Jodie Foster: Clarice Starling (Silence of the Lambs) vs. Iris Steensma (Taxi Driver). Two film roles, which Jodie Foster character portrayal was the best?
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This Week in Film History, 11.18.12
November 18, 1928: Mickey Mouse whistles his way onto the screen in his first speaking performance, in Walt Disney’s Steamboat Willie. November 21, 1931: Released only months after Dracula, Universal Pictures has another horror hit in Frankenstein, starring Boris Karloff…
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Mary Astor: The Prisoner of Moorcrest
Beautiful Mary Astor (born Lucile Vasconcellos Langhanke) was the daughter of teachers who didn’t really want to teach. When lovely Lucile showed a talent for acting and became a semifinalist in a Motion Picture Magazine beauty contest, papa packed up…
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OK, (vine) swingers: How are you planning to celebrate the Tarzan Centennial? A phenomenon ever since Tarzan of the Apes was first published in All-Story Magazine, Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Lord of the Jungle marks a century of dominion over popular…
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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! “Gotta pay my dues? Al, you haven’t once driven for our car pool much less buck up…
Read more →Can You Identify Famous Film Voices?
In today’s guest post, reader Jack Ralph asks if you can identify film stars just by the sound of their voice: Many movie and television fans can identify a great number of performers by name immediately by viewing the performers,…
Read more →On This Day In Movie History, 11.11.12
On This Day In Movie History, 11.11.12 November 13, 1921: After gaining fame in The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Italian-born leading man Rudolph Valentino mesmerizes female filmgoers as The Sheik. November 15, 1935: The Marx Brothers’ first feature for…
Read more →What’s Your Favorite John Wayne War Movie?
From The Sands of Iwo Jima to The Green Berets and beyond, John Wayne was a big-screen military mainstay for three decades. We’re looking for your vote for your favorite war movie featuring the Duke.
Read more →Amicus Brief: Remembering Britain’s Other Fright Factory
What looks like a film made by Hammer Studios, sounds like a film made by Hammer Studios and smells like a film made by Hammer Studios, but is not a film made by Hammer Studios, the prolific production house of…
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