August 28, 1912: “King of Comedy” Mack Sennett leaves Biograph and forms Keystone Film Company with two former bookies. August 27, 1917: The first feature to be directed by John Ford, the Harry Carey–Hoot Gibson western Straight Shooting, opens. August…
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The Great Train Robbery
Whomever said overt violence on film is a sad reflection on the effects of modern technology and overexposure to violence in video games has never seen Edwin S. Porter’s The Great Train Robbery released in 1903. Plenty of violence and…
Read more →Your Movie Questions Answered: Spencer Tracy, Debbie Reynolds
Q: Could you tell me if WB is ever going to release more Spencer Tracy films, in particular, A Guy Named Joe, The Seventh Cross, Cass Timberlane, Keeper of the Flame and The Sea of Grass? Also, with all of…
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On Your Toes
I don’t like baseball, but I love movies about baseball. You see all the good parts without the long, boring stretches. The same may be true for many people regarding ballet. Even if you would not spend an evening at…
Read more →This Week In Film History, 08.15.10
August 18, 1925: MGM settles on the winner of a fan magazine contest to rechristen contract starlet Lucille LeSeur, and adds “Joan Crawford” to the lexicography. August 16, 1926: Up-and-coming starlet Clara Bow inks a deal with Paramount, but refuses…
Read more →The Thief of Bagdad and Simpler Times
When I was a kid, way back in the midst of the Seventies, movie viewing was restricted to visits to the cinema or the schedules of three TV channels. That’s right, kids, there was a dark time in our history…
Read more →We Were Soldiers
You know the drill. Below is a classic movie photo with Jason’s caption. You’re encouraged to leave your own suggestion in the comment section below! “I’m in the #### in the middle of a mother-####ing war and you’re ####ing around, you little…
Read more →Edgar Wright Vs. The World
Edgar Wright envisioned the film version of Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World the minute he finished reading the first installment of Bryan Lee O’Malley’s graphic novel series. “I was given it the week it was published, so I read it…
Read more →Salvador Dali Makes an Impression on Psycho
In this guest blog, writer Joel Gunz presents a pictorial examination of how the art of Salvador Dalí influenced and impacted the works of Alfred Hitchcock. (Whom Gunz lovingly refers to as “Hitch”). Take a look at the two pictures below. If Hitch…
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