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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Cyrano de Bergerac
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?”
Read more →Guest Review: Romeo & Juliet (1968)
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 →Favorite Film Director Winning Streaks
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,…
Read more →Movie Poll: Which ’70s Drama Had the Coolest Theme Song?
Full Metal Jacket
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.
Read more →The Second Time Around: Tracking the Most Successful Movie Re-releases
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…
Read more →Wild Bill Elliott: In Glorious Sepia Tone
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 →This Week In Film History, 09.25.11
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…
Read more →The Bank Dick: Classic Movie Guest Review
Guest blogger Elizabeth writes: Probably W.C. Fields’ best-known film, The Bank Dick, produced by Universal, is usually considered his greatest effort onscreen. William K. Everson writes that it is “quite possibly his finest work,” and that “it is even less concerned with…
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