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Of all the actresses who appeared in 1930s movies, Noel Francis (1906-59) was certainly one of them. Noel Francis Madison Not to be confused with Noel Madison, who was a guy, Noel Francis was an attractive blonde with a winsome expression. She had been a dancer on Broadway, appearing in the Zieg read more

“THE BIRDS is coming!” to the TCM Classic Film Festival next April, along with star Tippi Hedren, Turner Classic Movies announced today. The still-gorgeous, 82-year-old actress and animal activist will be in person at the fourth annual TCMFF in Hollywood April 25-28  for a screening hono read more

So now there are only three close matches after day 2. Yesterday there was five matches that had leads of fewer than 5 votes. All that changed today. The Thin Man has twice as many votes over The Palm Beach Story, leading now 20-10. Yesterday it led by only 3 votes. My Favorite Wife has a slender 3 read more

Five of the eight matches are very close, within 2-3 votes of each other. There are two matches that have a comfortable lead and one definite blow-out. The blow-out comes courtesy of a top seed in It Happened One Night, rolling over Merrily We Live 24-0. That's right...it's a shut-out so far. Live read more

Mary Alden (June 18, 1883 – July 2, 1946). Born in New York City, Alden began her career on Broadway before moving to Hollywood where she worked for the Biograph Company and Pathe Exchange. Her most popular role in movies, Birth of a Nation(1915) directed by D.W. Griffith. Alden played read more

Here are the next round of matches scheduled to begin on Sunday. Since there are only 8 matches left, I have decided to hold the rest of the tourney here on All Good Things to make it more convenient. As this blog gets way more traffic than Screwball Cinema. As we get into the meat of the tourney n read more

If you saw the new Alice in Wonderland and absolutely could not stand it then this may be the antidote: The first adaptation of the story on film in the world has recently been restored by the British Film Institute, BFI. It was recently posted on their YouTube page. This is just some of the amazing read more

I haven’t got time to write a full posting tonight, but will just give links to a couple of fascinating very early Dickens adaptations, really just fragments, both dating from 1901. The first is thought to be the very earliest Dickens film in existence, and was recently rediscovered in the BFI read more

I had some time tonight to start round 2 of the favorite screwball film tourney instead of waiting until Sunday morning. So the matches are over on the right hand side and will be up through Friday evening. And all eight matches will take place here on this blog to make it even easier. The matches read more

Please click here to view the movie:The Cat and the Canary in full The Cat and the Canary (1927) . A silent horror film adaptation of John Willard's 1922 black comedy play of the same name. Directed by German Expressionist filmmaker Paul Leni. Cast: Laura La Plante, Forrest Stanley read more

The first round of The Favorite Screwball Film Tourney is in the books and with the exception of three upsets, most of the expected winners are moving on to round 2. The upsets included one of the four major top seeds..Trouble in Paradise losing to My Favorite Wife 23-15. Paradise made a gallant co read more

It’s beginning to look a lot like… Holiday movie time. Yep, time to dust off It’s a Wonderful Life, A Christmas Carol, A Christmas Story or whatever holiday movie floats your boat. (If you keep reading, you’ll get to Robert Osborne’s favs!) Some holiday movies really a read more

It’s beginning to look a lot like… Holiday movie time. Yep, time to dust off It’s a Wonderful Life, A Christmas Carol, A Christmas Story or whatever holiday movie floats your boat. (If you keep reading, you’ll get to Robert Osborne’s favs!) Some holiday movies really a read more

You can always tell the end of the semester’s coming when my movie output increases.  I watched a diverse slate of film, with a prevalence of movies I generally liked.  I expect this number to double by the end of December, since school is finished.  Clicking on the title of the film will read more

Claire Adams (September 24, 1898 – September 25, 1978) was a Canadian silent film actress, who was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Sister of screenwriter Gerald Drayson Adams. Educated in Canada and England, Claire Adams worked briefly as a nurse with the Red Cross during World War I. In 1920 read more

I've got all the first round matches up and going for my screwball comedy tourney. So please stop by to cast your votes. Note that the tourney is spread between my two blogs, here and over at Screwball Cinema. Here's the link to make things simple and easy:  screwballcinema.blogspot.com Yo read more

Having recently submitted my contribution to the special, year-end issue of The Dark Pages, a newsletter for film noir lovers, it’s reasonable I have noir on my mind.  In order to quell the dark thirst, I went out and started looking at theatrical posters of noir films released in 1947 as the read more

On quite a few occasions I have discussed Film Movement’s Film of the Month Club, which I think is great. Part of what makes their selections unique, aside from the material they choose is that each feature is paired with at least one short film on DVD. One of the better shorts I saw over the read more

When I first grasped that the NHL Lockout was going to be a reality this season, a black wave of depression swept over me. What’s winter without hockey? Just a cold, gray lump of crud, that’s what. But as the lockout has dragged on, I’ve discovered I can watch a lot of movies in m read more

I have made the selections for the 32 films that will be competing in my Favorite Screwball Tourney. I have four brackets which I have named in honor of four of the most honored directors of the genre: Preston Sturges, Frank Capra, Ernst Lubitsch, and Howard Hawks. Two of the brackets action will read more