March 10, 1910: D.W. Griffith launches the Hollywood film industry with In Old California, the first film to be made in the new municipality. March 5, 1919: Pioneering black producer/director Oscar Micheaux releases his first film, The Homesteader. March 5,…
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What’s So Great About….? Or The Fault Lies Not in Our Stars
Once upon a time, when I was a very obnoxious teenager with pseudo-intellectual pretensions, I made my father throw his napkin at me at the dinner table. Dad had come home after a hard day’s work as a mechanic and…
Read more →Jean Harlow: Born this day in 1911
Born this day in 1911, The Blond Bombshell, one of the greatest Actresses of all time. Please view our article archive on Jean Harlow
Read more →Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Frank Capra’s classic American Academy Award-nominated political drama starring James Stewart and Jean Arthur is reviewed. Guest blogger Kim Wilson asks some tough questions about politics.
Read more →More Than Just Magoo: The Classic Cartoons Of UPA
There was Disney. There was Warner Brothers. There was MGM. And then there was UPA. The animation studio UPA was in the shadow of the other three. It was best known as the home of Mr. Magoo and Gerald McBoing-Boing….
Read more →A Reader Recommended: The Boxer’s Omen
Recommending Reader: masterofoneinchpunch On the Post: MovieFrightFare: Pieces of Terror-ific Trivia (and reiterated in Five Foreign Film Favorites) Years ago, at the Movies Unlimited store, a coworker asked me if I’d ever watched the concert tape of singer Tom Jones on…
Read more →Fanfare Goes to the Mayor: Eric Wareheim on Tim & Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie
From out of the trenches of Bat Mitzvah videos, the depths of the Internet, and even the grimy street corners of North Philadelphia came Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim. College friends since they met at Philly’s Temple University in the…
Read more →The Monkees 1968 Movie Head
In 1968, written by Bob Rafelson and Jack Nicholson, The Monkees made an interesting movie called Head. The movie also featured Annette Funicello, Teri Garr, and Victor Mature. Has anyone seen this Monkees classic?
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