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A Many Splendored Thing: The 2019 TCM Film Festival – Part 2
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Apr 27, 2019
Hollywood Boulevard: The calm before the storm Two weeks ago today, I was with my older daughter, Veronica, in sunny Los Angeles, joyfully immersed in the world of cinema (and the circus-like atmosphere that is Hollywood Boulevard) at the Turner Classic Movies Film Festival. As I look I my window in read more
A Report on the Party and the Guests (1966)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Apr 26, 2019
A Report on the Party and the Guests (O slavnosti a hostech)
Directed by Jan Nemec
Written by Esther Krumbachova and Jan Nemec
1966/Czechoslovakia
Filmove studio Barradonov
First viewing/Criterion Channel I liked this scathing allegory on enforced conformity in a Communist State. A group of friends read more
Encore podcast: A Short History of Ridiculous Sponsor Interference
The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on Apr 26, 2019
For almost as long as there has been broadcasting, there has been commercial sponsorship. But from the 1930s through the 1960s, sponsors had an unusual amount of power because, through advertising agencies, they owned entire blocks of time on the program schedule and produced their own shows. In thi read more
Encore podcast: A Short History of Ridiculous Sponsor Interference
The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on Apr 26, 2019
For almost as long as there has been broadcasting, there has been commercial sponsorship. But from the 1930s through the 1960s, sponsors had an unusual amount of power because, through advertising agencies, they owned entire blocks of time on the program schedule and produced their own shows. In thi read more
Carole + Capra, lobbying (twice) for a princess
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Apr 25, 2019
I'm guessing this shot of Carole Lombard, Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert and director Frank Capra was taken on the Columbia lot in late 1933 or early '34, when Lombard was making "Twentieth Century" and the other three the future multiple Oscar-winner "It Happened One Night."Carole worked with many read more
A Shock to the System (1990, Jan Egleson)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Apr 24, 2019
A Shock to the System is almost a success. It’s real close. It has all the right pieces, it just doesn’t have enough time at the end to put them away in their new arrangement. Everything’s in disarray because the film changes into a thriller—with a different protagonist—for a while in the read more
A Shock to the System (1990, Jan Egleson)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Apr 24, 2019
A Shock to the System is almost a success. It’s real close. It has all the right pieces, it just doesn’t have enough time at the end to put them away in their new arrangement. Everything’s in disarray because the film changes into a thriller—with a different protagonist—for a while in the read more
A Shock to the System (1990, Jan Egleson)
The Stop Button Posted by on Apr 24, 2019
A Shock to the System is almost a success. It’s real close. It has all the right pieces, it just doesn’t have enough time at the end to put them away in their new arrangement. Everything’s in disarray because the film changes into a thriller—with a different protagonist—for a while in the read more
A Shock to the System (1990, Jan Egleson)
The Stop Button Posted by on Apr 24, 2019
A Shock to the System is almost a success. It’s real close. It has all the right pieces, it just doesn’t have enough time at the end to put them away in their new arrangement. Everything’s in disarray because the film changes into a thriller—with a different protagonist—for a while in the read more
'Confessions' about a magazine cover that isn't
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Apr 20, 2019
And this has nothing to do with Carole Lombard's final film for Paramount (titled "True Confession," no "s"), which put her on the cover in February 1938......and also released a tie-in seen above. Rather, this deals with the April 1936 issue where Carole graced the cover (https://carole-and-co.live read more
Silents are Golden: A Closer Look at – Intolerance (1916)
Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Lea Stans on Apr 19, 2019
Silents are Golden: A Closer Look at: Intolerance (1916) Along with my “Silent Superstars” series, I thought it would be fun to dive into the history behind specific films. Let’s start with a look at one of biggest spectacles ever put on film–Intolerance! It is one of the grandest, read more
Some 'Big News' about a Lombard still
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Apr 19, 2019
Of the three talking feature films Carole Lombard made for Pathe (while she was billed as Carol Lombard), "Big News" is probably the least known. A shame, because it's directed by Gregory La Cava some seven years before he and Lombard would reteam for the brilliant "My Man Godfrey." Moreover, it's t read more
The Late Show (1977): Lily Tomlin: A Hypnotic Hippie Crashes a Symphony of Nostalgic Noir
A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on Apr 17, 2019
Have you ever fallen under the spell of a film? Of course you have, otherwise you wouldn't be here. Certain films and characters have a way of mesmerizing us and drawing us into their world. Count me 100% under the spell of one Margo Sperling, the lady with the missing cat in 1977's "The late Show." read more
A Fera da Cidade (1932) e a gênese da femme fatale
Critica Retro Posted by Lê on Apr 17, 2019
A Fera da Cidade (1932) e a gênese da femme fatale The Beast of the City (1932) and the genesis of the femme fatale Podemos traçar as origens de muitos traços dos filmes noir para mais de uma década antes que o primeiro “noir verdadeiro” – “O Falcão Maltês̶ read more
DEATH IN A CLOSET: MARIE WINDSOR IN THE NARROW MARGIN (1952)
Stardust and Shadows Posted by Terry on Apr 16, 2019
The single light bulb of interrogation now shines on Marie Windsor as Mrs. Frankie Neall in the model B classic picture THE NARROW MARGIN (1952). The subject is the Femme Fatale. The term Femme Fatale is defined loosely as “a mysterious and seductive woman whose charms ensnare her read more
book: A Line of Blood (2015) by Ben McPherson
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Apr 15, 2019
In the area of London’s Finsbury Park locally nicknamed Crappy, TV producer Alex Mercer and his 11-year-old son Max discover their neighbor, the enigmatic Bryce, electrocuted in his bathtub, victim of an apparent suicide. That would be horrific enough, but it emerges in fairly short order tha read more
An Interview with Ruta Lee: A Lively Conversation about Seven Brides, Marlene Dietrich, Perry Mason, Khrushchev...and More!
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Apr 14, 2019
Ruta Lee made her big screen acting debut in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers in 1953 at the age of eighteen. She has been performing ever since! Her film roles have run the gamut from portraying Tyrone Power's girlfriend in Witness for the Prosecution (1957) to starring opposite the whole Rat P read more
Born in East L.A. (1987, Cheech Marin)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Apr 11, 2019
Born in East L.A. is a much lighter comedy than expected. Maybe not more than writer-director-star Cheech Marin portends—and a lot of the film’s ineffectiveness isn’t first time feature director Marin’s fault, he needed one of his four editors to have some clue about creating narrative continuity. read more
Born in East L.A. (1987, Cheech Marin)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Apr 11, 2019
Born in East L.A. is a much lighter comedy than expected. Maybe not more than writer-director-star Cheech Marin portends—and a lot of the film’s ineffectiveness isn’t first time feature director Marin’s fault, he needed one of his four editors to have some clue about creating narrative continuity. read more
Born in East L.A. (1987, Cheech Marin)
The Stop Button Posted by on Apr 11, 2019
Born in East L.A. is a much lighter comedy than expected. Maybe not more than writer-director-star Cheech Marin portends—and a lot of the film’s ineffectiveness isn’t first time feature director Marin’s fault, he needed one of his four editors to have some clue about creating narrative continuity. read more