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By Fritzi Kramer on September 3, 2014 in Blog, Blogathon, Events Well, kids, the World War One in Classic Film Blogathon is this weekend. In preparation, we have divided the roster in half. Silent-ology is taking Saturday, I am taking Sunday. If you need your day switched, just let one of us know a read more

What does the script say? My favourite film quotes! Humphrey Bogart and Martha Vickers in a particularly lurid scene in The Big Sleep (1946). "She tried to sit in my lap while I was standing up." -The Big Sleep (1946) If there is one thing I can pretty much guarantee about classic movie read more

Thank you to everyone who participated in this year's summer reading challenge. I'm impressed with everyone's efforts and I loved reading the reviews. I only managed to get 3 books in this summer, life got in the way and I should have paid more attention to my own advice. Alas, I still have a lot mo read more

It's fortunate that John Barry had a modest career as a British pop star with his band, the John Barry Seven. Otherwise, he might never have become one of the most successful film composers in the history of cinema. Despite writing some of the screen's most memorable scores, he won only five Oscars: read more

“Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end,” said Seneca the Younger, or my freshman year guidance counselor, or the guy that sang “Closing Time” in the late ’90s. Whoever it was, it’s certainly true – and nowhere more so than on Netfli read more

By Fritzi Kramer on August 31, 2014 in Blog, Feature, Silent Movie Review, Silents vs Talkies She a sophisticated English girl. He’s a rough-hewn Canadian wheat farmer. She needs a place to go. He needs a wife to help out at the farm. They soon find themselves in a marriage of convenience and then read more

Pray For Me : The Jason Jessee Film (Steve Nemsick & David Rogerson, 2007) Professionnal skateboarder Jason Jessee is profiled in this 80 minutes documentary that preceded his comeback to a skaboarding sponsorship by Santa Cruz skateboards. Coming from a Mormon family of South Californi read more

Piper's inscription reads: "To Rick from the Classic Film & TV Cafe." The highlight of last July's Western Film Fair was--for me--the opportunity to spend 45 minutes sitting next to actress Piper Laurie. While she signed autographed photos for charity, she graciously and thoughtfully answe read more

By Fritzi Kramer on August 24, 2014 in Blog, Feature, Silent Movie Review After losing another of the only girls he ever loved, Harold Lloyd decides to end it all. That doesn’t work out so well but another proposition turns up. Mildred Davis is a young lady who needs a husband in order to qualify read more

I’m not much of a self-promoter so I promise to only do this once! My new book from Fantagraphics, Film Noir 101, has just been released. The book is available in stores and on Amazon, Barnes& Noble, Books-a-Million, and other sellers. It can also be purchased directly from Fantagraphics. read more

Crushing hard on silent film! Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Clara Bow, and Richard Arlen star in Wings (1927). Here's something I never thought I'd say: I've become utterly and fabulously obsessed with silent movies! Silent films were something I had always shied away from watching because I tho read more

By Fritzi Kramer on August 20, 2014 in Blog, Feature, Silent Movie Review Conrad Veidt is an illusionist who is in love with his assistant. Unfortunately, she falls for another, leaving Veidt in the dust. Now what will he do about that? Did I mention that he has an act that involves stabbing a trun read more

Publisher: Focal Press Release Date: June 8, 2012 The FilmCraft book series focuses on specific disciplines within the filmmaking profession using interviews from noteworthy professionals in the field. This volume by Mike Goodridge features interviews with 16 directors, and profiles of 5 other dire read more

Oscar Micheaux Oscar Micheaux, Director, Producer, Writer, Presenter and film promoter with 42 credits as Director, 38 films as Producer and 39 movies as Writer. Micheaux was the first African-American to make a feature-length movie (The Homesteader) which was released in 1919, 2 years before read more

Oscar Micheaux Oscar Micheaux, Director, Producer, Writer, Presenter and film promoter with 42 credits as Director, 38 films as Producer and 39 movies as Writer. Micheaux was the first African-American to make a feature-length movie (The Homesteader) which was released in 1919, 2 years before read more

By Fritzi Kramer on August 17, 2014 in Blog, Feature, Silent Movie Review, Silents vs Talkies George M. Cohan tries his hand at the silent screen in this adaptation of his hit play. He plays a schlock writer who wagers he can create work of literature in 24-hours. Our hero goes to an isolated and d read more

Oscar Micheaux Oscar Micheaux, Director, Producer, Writer, Presenter and film promoter with 42 credits as Director, 38 films as Producer and 39 movies as Writer. Micheaux was the first African-American to make a feature-length movie (The Homesteader) which was released in 1919, 2 years before read more

        What a film! Heightened to surrealism by the uncanny acting of Lon Chaney; darkened (as always) by the strangest directing hand in Hollywood history, Tod Browning! Just my little shout-out of you are remembered, Unholy Three. Also starring Victor McLaglen, Mae Busch an read more

        What a film! Heightened to surrealism by the uncanny acting of Lon Chaney; darkened (as always) by the strangest directing hand in Hollywood history, Tod Browning! Just my little shout-out of you are remembered, Unholy Three. Also starring Victor McLaglen, Mae Busch an read more

In honor of Madonna’s birthday I am posting one of her videos, which always had a tendency to be cinematic. Here aside from an opening montage there is also Danny Aiello playing the role of her father. read more