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Read more →Monthly Archives: October 2011
The Toast of New York (1937)
Guest blogger Jacqueline Lynch writes: “The Toast of New York” (1937) turns character actor Edward Arnold into a romantic lead. This alone makes this uneven movie a delight. Based on the true life and financial skullduggery of 19th-century entrepreneur James…
Read more →To Die For
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! Geez, he was sound asleep. What could she possibly want?
Read more →Where the Wild Things Are: A Guest Movie Review
Guest blogger Ibetolis writes: When it was announced that an adaptation of Where the Wild Things Are was to be made into a film with man-child Spike Jonze at the helm, I suppose I went through the same kind of giddiness usually afforded…
Read more →Reflections On Charles Napier, 1936-2011
“Let’s eat with the working folks,” said Charles Napier between drags on a cigarette. “We’re not going to that hoity-toity fish joint Robards goes to. S—t, he can afford it.” We were in Philadelphia’s dark and dank City Hall sometime…
Read more →Movie Review: The Ides of March
Is George Clooney awesome or what? It’s OK to admit it—I already confessed while Playing the Movie IFs Game that, were I (Movie Irv’s producer) to be trading places with one of cinema’s power players, he’d be the one. The star…
Read more →My Guilty Pleasure: Gone with the Wind
Guest blogger Katie writes: My guilty pleasure is not necessarily looked down upon in the classic film community and it is definitely not obscure. Gone with the Wind is a typical movie to love and repeatedly watch alone in the dark,…
Read more →Movie Poll: Who’s Your Favorite Pre-1965 Movie Comedy Team?
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Read more →Early Hollywood Costume Design: A Brief Overview
In the early days of the film industry, the fledgling production studios had not yet established the massive industrial complex of Hollywood movie-making. Films were created almost piecemeal, thrown together in a matter of days in order to keep fresh…
Read more →Are You a Movie Lover?
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…
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