Boo! Sorry, did I scare you? Just trying to get you in the spooky spirit for our current Monster May-Hem Sale. Friends, we’ve got hordes of horror hits from the past 100 years ready to give you thrills at discounted…
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The Academy Awards are coming on Sunday, and there’s no shortage of star-power in this week’s new DVDs and Blu-rays. Along with a huge Oscars contender, these new releases also include a surprising action/comedy, some cult efforts, a collection of…
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Lon Chaney‘s greatest role was as Erik, the scarred fiend lurking in the catacombs beneath the Paris Opera House who serves as an unseen mentor to beautiful Swedish soprano Christine Daaé (Mary Philbin), in the classic 1925 silent adaptation of…
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The Walter Huston film “Kongo” is the talkie remake of the silent classic “West of Zanzibar” starring the great Lon Chaney…but Huston actually played “Dead Legs” Flint first. Follow that? Check out our classic post about the two jungle thrillers and tell us which is your favorite.
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One of silent cinema’s greatest–and strangest–love stories was Universal’s The Phantom of the Opera, with Lon Chaney in perhaps his most famous role. Guest writer Fritzi Kramer rips the mask off the 1925 thriller’s behind-the-scenes secrets and travails.
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Do you have a favorite movie scene involving a miracle? Let’s have a look at five great scenes involving Classic Movie Miracles, and then you can regale us with your own awe-inspiring picks!
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One actor. Two film roles. You tell us which portrayal was the best. The most memorable. Or iconic. Or simply your favorite. But before you pass judgment, a few words defending the “character” of each… The case for Quasimodo Though…
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The Phantom of the Opera (1925): Classic Movie Review What is the price of fame? According to this 1925 silent classic staring Lon Chaney a deal with the devil…no, no, no that’s Faust; I mean a creepy Phantom. Please excuse…
Read more →September 5, 1901: William McKinley, the first U.S. president to be captured on film, is shown at the Pan-American Expo in Buffalo, one day before his assassination. September 5, 1916: In response to the outcry over The Birth of a…
Read more →September 1, 1902: A milestone in the evolution of the cinema is marked with the release of George Méliès’ fantastic Voyage to the Moon. August 28, 1912: “King of Comedy” Mack Sennett leaves Biograph and forms Keystone Film Company with…
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