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Vintage ad extolling the virtues of the film. The Courtship of Myles Standish (1923) Status: Missing and presumed lost The Courtship of Myles Standish has a sad history of broken dreams behind it. Star and money man, Charles Ray, had enjoyed a successful and lucrative career under Thomas Ince. He s read more

The Phantom Empire may be the most unique movie serial ever created. I was told of its existence by my favorite film professor in college and I was fortunate enough to have found it on VHS shortly thereafter. After having viewed it I was glad to have given it to him. Now I have since reacquired it o read more

TCM will air Dodsworth & The Treasure of the Sierra Madre this Sunday, April 14, 2013 I was a weird kid. I could make a list a mile long “why.” But for now, the example I’ll give is the first two movie stars that I loved – Gary Cooper and Walter Huston. Gary Cooper, I’m sure you get. read more

The 2013 TCM Classic Film Festival is fast approaching--April 25th through April 28th--and the excitement is palpable.  Last year's event set the bar very high with a theme of Style in the Movies...even had the pleasure of discussing all things style on air with TCM hosts Robert read more

I can't believe the TCM Classic Film Festival is in two weeks! And this year I get to go. Woah!!! I have been fairly quiet about the festival because frankly I have been in an extended state of disbelief. After I booked the passes, I still didn't believe I was going. Then I booked the hotel and sti read more

Vintage ad from Variety Magazine Anne of Green Gables (1919) Status: Missing and presumed lost Mary Miles Minter is remembered today for her relationship with William Desmond Taylor, her director, mentor and silent Hollywood’s most famous murder victim. However, in the late 1910′s, she read more

There are very few things in this world that make me think, “Gee, I wish I lived in Chicago” but the frequent email updates I get from the Northwest Chicago Film Society is one of them. (Also, I like bacon.) While subscribing to their enewsletter might make you cry because you have to m read more

Reblogged from cinematically insane: This is something I look forward to – and dread – all year long. Now that the schedule for the upcoming TCM Classic Film Festival has finally been released, the impossible choices must begin. And, with more than 100 screenings and special events spread over just  read more

Sir Oliver Tressilian (Milton Sills) is a retired Elizabethan privateer whose life suddenly gets shot to pieces. He is framed for murder by his own brother, dumped by his fiancee, kidnapped, sold into slavery… What I’m saying is this guy has a chip on his shoulder. So he joins up with t read more

This is something I look forward to – and dread – all year long. Now that the schedule for the upcoming TCM Classic Film Festival has finally been released, the impossible choices must begin. And, with more than 100 screenings and special events spread over just 82 hours, I have to come to terms read more

It is commonly said that the phrase “silent movie” is a misnomer. To be properly appreciated, a silent movie needs appropriate musical accompaniment. But what is considered to be an “appropriate” type of music? No two silent film fans are going to quite agree on that but her read more

Mae Murray (May 10, 1885 – March 23, 1965), rose to fame during the silent film era and was known as "The Girl with the Bee-Stung Lips" and "The Gardenia of the Screen". She first began acting on the Broadway stage in 1906 with dancer Vernon Castle. In 1908, she joined the chorus line of t read more

So Biopic Theater is moved to Monday this week as my pick for the upcoming Jimmy Cagney blogathon (hosted over at The Movie Projector) works as a biopic so it’ll be pushed out to Monday.  With that, I figured a quick News From the Lake would be good on this lazy Sunday.  Today, we have more read more

The Phantom Empire may be the most unique movie serial ever created. I was told of its existence by my favorite film professor in college and I was fortunate enough to have found it on VHS shortly thereafter. After having viewed it I was glad to have given it to him. Now I have since reacquired it o read more

Trade magazine ad The Great Gatsby (1926) Status: Missing and presumed lost except for the fragments found in the film’s trailer. This is the very first film adaptation of the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel, filmed a mere four years after it was written. No need to make this a costume picture. The read more

Yours Truly at the Tower of London, Summer 2008 In the autumn of 2008 I travelled with a group of students and two professors from my college to England for a Shakespeare abroad. After about a week in Oxford, we went to London to take acting classes at the Globe theatre and to pursue our individual read more

After a long wait, TCM has finally announced its schedule for the 2013 TCM Classic Film Festival. While there are a few final slots left to fill, this is more or less the final tally of films. I will, of course, keep you updated on any changes. The following list is taken from TCM’s website. read more

A Silent Film Diary is pretty much what it sounds like, one dude’s diary about the silent films he watches. How awesome is that? In the interest of full disclosure, A Silent Film Diary hasn’t been udpated since October 2012. Typically I don’t like to point out what may be defunct read more

“I’ve just got an invitation through the mail. You’re presence’s requested, this evening, it’s formal, top hat, white tie and tails” Fred Astaire, Top Hat, 1935 We talk so much about women’s fashion in film that we naturally overlook the men’s film fashion, unless they’re forced read more

Murder, My Sweet: 3rd Film in “High Heels and Fedoras” series at Daystar Center April 9, 2013 Tuesday, April 9, 2013 6:30 p.m. The Venue 1550 at the Daystar Center 1550 S. State Street Murder, My Sweet, based on the novel by Raymond Chandler, was released in 1944, a few months aft read more