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North West Mounted Police (1940) - Happy Birdthday, Gary Cooper!

Phantom Empires Posted by Clayton on May 7, 2014

North West Mounted Police (1940) - Happy Birdthday, Gary Cooper! 5/7/2014 0 Comments   Hot on the heels of my celebration of Tyrone Power's birthday this week, in which I wrote about Power's amazing turn in the re read more

North West Mounted Police (1940) - Happy Birdthday, Gary Cooper!

Phantom Empires Posted by Clayton on May 7, 2014

North West Mounted Police (1940) - Happy Birdthday, Gary Cooper! 5/7/2014 0 Comments   Hot on the heels of my celebration of Tyrone Power's birthday this week, in which I wrote about Power's amazing turn in the red coat (albeit in the British read more

Double Door, Happy Anniversary! Premiered on May 4, 1934

Classic Film Aficionados Posted by C. S. Williams on May 4, 2014

    Double Door, written by Elizabeth McFadden had a quick and successful ride on Broadway, premiering at the Ritz Theatre on September 21, 1933 and closing on January 20, 1934.[1] In less than three weeks from it’s opening night the film rights to Double Door were purchased by Paramount, read more

Double Door, Happy Anniversary! Premiered on May 4, 1934

Classic Film Aficionados Posted by C. S. Williams on May 4, 2014

    Double Door, written by Elizabeth McFadden had a quick and successful ride on Broadway, premiering at the Ritz Theatre on September 21, 1933 and closing on January 20, 1934.[1] In less than three weeks from it’s opening night the film rights to Double Door were purchased by Paramount, read more

The Postman Always Rings Twice, Happy Anniversary! Premiered May 2, 1946

Classic Film Aficionados Posted by C. S. Williams on May 2, 2014

  Picture perfect in practically every way is the Film-Noir masterpiece, The Postman Always Rings Twice, with stellar performances by John Garfield and Lana Turner, with undeniable precision-point support by Hume Cronyn, Cecil Kellaway and  Leon Ames; directed by Tay Garnett (in my opinion read more

The Postman Always Rings Twice, Happy Anniversary! Premiered May 2, 1946

Classic Film Aficionados Posted by C. S. Williams on May 2, 2014

  Picture perfect in practically every way is the Film-Noir masterpiece, The Postman Always Rings Twice, with stellar performances by John Garfield and Lana Turner, with undeniable precision-point support by Hume Cronyn, Cecil Kellaway and  Leon Ames; directed by Tay Garnett (in my opinion read more

Eyes of the Underworld, Happy Anniversary! Opened on April 28, 1929, another Lost Film

Classic Film Aficionados Posted by C. S. Williams on Apr 28, 2014

    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, Happy Anniversary! Opened on April 28, 1929, another Lost Film

Classic Film Aficionados Posted by C. S. Williams on Apr 28, 2014

    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

The Voice on the Wire, Happy Anniversary! Silent-Serial, Premiered, March 18, 1917. Lost, Mostly Forgotten

Classic Film Aficionados Posted by C. S. Williams on Apr 23, 2014

Classic Film Aficionados On that Sunday in March with spring at the doorstep of 1917, an action-adventure-mystery-romance-serial began its fifteen week run. The Voice on the Wire clearly had the attention of the nation. No expense was being spared for the promotion of this actioner, VOW, made availa read more

The Mystery of Marie Roget, Happy Anniversary! Premiered April 23, 1942.

Classic Film Aficionados Posted by C. S. Williams on Apr 23, 2014

    A B-Movie all the way, often playing second bill to “The Ghost of Frankenstein,” seldom was it offered a display ad, most of the time a simple text listing in the local paper. Roget was directed by Phil Rosen (a successful silent director, his work in sound was confined t read more

The Voice on the Wire, Happy Anniversary! Silent-Serial, Premiered, March 18, 1917. Lost, Mostly Forgotten

Classic Film Aficionados Posted by C. S. Williams on Apr 23, 2014

Classic Film Aficionados On that Sunday in March with spring at the doorstep of 1917, an action-adventure-mystery-romance-serial began its fifteen week run. The Voice on the Wire clearly had the attention of the nation. No expense was being spared for the promotion of this actioner, VOW, made availa read more

The Mystery of Marie Roget, Happy Anniversary! Premiered April 23, 1942.

Classic Film Aficionados Posted by C. S. Williams on Apr 23, 2014

    A B-Movie all the way, often playing second bill to “The Ghost of Frankenstein,” seldom was it offered a display ad, most of the time a simple text listing in the local paper. Roget was directed by Phil Rosen (a successful silent director, his work in sound was confined t read more

Tumultes, Happy Anniversary! Premiered April 22, 1932, in France

Classic Film Aficionados Posted by C. S. Williams on Apr 22, 2014

    This Film-Noir was an alternate version of the German production of Stürme der Leidenschaft, same story, simply different languages (German and French) and a different cast (Leidenschaft starred Emil Jannings, while Tumultes had Charles Boyer), but each movie had the same production read more

Tumultes, Happy Anniversary! Premiered April 22, 1932, in France

Classic Film Aficionados Posted by C. S. Williams on Apr 22, 2014

    This Film-Noir was an alternate version of the German production of Stürme der Leidenschaft, same story, simply different languages (German and French) and a different cast (Leidenschaft starred Emil Jannings, while Tumultes had Charles Boyer), but each movie had the same production read more

Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ, Happy Anniversary! Premiered in New York City, December 30th, 1925

Classic Film Aficionados Posted by C. S. Williams on Apr 20, 2014

Classic Film Aficionados As we can see from the posters, lobby cards, programs and ads for Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ, every means and all tools were used to promote this film, yet, because of its budget (most expensive of the silent era at 3.9 million) it lost money on its initial run, finally m read more

Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ, Happy Anniversary! Premiered in New York City, December 30th, 1925

Classic Film Aficionados Posted by C. S. Williams on Apr 20, 2014

Classic Film Aficionados As we can see from the posters, lobby cards, programs and ads for Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ, every means and all tools were used to promote this film, yet, because of its budget (most expensive of the silent era at 3.9 million) it lost money on its initial run, finally m read more

Barbara Hale, Happy Birthday, Born April 18, 1922; our Best Wishes to this Lovely Actress.

Classic Film Aficionados Posted by C. S. Williams on Apr 18, 2014

By the time the first season of the CBS legal series Perry Mason was drawing to a close Barbara Hale had completed 38 films and had gathered a few starring roles to her résumé, including: The Window (top of the bill) & And Baby Makes Three, 1949, The Jackpot & Emergency Wedding, 1950 and L read more

Barbara Hale, Happy Birthday, Born April 18, 1922; our Best Wishes to this Lovely Actress.

Classic Film Aficionados Posted by C. S. Williams on Apr 18, 2014

By the time the first season of the CBS legal series Perry Mason was drawing to a close Barbara Hale had completed 38 films and had gathered a few starring roles to her résumé, including: The Window (top of the bill) & And Baby Makes Three, 1949, The Jackpot & Emergency Wedding, 1950 and L read more

Crack in the World, Happy Anniversary! Premiered April 15, 1965.

Classic Film Aficionados Posted by C. S. Williams on Apr 15, 2014

A Crack in the World was the first movie that scared me; it was everything that a nerdy young boy could want in a Sci-Fi film: action, destruction, mayhem, science, (did I mention destruction), and intelligent heroes. In CITW the villains are not so much malevolent as they are stubborn, self-int read more

Crack in the World, Happy Anniversary! Premiered April 15, 1965.

Classic Film Aficionados Posted by C. S. Williams on Apr 15, 2014

A Crack in the World was the first movie that scared me; it was everything that a nerdy young boy could want in a Sci-Fi film: action, destruction, mayhem, science, (did I mention destruction), and intelligent heroes. In CITW the villains are not so much malevolent as they are stubborn, self-int read more
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