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Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (Tini zabutyck predkiv) Directed by Sergei Parajanov Written by Ivan Chendej and Sergei Parajanov from a novel by Mikhaylo Kotsyubinsky 1964/USSR Dovzhenko Film Studios Repeat viewing/Netflix rental One of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die   Amazing cinemato read more

STARDUST AND SHADOWS A Classic Hollywood Blog now has a utube channel simply called STARDUST AND SHADOWS  A Classic Hollywood Channel.  Its a place to post more video content plus more interviews in the future. We already have some items posted so feel free to Check it  out. STARDUST AND SHADOWS read more

Hello all raw footage form me on the red carpet in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater not far from where the Academy ward are done. STARDUST AND SHADOWS make it to the red carpet in Hollywood.  Sorry for audio. turn it up read more

Cathy O’Donnell (not Lana Turner, as you may have heard) was discovered at Schwab’s Drugstore. Today’s celebration of Noirvember offers up a mélange of trivia about some of our favorite noir performers. So sit back, grab a handful of popcorn, and enjoy! Cathy O’Donnell (They Live By read more

Barnabas Collins (with Carolyn Collins in background). The intended audience for House of Dark Shadows was undoubtedly fans of the popular 1966-71 ABC gothic daytime drama. If you watched the TV series dutifully (like me), you will enjoy this faithful big screen adaptation. For other view read more

In which I explain why Simone Signoret is amazing (and some other stuff). Director Jean-Pierre Melville is famous for his lack of female characters, and the few women who do populate his universe frankly don’t have much character. Women are generally superfluous in Melville’s films; he is fascinat read more

In which I explain why Simone Signoret is amazing (and some other stuff). Director Jean-Pierre Melville is famous for his lack of female characters, and the few women who do populate his universe frankly don’t have much character. Women are generally superfluous in Melville’s films; he is fascinat read more

Hollywood Digs: An Archaeology of Shadows by Ken LaZebnik Kelly's Cove Press ISBN: 9780989166447 Paperback March 2014 Hollywood Digs seeks to do what an archaeologist does when excavating a site: dig up material and put it into the context of human history. Film and television writer Ken LaZebnik read more

Fans of the original Dark Shadows have a complicated relationship with NIGHT OF DARK SHADOWS (1971), the rarely seen second film based on the popular supernatural soap opera. And that’s unfortunate, because NIGHT OF DARK SHADOWS, which is now available to watch instantly on the Warner Archive stream read more

“Son, you should video this movie,” my father said, handing me a copy of TV Guide and pointing emphatically to the VCR he had just bought – for $1,000 – as a family Christmas gift. “It’s based on a soap opera about vampires. I think you’d like it.” One thing you should know about read more

I have just had the opportunity to view the picture MR SKEFFINGTON (1944), directed by the black listed Vincent Sherman. What can you write about actor Claude Rains that would be different? This was a very private man, who, while apparently being held in high regard by many people, never spoke of hi read more

Port of Shadows (“Le quai des brumes”) Directed by Michel Carné Written by Jacques Prevert from the novel by Pierre Dumarchais 1938/France Ciné-Alliance Repeat viewing/Netflix rental   I was surprised how little I remembered about this really excellent film. Jean (Jean Gabin) is a read more

Happy Thanksgiving! I first noticed Mary Doran in The Divorcee (1930), where she plays the small but crucial role of the “other woman” in the marriage of Jerry (Norma Shearer) and Ted (Chester Morris). I had no idea who she was, and didn’t think much about her until I started having “Doran sightings read more

I recently finished watching 160 episodes of Dark Shadows, a 60s gothic melodrama soap, set in the New England fishing town of Collinsport—a place haunted by secrets and the supernatural. I’m here to share my thoughts of this classic serial as a first-time viewer. I may be nearly 50 years late to read more

Before Tim Burton got his dirty hands on it Dark Shadows was a successful daytime soap opera on television back in the sixties and early seventies which became a cult phenomenon to housewives and teenagers alike. With storylines focusing on vampires, werewolves and other gothic horror tropes this sh read more

Most holidays worth their while encompass entire seasons, such as Christmas, for example. However, as you may have noticed there is a corporate push every year for us to think about the next holiday even sooner. While this has many negative side effects I figure I may as well embrace it. Since Labor read more

Barnabas Collins (with Carolyn Collins in background). The intended audience for House of Dark Shadows was undoubtedly fans of the popular 1966-71 ABC gothic daytime drama. If you watched the TV series dutifully (like me), you will enjoy this faithful big screen adaptation. For other view read more

Directed by Pete Walker, House of the Long Shadows (1983) belongs firmly to the classic horror genre of the old dark house movie, with special emphasis on the dark. The 1983 incarnation represents only one of many film treatments of Earl Derr Biggers’ novel, Seven Keys to Baldpate, which was f read more

Directed by Pete Walker, House of the Long Shadows (1983) belongs firmly to the classic horror genre of the old dark house movie, with special emphasis on the dark. The 1983 incarnation represents only one of many film treatments of Earl Derr Biggers’ novel, Seven Keys to Baldpate, which was f read more

Directed by Pete Walker, House of the Long Shadows (1983) belongs firmly to the classic horror genre of the old dark house movie, with special emphasis on the dark. The 1983 incarnation represents only one of many film treatments of Earl Derr Biggers’ novel, Seven Keys to Baldpate, which was f read more