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Lost Film Files #8: Merton of the Movies(1924)
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on Apr 20, 2013
Hollywood is slyly skewered by Glenn Hunter and Viola Dana. Merton of the Movies (1924) Status: Missing and presumed lost Harry Leon Wilson is not well-remembered today but he was a popular writer in the early 20th century. He wrote zany, breezy comedic novels that often involved a cripplingly ecce read more
When History Meets the Movies: The Young Victoria
Sunset Blvd Posted by Rachel T on Apr 10, 2013
The Young Victoria is another movie in the long line of limey biopics that raged through the previous decade; (not that I’m complaining in the least!). While it isn’t the first dramatization of the monarch’s reign, the film certainly is a refreshing take on the subject. Further, read more
When Literature Meets the Movies: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Sunset Blvd Posted by Rachel T on Mar 24, 2013
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie is one of those movies I now realise I should have seen a long time ago. Like the girls of the film, I too attend an all-girls senior school in Edinburgh, Scotland. In fact, I believe the real ‘Jean Brodie’ taught at my school for quite some time. Moreover, read more
Golden Age on the Printed Page: I Do and I Don’t – A History of Marriage in the Movies
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by Kristen on Mar 12, 2013
I can’t give you the exact numbers, but a vast amount of entertainment today revolves around marriage; whether it’s the act of getting married, detailing what happens while one is married, or how people are affected by the death of a marriage. Yet, there’s not a defined genre enti read more
MARY OF THE MOVIES: MARY FULLER, Part Two
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on Mar 4, 2013
Reblogged from 11 East 14th Street: "'Do you care for photoplays, other than your own? Seeing them, I mean?' I stammered. "'Yes, indeed. I am an inveterate photoplay fan. I think every player who has any ambition at all, any desire to get ahead in his work, should spend as much or more time seei read more
A Chat With the Editor of Mary Pickford: Queen of the Movies, Part II
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Feb 14, 2013
Christel Schmidt: ready to bring Pickford to the masses
Welcome to part two of my fabulous conversation with Christel Schmidt, editor of Mary Pickford: Queen of the Movies. If you missed it here's part one.
On Pickford's reputation today:
I think Pickford is getting a lot closer to being back i read more
A Chat With the Editor of Mary Pickford: Queen of the Movies, Part I
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Feb 13, 2013
Christel under the marquee. (Yes, she's tiny. No one ever accused me of being a brilliant photographer!)
I had the honor of chatting with Christel Schmidt, editor of and contributor to Mary Pickford: Queen of the Movies, when she came to Seattle recently to present a screening of Sparrows at the S read more
Mary Pickford: Queen of the Movies
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Feb 8, 2013
If you’ve ever wondered what Mary Pickford did to deserve the title of “Queen of the Movies,” the book Mary Pickford: Queen of the Movies (edited by Mary Pickford expert Christel Schmidt) will tell you everything you need to know and then some. Rather than being a traditional biogr read more
A Mythical Monkey writes about the movies (2)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Jan 28, 2013
I bet you’ve never read a blog written by a monkey, much less a blog written by a mythical monkey. But you can do just that at one my most fav movie blogs of ALL TIME ya’ll – A Mythical Monkey writes about the movies. As the Mythical Monkey himself says, a mythical monkey is: R read more
A Mythical Monkey writes about the movies (1)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Jan 28, 2013
I bet you’ve never read a blog written by a monkey, much less a blog written by a mythical monkey. But you can do just that at one my most fav movie blogs of ALL TIME ya’ll – A Mythical Monkey writes about the movies. As the Mythical Monkey himself says, a mythical monkey is: R read more
Golden Age on the Printed Page: Mary Pickford – Queen of the Movies
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by Kristen on Jan 14, 2013
Golden Age on the Printed Page will be taking a hiatus due to the Leading Lady Tournament (although spontaneous reviews might pop-up). With that, I think that this week’s book is the perfect one to enter hiatus with! Mary Pickford: Queen of the Movies is the definitive text about Pickford, read more
Review--Mary Pickford: Queen of the Movies
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jan 10, 2013
Mary Pickford: Queen of the Movies
Edited by Christel Schmidt
University Press of Kentucky/Library of Congress, 2012
Mary Pickford was a pioneer on so many fronts in the film world that you could almost give up attempting to catalog her accomplishments. She was an actor, producer and businesswoman read more
A Year at the Movies: 2012 in Review
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Jan 2, 2013
Like many film fans, I like to keep lists of all the movies I watch, not just for bragging rights but also to remind me what I have seen and what I still need to watch. Here's the 2012 list of films, which is mostly classics (of course), liberally seasoned with movies I watched with the other read more
Book Review: Stephen King Goes to the Movies
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Oct 30, 2012
On occasion when I read a book that links either tenuously or directly to film I will review it here. When Stephen King Goes to the Movies was initially set to be published the impression that it gave was of a book that would be as much a memoir/behind-the-scenes as it would be a regurgitation of so read more
The Jazz Singer… when the movies learned to talk
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Oct 6, 2012
Well, hell, The Jazz Singer was released on October 6, 1927. And the rest is… well, history. But let’s get the story straight. It was not the first sound picture – there was never really a problem with sound pictures. It was not the first Vitaphone flick, either – that was D read more
How Much Do I Love “The Movies”?
The Giddy Blog Posted by chrisgiddens on Aug 17, 2012
My apologies for slacking on the blog postings recently. It is due in part to this: A Story of Our Hero – To 1930 & Beyond! (which also partly answers the question posed above). Believe it or not, I’m not very good at the whole self-promotion thing, and so I simply ask that you plea read more
DVD Review--Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jul 18, 2012
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
Earthlight, A Motion Picture Company and White Castle Productions
Directed by Nicholas Elipoulos
I love Mary Pickford's voice. Her humble, warm tone belies her magnificence. It is that of a supporting player, not the pioneering superstar that she was. Of read more
Book Corner: Monsters in the Movies
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Jun 11, 2012
"A monster is a distortion of something that has a
normal, non-threatening form. The monstrous form is threatening and disturbing
because it is beyond the pale of what we consider normality.” – David
Cronenberg
Some books are not meant to be read cover to cover, but
paged throug read more
Book Corner: Monsters in the Movies
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Jun 11, 2012
"A monster is a distortion of something that has a
normal, non-threatening form. The monstrous form is threatening and disturbing
because it is beyond the pale of what we consider normality.” – David
Cronenberg
Some books are not meant to be read cover to cover, but
paged throug read more
Afternoons at the movies with a dog named Spot. (1)
True Classics Posted by Brandie on May 15, 2012
by Linda Ross Aldy I don’t really recall the first movie I saw. I do remember loading up with our family friends, the Brewers, in their station wagon and going to the drive-in quite a bit when we were younger! But I do not remember a single movie we saw. I remember getting the speaker when you read more