures Posted by Amy on Nov 10, 2012
Inspired by the oracular Self-Styled Siren (can sirens be oracles?) and her post on MOMA’s 10th Edition of the “To Save and Protect” screenings, I watched Clara Bow’s classic It (dir. Clarence Badger, 1927) for, I’m ashamed to say, the first time. Bow has been hopelessly neglected, not just read more
What is ‘IT’?
Random Pictures Posted by Amy on Nov 10, 2012
Inspired by the oracular Self-Styled Siren (can sirens be oracles?) and her post on MOMA’s 10th Edition of the “To Save and Protect” screenings, I watched Clara Bow’s classic It (dir. Clarence Badger, 1927) for, I’m ashamed to say, the first time. Bow has been hopelessly neglected, not just read more
The Man of a Thousand Faces: "Don't step on it, it might be Lon Chaney!"
The Great Katharine Hepburn Posted by Margaret Perry on Oct 31, 2012
The Man of a Thousand Faces: "Don't step on it, it might be Lon Chaney!"
"I wanted to remind people that the lowest types of humanity have within them the capacity for extreme self-sacrifice. The dwarfed, misshapen beggar of the streets may have the noblest ideals." (Lon Chaney)
“He som read more
The Man of a Thousand Faces: "Don't step on it, it might be Lon Chaney!"
The Great Katharine Hepburn Posted by Margaret Perry on Oct 31, 2012
The Man of a Thousand Faces: "Don't step on it, it might be Lon Chaney!"
Labels:
Lon Chaney,
London After Midnight (1927),
silent films,
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923),
The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
"I wanted to remind people that the lowest types of humanity have within them read more
The Man of a Thousand Faces: "Don’t step on it, it might be Lon Chaney!"
Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Oct 31, 2012
“I wanted to remind people that the lowest types of humanity have within them the capacity for extreme self-sacrifice. The dwarfed, misshapen beggar of the streets may have the noblest ideals.” (Lon Chaney) “He someone who acted out our psyche. He somehow got inside the shadows inside read more
“Sex always has something to do with it, dear.”
True Classics Posted by Brandie on Oct 25, 2012
My latest contribution to the ongoing Wonders in the Dark Comedy Countdown is live … at number 42, it’s the frenetic and fanatically funny Preston Sturges masterpiece, The Palm Beach Story (1942)! Head on over to WitD to check out my thoughts on one of my favorite films of all time, and read more
Milk it, Carole
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Oct 25, 2012
We've previously discussed Shadoplay, the short-lived sibling of the more successful Photoplay (http://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/484371.html). Its September 1933 issue is now being auctioned at eBay, and while we've seen the cover before (exquisitely painted by Earl Christy), a look inside featu read more
It will be Grace Kelly vs Ingrid Bergman for Favorite Hitchcock Leading Lady Crown
All Good Things Posted by monty on Oct 24, 2012
Every time I have one of these tournaments, something goes wrong with the voting. Either it lets people vote more than once or wipes away all the votes or some other crazy thing. After three days of voting, almost four, I checked on the numbers to see what the matches looked like and it had reset t read more
"Street Scene," or Slum Like It Hot
The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on Oct 20, 2012
The 1931 film "Street Scene" opens with Alfred Newman's theme music -- music that is so evocative of a city that it was being used as "New York Music" in 20th Century-Fox films twenty years later. And unlike many film scores of the time, it has a sophisticated orchestration -- you hear it and you ex read more
"Street Scene," or Slum Like It Hot
The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on Oct 20, 2012
The 1931 film "Street Scene" opens with Alfred Newman's theme music -- music that is so evocative of a city that it was being used as "New York Music" in 20th Century-Fox films twenty years later. And unlike many film scores of the time, it has a sophisticated orchestration -- you hear it and you ex read more
It (1927) with Clara Bow
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Oct 19, 2012
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Clara Bow was one of those mega-watt stars whose light
burned bright in the silent film era. What makes an actress like Clara Bow a
star? The x-factor and she had “it”. Now the x-factor isn’t one solitary thing.
It’s a combination of things including personal read more
SAFE IN HELL (1931) from Warner Archive: When it Comes to Pre-Code, Seeing is Believing
Cinematically Insane Posted by Will McKinley on Oct 13, 2012
“Black & white movies are so boring and fake,” a co-worker once said to me, with an accompanying look of disgust usually afforded to those who belch audibly in public places. In my younger days, I might have taken the bait and tried to plead my case. But now that I’m older (and read more
Paramount Centennial Blogathon: How it Works
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Sep 26, 2012
The first day of the Paramount Centennial Blogathon is already just a day away! Tomorrow at about 9:00 AM Eastern, I’ll have a post up for that day’s contributions. All you have to do is comment on that post with a link to your article and I’ll update the post with links as they read more
The Five (OK, make it seven) Best Classic TV Doctors
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Sep 26, 2012
Change of seasons creating havoc with your allergies? Sprained an ankle from stepping in a rabbit hole while mowing (been there, done that)? Job stress causing migraines? You need to see a doctor!
To assist you in selecting the proper physician, we pick our classic TV favorites from the 1960s thro read more