Guest blogger Castor Troy writes: Are entertainers, among which include film actors, overpaid? Many have heard about the outrageous paychecks Will Smith, Tom Cruise, or Reese Witherspoon take home for one single movie while the average American works 5 or 6…
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Inspector Crane & Dickens: Warren William’s Lone Wolf Co-Stars
Once I got involved watching the Lone Wolf series of movies I soon found myself looking for Inspector Crane and Dickens to pop up, which they did seven times (six and a half opposite Warren William)! (That’s Fred Kelsey as…
Read more →Silent Horrors: The Cat and the Canary (1927)
Guest blogger Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. writes: John Willard’s hardy old stage chestnut The Cat and The Canary—first performed in New York City on February 7, 1922—has been around the block, cinematically so to speak, on at least four different…
Read more →Vivien Leigh and the Search for Rebecca
One of the things Vivien Leigh did after finishing filming on Gone with the Wind was test for the role of the second Mrs. DeWinter in the film version of Daphne DuMaurier’s Rebecca. The film, being directed by Alfred Hitchcock…
Read more →Fridays with Frightenstein
My love of Vincent Price’s tongue-in-cheek horror films (and horror-comedies) really blossomed in the 1990s, but the seeds were planted much earlier, all the way back to my days as a child watching TV in the 1970s. Vincent could be…
Read more →All’s Fair…In Politics And Movies
Having been treated, over the last few months, to a dismaying display of bare-knuckles political hardball at its most venal, it is tempting to assume that such behavior in the political arena is unprecedented. Surely we have reached an all-time…
Read more →My Impressions As An Extra In What’s Up, Doc?
Guest blogger Anthony Piazza writes: My first assignment came out of a “cattle call” that was held at the SF Casting Agency in the summer of 1971. The casting directors for Warner Brothers Studio were present at the office to select from hundreds…
Read more →Ziegfeld Girl (1941): Movie Review
Ziegfeld Girl from 1941 is a moral story told through the parallel experiences of three girls who have been chosen to perform in the Ziegfeld Follies. Susan Gallagher (Judy Garland) is the youngest and most innocent. She’s packed with talent having…
Read more →Hedy Lamarr: Smarter Than Your Average Woman
Guest blogger Kristine Blinn writes: Hollywood actresses often get a bad rep. People think they’re dumb. Not model-dumb or anything that bad, but dumb nonetheless. And sure, most of them might be, but it’s just not fair to make sweeping generalizations (unless…
Read more →Mohawk Theater – North Adams, Mass.
On November 5, 1938, some 71 years ago, the Mohawk Theater opened in the small western Massachusetts town of North Adams. These days, the community is anticipating, and actively involved, in its future re-opening. Once part of the E.M. Loew…
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