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Watch It: The Proud Rebel (1958) (1)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Mar 10, 2013
The Proud Rebel is a 1958 western directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Alan Ladd and Oliva de Havilland. In the Proud Rebel, Alan Ladd plays John Chandler, a Confederate veteran desparate to find a doctor who can help his son speak again. When he drifts into a small town, he finds himself unfair read more
Watch It: They Made Me a Killer (1946) (1)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Mar 10, 2013
They Made Me a Killer is a 1946 B-movie directed by William C. Thomas and starring Robert Lowery and Barbara Britton. The film was made by Pine-Thomas, the B-movie unit of Paramount Pictures. They Made Me a Killer is the story Tom Durling (Lowery), a man falsely accused of a bank robbery and read more
Watch It: The Proud Rebel (1958) (2)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Mar 10, 2013
The Proud Rebel is a 1958 western directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Alan Ladd and Oliva de Havilland. In the Proud Rebel, Alan Ladd plays John Chandler, a Confederate veteran desparate to find a doctor who can help his son speak again. When he drifts into a small town, he finds himself unfair read more
Watch It: They Made Me a Killer (1946) (2)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Mar 10, 2013
They Made Me a Killer is a 1946 B-movie directed by William C. Thomas and starring Robert Lowery and Barbara Britton. The film was made by Pine-Thomas, the B-movie unit of Paramount Pictures. They Made Me a Killer is the story Tom Durling (Lowery), a man falsely accused of a bank robbery and read more
Watch It: Betty Boop Cartoons (1)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Mar 9, 2013
Betty Boop is an international star of big and small screens. A perennial favorite, here are a few of Betty’s toons that you can watch right now! Before she was the star of her own series, Betty appeared in the Talkartoons series. She was also, um, a poodle. Here she is, still in the read more
Watch It: Tango Tangles (1914) (1)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Mar 9, 2013
Released on March 9, 1914, the Keystone comedy Tango Tangles features Charlie Chaplin, sans mustache, and Fatty Arbuckle. Charlie and Fatty have an eye on the same gal in a dance hall. Hilarity ensues. Here’s a not-so-great copy of Tango Tangles that you can watch right now! charlie chaplinf read more
Watch It: Betty Boop Cartoons (2)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Mar 9, 2013
Betty Boop is an international star of big and small screens. A perennial favorite, here are a few of Betty’s toons that you can watch right now! Before she was the star of her own series, Betty appeared in the Talkartoons series. She was also, um, a poodle. Here she is, still in the read more
Watch It: Tango Tangles (1914) (2)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Mar 9, 2013
Released on March 9, 1914, the Keystone comedy Tango Tangles features Charlie Chaplin, sans mustache, and Fatty Arbuckle. Charlie and Fatty have an eye on the same gal in a dance hall. Hilarity ensues. Here’s a not-so-great copy of Tango Tangles that you can watch right now! charlie chaplinf read more
Columbo: Why It Matters
How Sweet It Was Posted by Aurora on Mar 6, 2013
This is a companion piece to a previous post submitted by Paul Hughes, Columbo: Why We Watch. Columbo: Why It Matters I now have the entire collection, all 35 years, nearly 70 episodes in all, and I’ve seen each of them at least twice, most of them more than that, and a few favorites nearing 10 ti read more
Watch It: Hell’s Hinges (1916) (1)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Mar 5, 2013
Hell’s Hinges is a 1916 American Western silent film starring William S. Hart and Clara Williams. Directed by Charles Swickard, William S. Hart and Clifford Smith, and produced by Thomas H. Ince, the screenplay was written by C. Gardner Sullivan. The film was released on March 5, 1916, read more
Watch It: Hell’s Hinges (1916) (2)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Mar 5, 2013
Hell’s Hinges is a 1916 American Western silent film starring William S. Hart and Clara Williams. Directed by Charles Swickard, William S. Hart and Clifford Smith, and produced by Thomas H. Ince, the screenplay was written by C. Gardner Sullivan. The film was released on March 5, 1916, read more
Play it again Sam. NOT!
Stardust Posted by Vanessa on Mar 1, 2013
Play it again Sam. NOT!
There are some classic movies that I couldn't bear to watch more than once. I'm not saying that these movies are crap, I'm just saying that I would find it incredibly hard to sit through them a second time. What brought this on? Last weekend I began watching some read more
Watch It: The Pleasure Garden (1926) (1)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Mar 1, 2013
Today, my friends, is the anniversary of one Mr. Alfred Hitchcock’s directorial debut. The Pleasure Garden, Hitch’s first credited as director, debuted for the London press on March 1, 1926. It was officially released in 1927, after the success of The Lodger. This is the movie that lau read more
Watch It: The Pleasure Garden (1926) (2)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Mar 1, 2013
Today, my friends, is the anniversary of one Mr. Alfred Hitchcock’s directorial debut. The Pleasure Garden, Hitch’s first credited as director, debuted for the London press on March 1, 1926. It was officially released in 1927, after the success of The Lodger. This is the movie that lau read more
Just How Much of Today’s Movies Are “Real”, and Does It Matter? – Sin City: The All Green Version
Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on Feb 28, 2013
One of the many posters for Sin City (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Let’s start today with what, in some ways, may be one of the most interesting looks at how movies are being made today. Of course, we all know that much of what we actually see in the final product that appears on the screen is not read more
Watch It: The Finishing Touch (1928) (1)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Feb 25, 2013
The Finishing Touch is a 1928 short comedy silent film produced by Hal Roach, directed by Clyde Bruckman and starring Laurel and Hardy. It was shot in November and December 1927 and released February 25, 1928 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. For serious, what else needs to be said? I know I had you at read more
Watch It: The Finishing Touch (1928) (2)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Feb 25, 2013
The Finishing Touch is a 1928 short comedy silent film produced by Hal Roach, directed by Clyde Bruckman and starring Laurel and Hardy. It was shot in November and December 1927 and released February 25, 1928 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. For serious, what else needs to be said? I know I had you at read more
What's the Movie? (We describe it...you name it!)
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Feb 25, 2013
Last December, we posted our first quiz of this type (only it was longer). It turned out to be fun and generated a lot of positive feedback. We like reinforcement at the Cafe! We hope this edition turns out to be equally entertaining. The rules are easy: Name each film below based on our (rather) va read more
Watch It: The Hitchhiker (1953) (1)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Feb 24, 2013
Now that you’ve got a few hours to kill ’til Oscar time, I present to you The Hitchhiker, a 1953 crime drama directed by none other than Miss Ida Lupino. In the comments section of The Top 5 Film Noir Bad Guys, Grand Old Movies posted: I would add William Talman in the title role of Ida read more
Watch It: The Hitchhiker (1953) (2)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Feb 24, 2013
Now that you’ve got a few hours to kill ’til Oscar time, I present to you The Hitchhiker, a 1953 crime drama directed by none other than Miss Ida Lupino. In the comments section of The Top 5 Film Noir Bad Guys, Grand Old Movies posted: I would add William Talman in the title role of Ida read more