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I mentioned during this month’s Lake Update I’d been invited to take a tour of the Warner Brothers Studio.  Having only done the Universal Studios tour in the past, I was excited to visit a working studio without a theme park and independent of gimmickry and theme park rides.  Joining read more

A few months ago we told you about Brothers Tucker Productions and their very funny video Sweaty Taint. Well Brothers Tucker are back with a  hilarious new web series Rock Stars Beyond the Grave! Dean Sinatra Davis has inherited a magic jacket from his dead father who was a bathroom attendant to th read more

I wonder if Cab Calloway got upset he only got half a music video in The Blues Brothers while Ray Charles and Aretha Franklin both got full ones. While these interludes are completely out of place and break up the “flow” of the film, they’re at least somewhat competent. One can se read more

(Image: moviegoods.com) Adam Pontipee (Howard Keel) is one of seven brothers, all of whom are looking for wives. Adam heads into town to find a lady, and convinces one named Milly (Jane Powell) to marry him that exact day. After Milly readily accepts his proposal and the two get hitched, they head b read more

Welcome to the theme for May 2013 here at Movies Silently. It’s time to celebrate the talented Brothers Barrymore. Throughout the month, I am going to be reviewing a selection of films that span the silent careers of John and Lionel Barrymore.  In the meantime, here are some Barrymore films that read more

When Rita Wilson (Barbara Stanwyck) meets and falls for epidemiologist Chris Claybourne (Robert Taylor), they have an instant connection and quickly fall in love with each other. MGM kills three birds with one stone, marketing the film, its stars and the whole studio all at once. (Image: mydelineate read more

A brief news segment for this afternoon!  We look at TCM’s upcoming tribute to producer Richard D. Zanuck, as well as reveal upcoming artwork and details on Warner Brothers new Blu-Ray collection of gangster films. TCM continues to put out interesting themes and tributes this year.  Hollywoo read more

One of the awesome contributors to Calling All Cinemaniacs!, Tony Tucker, is part of Brothers Tucker, a sibling duo intent on making you laugh. Tony doesn’t just fund little film related projects, he also makes ‘em! Brothers Tucker just posted their latest  vid, “Sweaty Taint,R read more

And I finally get to a TCM Top 12 film reviewed in the month it airs!  Can’t say that will happen again, but I feel very pleased with myself.  In honor of Warner Brothers 90th Anniversary, as well as TCM’s own 31 Days of Oscar weekend devoted to nominees from the studio, this short but read more

  By 1927, Adolph Zukor, the Hollywood mogul behind the rapidly-expanding Paramount-Famous Lasky Corporation, had built a veritable entertainment empire. The studio had moved into a new, multimillion-dollar twenty-six acre lot off Melrose Avenue. They had amassed a chain of nearly two thousand read more

About MeBlogger, Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog and more. Please add my Google profile to your circles. "My Weddings in Film series explores the different stages of getting married as seen through classic movies. The sixth film, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954), takes a look at the s read more

I've sung their praises before, but Ann Dvorak and Kay Francis are two of my favorite actresses. Ann Dvorak Besides being beautiful brunettes, both ladies had a lot in common. Kay Francis Both Ann and Kay: a Spent the best part of their careers under contract at Warner Brothers (a read more

I can’t think of a more explosively talented screen dance team than the Nicholas Brothers. They were physically impressive dancers, but their artistry was such that their complex acrobatics never looked like a series of stunts. This routine from Storm Weather (1943) has got to be one of the be read more

About MeBlogger, Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog and more. Please add my Google profile to your circles. A few days ago I got a phone call at work from my beau. He asked me if I recognized the name Stanley Donen. I replied that yes I recognized his name and that he was a film director. My be read more

"The film is magic and still astounds today." - Howard Keel, 1996 How does one accidentally produce one of the greatest musicals ever made? MGM managed to do just that with Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954). Intended to be a B-movie musical, MGM threw more of their time and money into another read more

"The film is magic and still astounds today." - Howard Keel, 1996 How does one accidentally produce one of the greatest musicals ever made? MGM managed to do just that with Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954). Intended to be a B-movie musical, MGM threw more of their time and money into another read more

"My Weddings in Film series explores the different stages of getting married as seen through classic movies. The sixth film, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954), takes a look at the struggles of newlywed life. Congratulations on your recent nuptials! Now it's time to enjoy newlywed life. Becau read more

A few days ago I got a phone call at work from my beau. He asked me if I recognized the name Stanley Donen. I replied that yes I recognized his name and that he was a film director. My beau proceeded to tell me that Stanley Donen, the Stanley Donen would be at the Harvard Film Archive on Friday to p read more

Lost in Translation: odd classic film titles in Portuguese - Marx Brothers edition There are few things more difficult for a translator than to translate a pun and make it work. Imagine then the difficulty of translating a movie that is full of puns and witty lines, such as the Marx Brothers mo read more