July 17, 1913: An old vaudeville gag is reborn on screen as Mabel Normand becomes the first to throw a pie into “Fatty” Arbuckle’s kisser, in A Noise from the Deep. July 22, 1934: After seeing MGM’s Manhattan Melodrama at…
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The Five Best James Stewart Performances
Guest blogger Rick29 writes: The problem with listing the five best James Stewart films is that there are many more than five. But this month’s theme at my website is the “5 Best” and I’ll stick to it. I don’t…
Read more →My Summer Vacation: Watching Movies and Loving It!
Remember in elementary school when everyone would come back from summer vacation, and the teacher would make all the students either write an essay or give an oral presentation on how they spent the previous months free of having to…
Read more →The Real Hollywood Tough Guys (And Ladies)
Guest blogger Angela Petteys writes: In the 100-plus-year history of film, a lot of actors have wound up with tough guy images. Mention tough guys to classic film fans, you’re probably going to hear a lot of James Cagney, Humphrey…
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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 can go to my stylist; throw on a leather jacket. But there’s only one Leo…got it?!”
Read more →Your Questions Answered on Dick Powell, Susan Hayward Favorites
Q: There is an old Dick Powell movie called You Never Can Tell, with Dick as a murdered dog reincarnated as a human to find his murderer. The movie was also known as One Never Knows. I would love to…
Read more →Katharine The Great: A Tribute to Kate Hepburn
An independent woman who made her mark portraying heroines just as willful and unforgettable as she was, as at home in light comedy as in provocative drama, this sculpted New England beauty deservedly spanned generations as a prominent motion picture…
Read more →Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989): Movie Review
Guest blogger Alex Kittle writes: Since enjoying Midnight in Paris so much, I’ve been dipping more intoWoody Allen‘s filmography. First up was Crimes and Misdemeanors, which interested me since it’s more of a drama than a romantic comedy (which is…
Read more →Rare British Cinema and More Coming to DVD
Mike & Emeric Go To War: Ill Met By Moonlight (1957) (aka Night Ambush) comes to DVD on the heels of other great Michael Powell-Emeric Pressburger releases like The Battle of the River Plate (The Flight of the Graf Spee) and…
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