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By Fritzi Kramer on May 11, 2014 in Blog, Feature, Silent Movie Review A fun little genre mashup that is half-romantic comedy, half-western. You think it’s hard getting people to sit down for a silent movie? Honey, you ain’t seen nothing until you have tried to get them to watch a silen read more

If you follow this blog closely, you’ll know that I love ESPN’s 30 for 30 films. One aspect of these films I have not gotten into are the shorts, until now. In view of all the infamy of Alex Rodriguez’s stay in New York, which seems to be trudging for an inglorious ending, it can b read more

Press Photo The TCM at 20: Inspired by the Classics panel kicked off the opening of Club TCM for the first night of the 2014 TCM Classic Film Festival. TCM's Pola Chagnon interviewed four of the ten artists including actress Kim Novak, actor/playwright Charles Busch, actress Jane Seymour and artis read more

The line to get into The World of Henry Orient (1964) screening at the TCM Classic Film Festival was a bit hectic but well worth the temporary chaos. I knew nothing about the film except that Paula Prentiss was in it and that she would be at the screening. It was an added bonus that actress Merrie S read more

Hold on! It's the anniversary of the Vertigo film premiere Alfred Hitchcock's film Vertigo premiered in San Francisco on May 9, 1958 Alfred Hitchcock Classic Horror Silhouette Tee at the Stage Door Theatre, a historical landmark built in the 1890s. It's now the Ruby Skye nightclub. The movie, read more

The state-of-the art restoration of the TCL (nee Grauman’s) Chinese Theatre’s auditorium was the perfect location for the big ticket screenings at TCM’s Classic Festival this year. Some of the films presented included Double Indemnity, Blazing Saddles and A Hard Day’s Night, all looking big, read more

This has been a theme I’ve wanted to do a lot more of, however, how better to keep it alive than to throw it out there whenever it strikes me as useful. Typically I will focus on preservation efforts or crowdfunding, however, it’s really about getting you the film enthusiast more involve read more

Despite winning an Academy Award for ALICE DOESN’T LIVE HERE ANYMORE in 1975, star Ellen Burstyn wasn’t offered the lead in Alice, the CBS-TV spin-off that debuted the following year and aired for nine seasons. “I didn’t have anything to do with it; I was dumb,” she told Variety’s Scott read more

Musicians Kristian Bush and Brandon Bush of the band Sugarland have scored a new on-air promo for Turner Classic Movies, in honor of the network’s twentieth anniversary. The thirty-second network I.D., which premieres today, pays homage to some of the most memorable scores (and opening sequenc read more

By Fritzi Kramer on May 5, 2014 in Blog, Feature, Silent Movie Review A rare curio, this film features the unlikely pairing of Tyrone Power, Sr. and serial pioneer Kathlyn Williams. It’s a family drama until it isn’t. Power plays a cuckolded husband and Williams is his cheating wife. Th read more

“Rebecca” to launch “Hitchcock in the 40s” film series May 13, 2014 When: Tuesday, May 13, 2014 6:30 p.m. Where: The Venue 1550 at the Daystar Center, 1550 S. State Street Hitchcock comes to America By the late 1930s, Alfred Hitchcock had established himself as a major read more

“Rebecca” to launch “Hitchcock in the 40s” film series May 12, 2014 When: Tuesday, May 13, 2014 6:30 p.m.Where: The Venue 1550 at the Daystar Center, 1550 S. State Street Hitchcock comes to America By the late 1930s, Alfred Hitchcock had established himself as a major read more

By Fritzi Kramer on May 4, 2014 in Blog, Feature, Silent Movie Review What do you get when you mix a partying husband, a wily wife, a sassy maid and a night in jail? Well, when Ernst Lubitsch directs, you get a zany comedy of marriage and romance. Much wilder and broad than his later work, this ear read more

Turner Classic Movies (TCM) recently celebrated their 20th anniversary in grand fashion at the 2014 TCM Classic Film Festival.  More than 25,000 people came to collectively toast everyone's favorite network in Hollywood.  The crowds felt even busier than in years past and the programming m read more

Mamele is the story of Havche and her family living in Lodz, Poland just prior to World War II. It’s a Cinderella story, with Havche or ‘Mamele’ playing the role of daughter, mother and caregiver to her large family. The word mamele roughly translates as ‘little mother’ in Yiddish, and Havche, read more

The screening of How Green Was My Valley (1941) at the TCM Classic Film Festival was such a spectacular event.  It was worth waiting in line for almost two hours to make sure that I not only got in but that I got a good seat as well. I waited in line with K.C. of A Classic Movie Blog, Jessica o read more

Lakeshorts International Short Film Festival returns to Toronto on Friday May 2, 2014 for its fifth consecutive year. The festival, presented in association with Lakeshore Arts showcases the passion of independent, short filmmakers while also fostering and highlighting the film community of South E read more

    Eyes of the Underworld was produced by Universal Pictures (another Universal film considered lost) and was released on Sunday, April 28, 1929. Eyes was a silent black & white, 5 reel picture, directed by Leigh Jason (The Mad Miss Manton, 1938, Three Girls About Town, 1941) and Ray read more

    Eyes of the Underworld was produced by Universal Pictures (another Universal film considered lost) and was released on Sunday, April 28, 1929. Eyes was a silent black & white, 5 reel picture, directed by Leigh Jason (The Mad Miss Manton, 1938, Three Girls About Town, 1941) and Ray read more

    Eyes of the Underworld was produced by Universal Pictures (another Universal film considered lost) and was released on Sunday, April 28, 1929. Eyes was a silent black & white, 5 reel picture, directed by Leigh Jason (The Mad Miss Manton, 1938, Three Girls About Town, 1941) and Ray read more