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! (Fifty hard boiled eggs. What was I thinking? Should’ve got ‘em scrambled.)
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State Fair (1945) A Guest Classic Movie Review
State Fair 1945 film classic Brief plot: The Frake family travels to the annual Iowa State Fair, entering their mincemeat, pickles, and prize hog Blue Boy into contests. The two children find romance at the fair, but it is uncertain if it will continue…
Read more →This Week In Film History, 01-08-12
January 10, 1914: With Mack Sennett’s instruction to Charlie Chaplin to “get into a comedy make-up,” the legendary “Little Tramp” is born. January 10, 1923: The “Hollywoodland” sign is dedicated. It was built on the Hollywood Hills to promote sales of…
Read more →If You Owned a Movie Studio…
…what movies would you make? Would they be like The Matrix…or like Martha Marcy May Marlene? It was time to Ask Movie Irv this classic question, and he has a pretty clear answer: Now it’s your turn. You’ve just been…
Read more →Corsican Brothers, The Big Caper and More Buried Classics
Double Dose Of Doug: Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. tackles two roles in the 1941’s The Corsican Brothers, the Edward Small (The Man in the Iron Mask) production based on the Alexander Dumas novel. He plays the siblings who are separated and…
Read more →The James Bond Bad Guys Will Return
Guest blogger Blair Kramer writes: Here’s the nitty gritty on GoldenEye: The laser satellite from Diamonds Are Forever was dusted off, a modern sheen was added, and the ancient 1970s script was brought before the cameras once again in…
Read more →Movie Poll: What’s Your Pick for Worst Film of 2011?
Dying Young
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! “No, I never really noticed before—I’m glad you find my uneven ears so amusing.”
Read more →Performing a Public Service: Cab Calloway in The Blues Brothers
Whatever one may think of John Landis or Dan Aykroyd as either artists or people, they both deserve kudos for preserving a modern-day performance of “Minnie the Moocher” by Cab Calloway on film in The Blues Brothers (1980). Aykroyd wrote him…
Read more →Where Are They Now?: June Lockhart
Guest blogger David Lobosco writes: I am not an animal lover, but one of my favorite reruns I watched growing up was Lassie. Actress June Lockhart was one of the best things about the corny black and white show. She…
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