Have you found yourself asking this question…of your friends…of your relatives…even, in a fleeting moment of self-doubt, of yourself? Some people think it’s all about liking Citizen Kane. Others believe that you can tell a lot about a person’s status by the…
Read more →October 5, 1956: Charlton Heston, as Moses, parts the Red Sea in Cecil B. DeMille‘s gargantuan remake of The Ten Commandments. October 6, 1927: The curtain opens on the “talkies” with Warner Bros.’ The Jazz Singer. Star Al Jolson says, “You ain’t heard…
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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! “You always seem to know when I’m lying. How do you do it?”
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Guest blogger Deborah writes: I recently rewatched the 1968 version of Romeo and Juliet when I was in the mood for some Shakespeare. It was the first Shakespeare story I was introduced to, back in the seventh grade, when my…
Read more →This is not as easy as it sounds, but it is fun. Think of your favorite movie directors: How many of them would you say have helmed not one, not two or three…but five great films in a row? Sure,…
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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! It’s OK. He’s a marine. You can trust him.
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An email came in after the publication of my earlier article on double features. The letter asked about films which were re-released in theaters. I had mentioned in the article that reissuing films in a number of screens was a…
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After a string of excellent little pictures for Republic like personal favorites Hellfire (1949) and The Showdown (1950), Bill Elliott signed a six-picture deal with Monogram (later to become Allied Artists). These six films, which included Kansas Territory (1953), while certainly…
Read more →September 25, 1906: Winsor McCay’s Gertie the Dinosaur astounds audiences nationwide and will blaze new trails in the art of animation. September 30, 1919: While holding what he believed to be a prop bomb for a publicity photo, Harold Lloyd…
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