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Salute Your Shorts: Popeye in "A Dream Walking" (1934)

The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on Oct 10, 2012

The Popeye cartoons that Dave Fleischer did at Paramount in the 1930s are unusually dense -- the backgrounds teem with detail and Popeye mutters about three times as much dialogue as he seems to be speaking. This cartoon is especially memorable to me -- maybe because of the storyline or maybe becaus read more

Salute Your Shorts: "The Night Court" (1927)

The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on Oct 5, 2012

One of the first sound shorts, filmed on a stage adjacent to where "The Jazz Singer" was shooting, this film features William Demarest (1892-1983), whose career would go from movies to a stint as Uncle Charley on "My Three Sons" to a twilight as one of Johnny Carson's favorite guests on "The Tonight read more

Salute Your Shorts: "The Cowboy and the Girl" (1928)

The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on Sep 26, 2012

Vaudeville team (and real-life couple) Ray Mayer and Edith Evans. For their story, click here. read more

Salute Your Shorts: Georgie Price in "Don't Get Nervous" (1929)

The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on Sep 19, 2012

A Vitaphone short with Georgie Price (1901-64) that includes an appearance at the beginning by Bryan Foy, a longtime producer with Warner Bros. and a member of the performing Foy family. Here is a brief biography of Price. read more

Salute Your Shorts: Trixie Friganza in "My Bag O'Tricks"

The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on Sep 13, 2012

A 1929 Vitaphone short with Trixie Friganza, a Vaudeville and Broadway headliner who died in 1955 while living in a California convent. Her story is here. read more

Salute Your Shorts: Shaw and Lee in "The Beau Brummels" (1928)

The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on Sep 6, 2012

Vaudeville team Al Shaw and Sam Lee in a Vitaphone short from 1928. They also appeared in the films "Young and Beautiful," "Ready, Willing and Able" and 1951's Hopalong Cassidy parody, "Skipalong Rosenbloom." read more

Fourth of July: A Classic Movie Salute to the American Spirit

Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by minooallen on Jul 4, 2012

Independence Day: Characters Count The fourth of July has become somewhat of a bittersweet holiday for me. Although the birth of our nation was founded on inclusive, democratic ideals, the current climate of the American political system can be, well, downright depressing. Although I want to show read more

What we Love about Dads: A Salute to Three Classic Movie Fathers

Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Annmarie Gatti on Jun 17, 2012

In Celebration of Father’s Day, what we love about our Dads!  ….. For being a role model of integrity: Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch (with Mary Badham as daughter Scout) in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962, directed by Robert Mulligan). ….. For being ever-patient and understanding: Sp read more

Ridin' the rails with Carole (an Expo Line salute)

Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Apr 28, 2012

Today marks a special day in Los Angeles (as a Washington Nationals fan, I could be referring to highly-touted prospect Bryce Harper's debut at Dodger Stadium tonight, but no). It's the day the Metrorail Expo Line opens for riders, serving the Exposition Park area near the University of Southern Cal read more

A salute to a premier(e) fan

Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Dec 11, 2011

Neither Carole Lombard nor Clark Gable had anything to do with the MGM film "Marie Antoinette," but when it premiered at the Carthay Circle Theater on July 9, 1938, they were among the invited guests -- and some 25,000 fans jammed the area near the theater to see Carole, Clark and many other screen read more
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