October 15, 1915: The Supreme Court finds Edison’s Motion Picture Patents Company guilty of restraint of trade against the independents, spelling the trust’s doom. October 10, 1939: Babes in Arms, the first in a popular quartet of Busby Berkeley musicals…
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Columbia Pictures Opens The Vaults
It was only a matter of time. Warner was first to throw their hat into the studio on-demand ring, introducing a wide array of famous and not-so famous films available in the DVD-R format. The Warner formula for mixing much-desired…
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Guest blogger Peter Cook writes: The Man Who Would Be King is one of my favorite films, and another of those rare movies where every element falls into place with craftsman-like precision. From the director, John Huston, and the magnificent cast that stretches…
Read more →Mad Ron’s Prevues From Hell Lives Again
In 1987, Joe Amodei decided to foot the bill for a bunch of friends who wanted to make a movie. The film was Mad Ron’S Prevues from Hell, a tribute to the horror films of the 1960s and 1970s. Shot…
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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! For his later roles the King of Cool demanded to be paid up-front in cash.
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“I made more lousy pictures than any actor in history.” So said the man who would eventually be voted number one in an American Film Institute poll of the greatest screen actors of all time. It may have been…
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Both in reel and real life tattoos have never been more popular. Vin Diesel’s xXx tat from the movie of the same name and the LOVE/HATE ink on Robert Mitchum’s digits from Night of the Hunter are a couple of…
Read more →Welcome to My Obsession: The Iverson Movie Ranch
Guest blogger Dennis Ronald writes: We discovered it in summer 2008 and have been hooked on it ever since — the rugged landscape in Chatsworth, Calif., that marks the site of the former Iverson Movie Ranch. Known as the most…
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This Week In Film History, 10.03.10
October 6, 1927: The curtain opens on the “talkies” with Warner Bros.’ The Jazz Singer. Star Al Jolson says, “You ain’t heard nothin’ yet.” October 7, 1928: The short subject Dancing Town, starring Helen Hayes, marks the first film appearance…
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