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Serials hazards of Helen more ahead
Pop Culture ImagineMDD Posted by ImagineMDD on Sep 22, 2014
Helen Gibson asks Are you ready for what's ahead?
In Fit to Be Tied (1930), Gracie Allen sang, I'm a Whole Lot Wilder than I Look.
Helen Gibson lit up the movie screens from the 1910s through the 1950s and 60s. She'd go from being called Rose to Helen, getting to show off her nerves of steel. read more
One more legal artifact from the Lombard estate
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Aug 28, 2014
Carole Lombard, Clark Gable and furs are the subjects of today's entry, albeit under rather unhappy circumstances. In recent months, we've run some legal documents Gable signed as executor of Lombard's estate following her death in January 1942. This time, it concerns money owed to a furrier.The bus read more
Music Review : Mastodon – Once More ‘Round the Sun (2014)
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Aug 27, 2014
Since their sophomore release Remission, I’ve been following the evolution of Mastodon and I
actually enjoyed The Hunter more than
I would have thought after the first few listens.
With Once More ‘Round the Sun, they continue with the same hard Rock
approach leaving behind their mo read more
o/t: more from the WitD Romantic countdown
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Aug 17, 2014
The countdown of Romantic movies continues apace at the great movie website Wonders in the Dark, with five new essays this week: The odd one out here is, obviously, The Man who Laughs, based on the Victor Hugo novel L’Homme qui Rit. Most people would, I think, classify Paul Leni’s scree read more
One more press kit for 'Breakfast'
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Aug 14, 2014
About a year ago, we told you of a pressbook available for Carole Lombard's 1936 Universal comedy "Love Before Breakfast," where she's shown above with Cesar Romero (http://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/614074.html). Now, a slightly different press kit is up for sale at eBay. Both versions share the read more
MORE FOREIGN FILM DIRECTORS
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Aug 1, 2014
Abbas Kiarostami
Agnes Varda
Alain Resnais
Andrei Tarkovsky
Ang Lee
Bernardo Bertolucci
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Claude Chabrol
Eric Rohmer
Fritz Lang
F.W. Murnau
Hayao Miyazaki
Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Jacques Demy
Jacques Tati
Jean Cocteau
Jean Pierre Melville
John Woo
Joon-ho Bong
Kar Wai Wong
Kenji Mizoguchi read more
More Great Foreign Films
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Aug 1, 2014
Umberto D. 1952
The Wages of Fear 1953
Sansho The Bailiff 1954
Rififi 1955
Diabolique 1955
Pickpocket 1955
Throne of Blood 1957
Nights of Cabiria 1957
The Hidden Fortress 1958
Mon Oncle 1958
Shoot the Piano Player 1960
The Virgin Spring 1960
Yojimbo 1961
Viridiana 1961
Jules et Jim 1962
Vivre Sa Vie read more
MORE FOREIGN FILM DIRECTORS
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Aug 1, 2014
Abbas Kiarostami
Agnes Varda
Alain Resnais
Andrei Tarkovsky
Andrzej Wajda
Ang Lee
Bernardo Bertolucci
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Claude Chabrol
The Dardenne Brothers
Eric Rohmer
Fritz Lang
F.W. Murnau
Hayao Miyazaki
Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Isao Takahata
Jacques Becker
Jacques Demy
Jacques Tati
Jean Cocteau
Jean Pi read more
More Great Foreign Films
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Aug 1, 2014
Umberto D. 1952
The Wages of Fear 1953
Sansho The Bailiff 1954
Rififi 1955
Diabolique 1955
Pickpocket 1955
Throne of Blood 1957
Nights of Cabiria 1957
The Hidden Fortress 1958
Mon Oncle 1958
Shoot the Piano Player 1960
The Virgin Spring 1960
Yojimbo 1961
Viridiana 1961
Jules et Jim 1962
Vivre Sa Vie read more
Uploading more of the spice of life ('Variety,' natch)
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Aug 1, 2014
Good news as we enter August -- my desktop computer again is fully functional, giving me plenty more leeway to post Carole Lombard pics such as the one above, the rarely seen Paramount p1202-1499. And this couldn't have come at a better time, because the Media History Digital Library has uploaded ye read more
o/t: more romantic? more countdown?
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Jul 25, 2014
The Wonders in the Dark Romantic Movies countdown surges on with five new essays this week: Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out / Change ) You are commenting using your Twitter read more
o/t: more Wonders in the Dark romantic countdown . . . with something really special this week!
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Jul 18, 2014
Five more entries added to this exciting countdown: 61. The Quiet Man (1952) 60. A Place in the Sun (1951) 59. The Philadelphia Story (1940) 58. The Earrings of Madame de… (1953) 57. Lady and the Tramp – Lady in Movieland (a video essay) That last one is a real treat! Its creator, Joel Bocko, read more
31 More Days of Film Noir
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jul 1, 2014
As the temperatures soar here in the desert, it is time for me to escape into the shadows with another month of film noir. It will be all film noir all the time for the next 31 days. I hope I have found a good mixture of lesser-known and more famous films noir. I plan to select from films read more
o/t: more of the romantic countdown at Wonders in the Dark
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Jun 28, 2014
Five new essays on five more great romantic movies: 76. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul 75. Man’s Castle (1933) 74. The Fountain (2006) 73. The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933) 72. The Way We Were :) Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPr read more
Hypochondria Took a Lot More Effort Before WebMD
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Jun 26, 2014
I wanna see this movie in French Sort of a Levittown of the Hereafter Send Me No Flowers (1964) One forgets that there were only three Doris Day/Rock Hudson/Tony Randall films, so good was their chemistry. Send Me No Flowers is the last of them, and unlike th read more
More Adventures in Paradise: Turner Classic Movies Film Festival 2014
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Jun 23, 2014
Better late than really, really late, I sometimes say. With that in mind, more than two months after the 2014 Turner Classic Movies film festival (TCMFF) screened its last movie, sold its remaining souvenirs, and served up its final cocktail, I am finally getting around to writing about my experienc read more
'Screen'-ing two more fanmag uploads
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jun 15, 2014
To those of you who like to immerse yourself in the 1930s Hollywood inhabited by Carole Lombard and other legends (or at least the Hollywood the studios wanted readers to believe existed), a double dose of good news. The Media History Digital Library has added extensive runs of both Modern Screen an read more
o/t: two more romantic movies
Noirish Posted by John Grant on May 30, 2014
The great website Wonders in the Dark has posted essays on two more movies in its Romantic Countdown series. Both are movie that I’d made a mental note to avoid: thanks to these essays, though, I’ve swung around completely and will be looking out for them. The essays areby Jon Warner on read more
More fun with Classic Film Topics…
Christy Putnam Posted by Christy Putnam on May 27, 2014
I thoroughly enjoyed discussing Debbie Reynolds’ recent auction, Rock Hudson and his Star of the Month Celebration on Turner Classic Movies, Star Wars, The Turner Classic Film Festivals, classic television programs, and much more with John Losh on KKES radio out of Kansas City, Missouri, and read more
o/t: Two more additions to the Wonders in the Dark romantic countdown
Noirish Posted by John Grant on May 26, 2014
Essays this time on Love Story (1971), by Sam Juliano, and Now Voyager (1942), by Tony D’Ambra. Both are very much worth your reading time — and the latter has even inspired me to dig out my copy of the novel and put it on the top of the pile on my nightstand. Thanks John for the mention read more