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Esther Ralston (September 17, 1902 – January 14, 1994), who at her peak, was called "The American Venus" by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. While performing as a dazzling beauty queen in the film, The American Venus. A decade later, Esther Ralston career, began to fade. Video: A scene from the sile read more

I figured I’ll do this whenever I have a few items worth discussing.  I’ll refrain from setting a weekly schedule just in the interest of timeliness.  In this installment, we’ll discuss casting in a new Errol Flynn biopic as well as updates on the upcoming TCM Classic Film Festival read more

Agnes Ayres (April 4, 1898 – December 25, 1940), began her career in 1914 when she was cast as an extra in a crowd scene. After moving to New York City with her mother to follow her acting career, Ayres was spotted by actress Alice Joyce. Joyce noticed the physical resemblance the two shar read more

Hold everything! Stop the presses! With barely one day to spare, just under the wire, I present to you my TCM film noir pick for January – Armored Car Robbery! Directed by Richard Fleischer, this fast-paced feature has a great cast, plenty of action, memorable dialogue, and one of my favorite noir read more

A Moment In Film: The little girl with the big voice It doesn't happen very often, but when it does, it's magnificent! What I'm alluding to is when you're taken over by some powerful, overwhelming feeling whilst watching a scene in a movie. We've all experienced this feeling before (right? read more

(Image: dbcovers) Miss Pettigrew (Frances McDormand) is a somewhat frumpy, middle-aged London governess who has just lost her job. When the agency fails to help her find a new position, Miss Pettigrew takes matters into her own hands by stealing a client’s card from a desk and showing up at th read more

Betty Compson (March 19, 1897 – April 18, 1974), father died when she was young, and she drop out of school and earn a living for herself and her mother. She landed a job as a violinist in a Salt Lake City, Utah, theater. After, Compson made 25 short films in 1916. She completed, read more

Another issue of News From the Lake!  So, question for readers of this column: Do you want a set day for this, simply post during slow/no review days, or squeeze it when I ave a few stories worth writing about (i.e. now).  I’m not sure there’s enough to make this a daily thing.  Let me read more

I can’t say it comes up too often, however, whenever a short that has been turned into a feature does come around and you can find it online, I’d like to put it up here. Out now is Mama, which drew its inspiration from this short, which does live up to the introduction that Guillermo Del read more

High Heels and Fedoras: Exploring Film Noir—2013 Film Club series begins in February The 2013 Film Club is back at The Venue 1550 at the Daystar Center, 1550 S. State St., Chicago. Hosted by Stephen Reginald, the film club will feature six film noir classics, including Double Indemnity a read more

High Heels and Fedoras: Exploring Film Noir—2013 Film Club series begins in February The 2013 Film Club is back at The Venue 1550 at the Daystar Center, 1550 S. State St., Chicago. Hosted by Stephen Reginald, the film club will feature six film noir classics, including Double Indemnity a read more

As I start to branch out further into the world of classic cinema, one thing I’ve always wanted to integrate is news.  I’ve dabbled in news related columns so far.  I recall the Classic DVD Report of a few months back that ultimately went nowhere.  With that, I’ve decided to integr read more

Barbara Stanwyck has an affair with married politician Adolphe Menjou, and subsequently has his baby, in “Forbidden” (1932). From her first forays into sound film, Barbara Stanwyck was known for her portrayals of strong, gutsy, and independent women. In Illicit, she sleeps with her boyf read more

"Vot are you looking at?" Of all the actors and actresses who appeared in 1930s movies, Joseph Cawthorn (1868-1949) was certainly one of them. To get an idea of the wide range of roles he played, just look at the character names: Dourfuss, Kleber, Selzer, Schlemmer, Krausemeyer, Schmidt, Kruger, read more

Jean Arthur (October 17, 1900 – June 19, 1991). Was discovered by Fox Film Studios while she was doing commercial modeling in New York City in the early 1920's, Arthur landed a one-year contract and debuted in the silent film, Cameo Kirby (1923), directed by John Ford. It was Ford's first read more

"Vot are you looking at?" Of all the actors and actresses who appeared in 1930s movies, Joseph Cawthorn (1868-1949) was certainly one of them. To get an idea of the wide range of roles he played, just look at the character names: Dourfuss, Kleber, Selzer, Schlemmer, Krausemeyer, Schmidt, Kruger, read more

Firstly, welcome to the first short film Saturday of the new year. I wanted to have a new one up last weekend, but amongst other things having all my BAM posts needing to go up, and my Best of the Year in general and horror took out much of my screening time. However, I do want to try and make up fo read more

Yeah, yeah, yeah – Oscar nominations. I’m glad to see Beasts of the Southern Wild made the cut, but other than that… blah. How about every nominee in the Best Supporting Actor category has won an Oscar before? That just smacks of old, self-satisfied people congratulating themselve read more

Yeah, yeah, yeah – Oscar nominations. I’m glad to see Beasts of the Southern Wild made the cut, but other than that… blah. How about every nominee in the Best Supporting Actor category has won an Oscar before? That just smacks of old, self-satisfied people congratulating themselve read more

Back in May of last year I had the privilege to participate in the For the Love of Film: The Film Preservation Blogathon III.  My contribution was a post titled, “The Hitchcock Signature” for the grand event hosted by the Self Styled Siren, Ferdy on Films, and This Island Rod.  That read more