February 8, 1915: D.W. Griffith‘s Civil War epic, The Birth of a Nation, opens. At a White House screening, President Woodrow Wilson calls it “like writing history with lightning.” February 8, 1926: The New York Sun is the first to…
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Suddenly, Sinatra Matters Again
“The gun gives you the power of life or death. It’s a funny sort of thing to have control over life and death. You must have had it during the war. You could miss a man if you had a mind…
Read more →The Case for Anna Karenina
Guest blogger Kendra Bean writes: When Julien DuVivier’s production of Anna Karenina was released in theatres in 1948 it received less-than-stellar notices, especially concerning its leading lady, Vivien Leigh. Critics called it a “beautiful failure” and said Vivien failed to portray…
Read more →Kathryn Beaumont Reflects on Disney’s Alice in Wonderland
Providing the voice for one of Walt Disney’s animated heroines is a cinematic trophy only a handful of actresses can lay claim to. But providing the voice for two of Disney’s animated heroines is a one-of-a-kind achievement that can only…
Read more →Celluloid Superman: Is George Reeves the Best Man of Steel?
Guest blogger Victoria Balloon writes: Already popular in comics and radio, Superman had previously starred in two serials: Superman (1948) and Atom-Man vs. Superman (1950) If our hero could leap tall buildings in a single bound, surely he could make…
Read more →Sal Mineo: A Look Into Sal Mineo’s Tragic Life
The title of a new biography by Michael Gregg Michaud is simple enough: Sal Mineo. So it comes as no surprise that the book covers the career and life trajectory of its subject, the late two-time Oscar-nominated actor who made…
Read more →Mixed-Up Taglines – Crimes of Passion
Below is the second installment of movie titles and their taglines. Thing is, they’re not matched up correctly. The tags may seem appropriate for the accompanying films but they really belong with another movie from the list. Like last time,…
Read more →Movie Poll: Who’s your favorite movie Robin Hood?
To see a complete list of all movie polls, click here The history of Robin Hood on the silver screen: Don’t You Worry, Never Fear, Robin Hood Will Soon Be Here
Read more →This Week In Film History, 01.30.11
February 2, 1922: Hollywood has a real whodunit on its hands when Paramount Pictures director William Desmond Taylor is found slain. February 5, 1927: Buster Keaton‘s comedic masterwork The General, based on a true Civil War incident, is released. February…
Read more →On the Road Again: The Great “Road” TV Shows of the 1960s
Guest blogger Rick29 writes: What’s a “road” TV show? Well, it’s a TV series where the protagonist travels from place to place—sometimes because he’s being chased, sometimes because he’s chasing someone (or something), and sometimes because he’s trying to find…
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