January 27, 1918: Edgar Rice Burroughs’ jungle lord debuts on screen in Tarzan of the Apes, starring former Arkansas peace officer Elmo Lincoln. January 23, 1932: Educational Films Corporation signs 3 ½-year-old Shirley Temple to appear in a series of…
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100 Great Film Quotes Not in the 2011 Movies Unlimited Catalog
“Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.” “Here’s looking at you, kid.” “I’m going to make him an offer he can’t refuse.” “Schwing!” Where would Hollywood and its fans be without these and other timeless quotations? Well, back in…
Read more →The Most Dangerous Game…Now In Color?
No doubt this comes as four-year-old news to many Ray Harryhausen fans, but in the whirl and rush of so many DVD and Blu-ray releases of interest, I’d completely missed out on (or perhaps simply forgotten about) the fact that special…
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It started with a girl named Maria and a boy named Tony who thought something was coming. That’s what I usually tell people when they ask how I became a classic movie fan: it happened on a fateful March evening…
Read more →In Praise of Robert Duvall
I’ll keep on acting ’til they wipe the drool. I like the business. I like to do different parts and diverse characters. I haven’t lost my enthusiasm yet! –Robert Duvall I’ve been thinking about Robert Duvall lately. First, I saw…
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Design for Living (1933): Movie review
In Design for Living, Tom Chambers (Fredric March) and George Curtis (Gary Cooper) are a couple of artistic best friends. Tom is a playwright and George is a painter. They may not be rich, but they’re happy living together in…
Read more →Edward Arnold: The Big Screen’s Toughest Tycoon
One of the most imposing character players of Hollywood’s golden age, this ursine, accomplished thespian played his share of cold-hearted businessmen, crooked politcos and legendary historical figures in the course of a quarter-century on the screen. Born to the slums of…
Read more →My Frustration With Gus Van Sant
There are filmmakers out there who turn anything that they touch into gold. As far as the modern era is concerned, men such as Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, and even Clint Eastwood come immediately to mind as those who would…
Read more →This Week In Film History, 01.16.11
January 19, 1907: An Exciting Honeymoon and The Life of a Cowboy are the first films to be reviewed in the entertainment trade magazine Variety. January 18, 1923: Drug addiction claims leading man Wallace Reid, whose morphine dependency followed an…
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