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Originally posted on 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 acti read more

    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

    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

    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

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

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

Originally posted on Classic Film Aficionados:   Stills from Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ: Forty-eight cameras were used to film the sea battle, a record for a single scene. View original 37 more words read more

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

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

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

    Ah, the thrill of a simple mystery during difficult times; that is what Panic on the Air provided the movie-goer in the spring of 1936, an escape from the financial woes which were affecting nearly everyone in some way. And here, in Panic on the Air was the way to ease the burden of read more

    Ah, the thrill of a simple mystery during difficult times; that is what Panic on the Air provided the movie-goer in the spring of 1936, an escape from the financial woes which were affecting nearly everyone in some way. And here, in Panic on the Air was the way to ease the burden of read more

    Ah, the thrill of a simple mystery during difficult times; that is what Panic on the Air provided the movie-goer in the spring of 1936, an escape from the financial woes which were affecting nearly everyone in some way. And here, in Panic on the Air was the way to ease the burden of read more

  Cabin in the Sky was directed by Vincente Minnelli, with one scene staged by Busby Berkeley (the “Shine” sequence), Sidney Wagner was the cinematographer, screenplay by Joseph Schrank based on the book of the play written by Lynn Root. Cabin starred Ethel Waters, Eddie ‘Ro read more

  Cabin in the Sky was directed by Vincente Minnelli, with one scene staged by Busby Berkeley (the “Shine” sequence), Sidney Wagner was the cinematographer, screenplay by Joseph Schrank based on the book of the play written by Lynn Root. Cabin starred Ethel Waters, Eddie ‘Ro read more

  Cabin in the Sky was directed by Vincente Minnelli, with one scene staged by Busby Berkeley (the “Shine” sequence), Sidney Wagner was the cinematographer, screenplay by Joseph Schrank based on the book of the play written by Lynn Root. Cabin starred Ethel Waters, Eddie ‘Ro read more

  The Sydney Morning Herald, Thursday, April 3, 1941   At the Mayfair Theatre in Sydney, Australia, on Friday, April 4, 1941, The Power and the Glory opened with all the pomp and circumstance due a favorite son, from the Land Down Under. Power and Glory was made with a financial guarantee read more

  The Sydney Morning Herald, Thursday, April 3, 1941   At the Mayfair Theatre in Sydney, Australia, on Friday, April 4, 1941, The Power and the Glory opened with all the pomp and circumstance due a favorite son, from the Land Down Under. Power and Glory was made with a financial guarantee read more

  The Sydney Morning Herald, Thursday, April 3, 1941   At the Mayfair Theatre in Sydney, Australia, on Friday, April 4, 1941, The Power and the Glory opened with all the pomp and circumstance due a favorite son, from the Land Down Under. Power and Glory was made with a financial guarantee read more

Director Robert Wise was in for the full 10-count of victory for The Set-Up (his tenth film as director), following up on the promise of his earlier works such as The Magnificent Ambersons,  (additional sequences, uncredited) 1942, The Curse of the Cat People, 1944, The Body Snatcher, 1945 and Crim read more