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On here, we spend so much time watching and talking about films of long years past that we sometimes forget to look ahead.  A new film will never come to be without a lot of hard work, dedication and funding. We look to the future today at budding film maker Ronald Short.  He’s an old friend of read more

My favorite Hitchcock film of all time. It mixes comedy with suspense extremely well. Set in the Swiss Alps, a bunch of tourists meet at a village the night before boarding a train the next morning. A young girl named Iris (the excellent Margaret Lockwood) meets a young student named Gilbert (wonde read more

Claudette Colbert film class starts next Wednesday at Facets Film School "Down to Earth Sophistication: Claudette Colbert in Hollywood," one of the summer session offerings from Facets Film School, begins on Wednesday July 28 at 7 p.m. The instructor for the six-week course is Steve Reginald, read more

Claudette Colbert film class starts next Wednesday at Facets Film School "Down to Earth Sophistication: Claudette Colbert in Hollywood," one of the summer session offerings from Facets Film School, begins on Wednesday July 28 at 7 p.m. The instructor for the six-week course is Steve Reginald, read more

Clarine Seymour, father had to liquidate his business due to illness. In order to help out the family's finances, Clarine found work with the Thanhouser Film Company. Pathé offered her roles in a Pearl White serial and the 1917 serial "Mystery of the Double Cross". Pathé the offered her an opportun read more

Out of the shadows is an awesome 4-Disc Set showcasing 8 film noirs! Disc 1, with Dick Powell on the hunt in Cornered and Steve Brodie on the run in Desperate. Caught-in-the-act Disc 2’s corruption story Phenix City Story and the drama Dial 1119. Disc 3 with noir ace Charles McGraw chasing th read more

You can watch the silent movie, Conquering Power(1921) on youtube, in 8 parts. I posted part 1 to get you started, enjoy.:) read more

About MeBlogger, Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog and more. Please add my Google profile to your circles. The Night of the Hunter: A Biography of a Film by Jeffrey Couchman 02/2009 9780810125421 Northwestern University Press Charles Laughton's The Night of the Hunter (1954), an adaptation of read more

This is the new project of the young Filmmaker Lucas McNelly. He needs to raise money to produce his next film. So please feel free to donate as much as you can.The goal is 4000$. Donate here!Here is McNelly message:After my last film, BLANC DE BLANC (www.blancdeblancfilm.com) had a short theatrica read more

About MeBlogger, Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog and more. Please add my Google profile to your circles. Hasty conclusion like gunpowder. Easy to explode. - Charlie Chan Do you ever wonder why TCM won't show a particular movie? Do you ever think to yourself,"How did they pick the movie read more

The First Traveling Saleslady (1956). Cast Ginger Rogers, Carol Channing, James Arness and Clint Eastwood. The story begins when Rose and her friend Molly, decide to head west to sell barbed wire. Unfortunately, they end up in trouble with the local cowboys. The the cowboys try to run them out o read more

Film has always given us girls fashion ideas. Costumes not only help create a character, but it can start fashion trends. Here is a list of fashion trendsetting movies. Brooks sleek hairdo and half-naked beaded flapper gowns were perfect for her character in PANDORA'S BOX. The look also worked read more

Classic Film of the Week: "Life With Father" Hot Property During the late 1940s, one of the most sought-after properties was the film rights to Life With Father, the longest-running non-musical play on Broadway. The play written by Howard Lindsey and Russel Crouse, based on stories by Cla read more

Betty Bronson became an instant success in the year following her performance of Peter Pan. She had a major role in the 1925 silent film Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ. In 1926 she performed in, A Kiss for Cinderella, a beautifully made film. Her first sound film was in The Singing Fool (1928). She read more

Classic Film of the Week: : "Three Came Home" In 1950, Claudette Colbert starred as Agnes Newton Keith, a prisoner of war in Borneo during World War II. Keith, an American author was married to a British administrator assigned to the island located north of Australia. Forgotten classic Little read more

Classic Film of the Week: : "Three Came Home" In 1950, Claudette Colbert starred as Agnes Newton Keith, a prisoner of war in Borneo during World War II. Keith, an American author was married to a British administrator assigned to the island located north of Australia. Forgotten classic Little read more

Top Secret!(1984). Comedy. Director: David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker. Cast: Val Kilmer (in his first feature film), Lucy Gutteridge, Omar Sharif, Peter Cushing, Michael Gough and Jeremy Kemp. The film is a parody of the GDR era and Elvis films. The original music score is composed by M read more

Yes, it’s that wonderful day again, where the people I love slowly hate me more and more throughout the day.  But why should I have all the fun when I can pass some ideas to you?  Here are some fun film themed tricks to play today, see if your friends and family can figure out where these things read more

Colleen Moore, studied piano at the Detroit Conservatory. D.W. Griffith brought her to Hollywood in 1917, returning a favor to her uncle, 'Walter C. Howey , the Chicago Examiner editor who helped him with The Birth of a Nation (1915) and Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916) t read more

Movie buffs and Western fans will want to check out Marlon Brando’s flawed, overlong—but always interesting—directorial effort. Brando took over the reins after getting Stanley Kubrick fired as director. It was a rocky production, according to most sources, with an ever-changing s read more