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30 Day Silent Movie Challenge, Day 24: Film that makes you wish you had a time machine so you could see it in the theater
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on Jul 20, 2013
The Phantom makeup was closely guarded…(Wikipedia) Okay, so it’s an incredibly obvious choice. I am one of those people who loves to watch the audience as well as the movie. Did you see Despicable Me in the theater? Did the audience gasp at the juice box scene? Fun stuff. Worth the pric read more
Found - a new version of Keaton's The Blacksmith and the tales it tells
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Jul 20, 2013
Reblogged from Chaplin-Keaton-Lloyd film locations (and more): As reported in Variety, lightning struck twice for film historian Fernando Pena. The same gentleman from Argentina who discovered a complete version of the Fritz Lang 1927 epic Metropolis has now unveiled a 9.5 mm print of Buster Keaton read more
Columbo: Why We Watch / Why it Matters
How Sweet It Was Posted by Aurora on Jul 18, 2013
Following is a special guest post by Paul Hughes @PoetandPriest For my wedding, I asked for and received the Columbo DVD collection. Complete to that point, it ended with the double helping of Seasons Six and Seven, and back copy text touting the guest stars like Kim Cattrall and Ed Begley, Jr. Plu read more
How sweet it is: "The Honeymooners" on MeTV
Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on Jul 16, 2013
In the final episode of the first season of AMC’s Mad Men, set in 1960, advertising
wunderkind Don Draper pitches his creative concept to Kodak for its latest
product, a slide projector called the Carousel. He speaks of the power of nostalgia
and describes the device as a time machine with the read more
How sweet it is: "The Honeymooners" on MeTV
Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on Jul 16, 2013
In the final episode of the first season of AMC’s Mad Men, set in 1960, advertising
wunderkind Don Draper pitches his creative concept to Kodak for its latest
product, a slide projector called the Carousel. He speaks of the power of nostalgia
and describes the device as a time machine with the read more
How sweet it is: "The Honeymooners" on MeTV
Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on Jul 16, 2013
In the final episode of the first season of AMC’s Mad Men, set in 1960, advertising
wunderkind Don Draper pitches his creative concept to Kodak for its latest
product, a slide projector called the Carousel. He speaks of the power of nostalgia
and describes the device as a time machine with the read more
Irene Dunne and Cary Grant: Making It All Look So Easy
Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on Jul 14, 2013
Irene Dunne and Cary Grant: Making It All Look So Easy
This post is part of the Dynamic Duos in Classic Film blogathon hosted by fellow classic movie bloggers Once Upon a Screen and Classic Movie Hub.
Irene Dunne and Cary Grant starred in three films together during Hollywood’s Golden Ag read more
Irene Dunne and Cary Grant: Making It All Look So Easy
Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on Jul 14, 2013
Irene Dunne and Cary Grant: Making It All Look So Easy
This post is part of the Dynamic Duos in Classic Film blogathon hosted by fellow classic movie bloggers Once Upon a Screen and Classic Movie Hub.
Irene Dunne and Cary Grant starred in three films together during Hollywood’s Golden Ag read more
It 'leaves you just satisfied'
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jul 10, 2013
The new management at Universal knew it had a winner on its hands when Carole Lombard's latest movie, "My Man Godfrey," rolled out into theaters in September 1936. And evidently exhibitors felt likewise, as the front page of this program from the Roth Park Theater in Morristown, N.J., is indicative: read more
"It"
Studies in Cinema Posted by Jeremy Carr on Jul 10, 2013
Just
what was, or still is, "it"? According to British novelist Elinor Glyn,
who coined the term, at least as far as it's referred to here, the
phenomenon can mean various things: "a strange magnetism that attracts
both sexes," for example. Well, whatever "it" is, Clara Bow had it, and that's wh read more
How to steal food from your date’s plate (and get away with it) Animated GIF
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on Jul 9, 2013
Stealing food from a date or a spouse is a risky move. Relationship columns solemnly advise against such theft on dates 1-5 (and to be cautious on dates 6-15). Ossi Oswalda demonstrates how one can indulge in food theft and get away with it– literally have your cake and eat it too! The GIF i read more
Funny Lady Blogathon: Clara Bow "The It Girl".
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn Sample on Jun 29, 2013
Clara Bow, was often cast as a waitress, a manicurist, or a salesgirl. Armed with only her humor and her charm, Clara's character would always rise above her lowly place in life and win over her man. It was her performance as a salesgirl in the film "It" that brought the nickname "The It Gir read more
You Can’t Take It With You (1938) and Easy Living (1937)
Spoilers Posted by Duke Mantee on Jun 20, 2013
Screwballs weren’t just smart about women and feminism, they were pretty smart about life too. In You Can’t Take It With You, it’s right there in the title. The heavy-handedness is to be expected, and the film is still enjoyable. Jean Arthur receives top billing in You Can’t Take It With You read more
We Describe the Spy Movie (in 3 Words or Less)...You Name It!
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Jun 17, 2013
Surely, I'm involved with this quiz!
For this quiz, we've shorted the movie descriptions to three words or less. Your mission--should you decide to accept it--is to name the films. Each answer is a spy flick made prior to 1970. A few of them are easy, but three of them are pretty difficult. P read more
Step On It (1936)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jun 7, 2013
Larry is forced to take a deal with the man who ruined his position on the force. (Screen capture by Lindsey for TMP) Larry Evans (Richard Talmadge) is a motorcycle-driving police officer. He’s on the case and tracking down Connie Banning (Lois Wilde), the daughter of the man who runs the loca read more
Midnight / Call It Murder – 1934
The Bogie Film Blog Posted by Bogart Fan on May 31, 2013
My Rating —Almost Decent— Your Bogie Fix: out of 5 Bogies! Director: – Chester Erskine The Lowdown A jury foreman (O.P. Heggie) questions his responsibility in sentencing a woman to death for murdering her husband after a crime of passion. In a wild coincidence, on the night of read more
"Drive it like you stole it".. Marilyn Monroe and Cary Grant car scene from the film Monkey Business(1952),
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn Sample on May 31, 2013
Monkey Business (1952), a comedy film directed by Howard Hawks. Cast: Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Charles Coburn and Marilyn Monroe. It is a story about a chemist, who's life is turned upside down after one of the chimpanzees, mixes some chemicals together and pours the mix into the water read more
Bullitt: Steve McQueen Plays It Cool (What Else?)
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on May 30, 2013
Bullitt was not the film that established the Steve McQueen "cool quotient." Steve was displaying coolness earlier in the 1960s in movies such as The Great Escape (1963), The Cincinnati Kid (1965), and The Thomas Crown Affair (1968). Heck, his character was even known as The Cooler King in read more
We Describe the TV Series...You Name It!
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on May 27, 2013
The rules are the same as the movie edition of this game: Name each TV series below based on our vague description. Be sure to include the question number with your response. Please don't answer all the questions so others can play, too. There is one TV show that is the single, best answer read more
It takes more muscles to frown… The Bells Animated GIF
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on May 17, 2013
You know when you are going along minding your own business, thinking of cake or butterflies or something, and someone tells you this: It takes more muscles to frown than to smile. This annoys me. I’m sorry but I don’t like my emotions and facial expressions dictated by strangers. And, read more