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Murder in the Windy City: The Story Behind “Chicago”: The Chicago Silent Era (Part 8)
Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Janelle Vreeland on Jul 10, 2014
Murder in the Windy City: The Story Behind “Chicago” The story of Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly has been told time and time again in the form of musicals, Broadway shows and films, but it began as a play written by a Chicago Tribune writer who spent part of her career chronicling the cases of read more
Gone With the Wind Festival in Marietta, GA
True Classics Posted by on Jun 16, 2014
Last weekend (June 6-8) I was able to check out some of the fabulous events at the Gone With the Wind Festival in Marietta, GA. In celebration of the 75th anniversary, this festival was made up of some great events, including a costume ball complete with dinner and dancing to Civil War Era music. So read more
Flying High With Flying A in the Windy City: The American Film Manufacturing Company: The Chicago Silent Era (Part 6)
Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Janelle Vreeland on Jun 10, 2014
Flying High With Flying A in the Windy City: The American Film Manufacturing Company
Formed by Samuel Hutchinson and Charles Hite, the American Film Manufacturing Company was incorporated in 1910 and held the distinction of being the only independent film company in Chicago. Hite had years of read more
S & A and the Windy City: The Chicago Silent Era (Part 4)
Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Janelle Vreeland on May 7, 2014
S & A and the Windy City
Though not the first film studio to be built and based in Chicago, Essanay grew to be one of the largest and most popular of the Chicago-based studios. The sheer number of photoplayers, directors and screenwriters that it discovered, nurtured and propelled to star read more
Gone With the Wind (1939) (2)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Apr 30, 2014
When the TCM Film Festival announced Gone With the Wind as their closing night film I immediately decided to skip it. Yes, I’m of the “I hate Gone With the Wind” school and it appears I’m not as alone as I thought. I appreciate the artistry of the set design and costuming, read more
Silent Movie Myth #5: “The Wind” ended wrong and is too… windy
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Apr 29, 2014
The Wind is my favorite silent film so I am very excited about this article. It is an examination of three myths that have attached themselves to the 1928 Lillian Gish vehicle: MGM slapped on a happy ending The original tragic ending still exists in Europe The Wind is too windy (and shot in 120-deg read more
O vento será tua herança / Inherit the Wind (1961)
Critica Retro Posted by Lê on Apr 12, 2014
O vento será tua herança / Inherit the Wind (1961) “O vento será tua herança” é um filme, sobretudo, sobre as relações entre o velho e o novo. O tema principal é o embate entre religião e ciência e, por consequência, entre as velhas e novas crenças. E na tela vemos atores read more
O vento será tua herança / Inherit the Wind (1961)
Critica Retro Posted by Lê on Apr 12, 2014
O vento será tua herança / Inherit the Wind (1961) “O vento será tua herança” é um filme, sobretudo, sobre as relações entre o velho e o novo. O tema principal é o embate entre religião e ciência e, por consequência, entre as velhas e novas crenças. E na tela vemos atores read more
The Selig Polyscope Company and the Birth of Film in the Windy City: The Chicago Silent Era (Part 2)
Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Janelle Vreeland on Apr 1, 2014
The Selig Polyscope Company and the Birth of Film in the Windy City
“Colonel” William Selig
By the time William N. Selig died in 1948, he had produced thousands of films via the Selig Polyscope Company, discovered a number of silent film stars, and had been recognized as a true pioneer i read more
Gone with the Wind (1939) (1)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jan 9, 2014
Gone with the Wind
Directed by Victor Fleming
Written by Sidney Howard from the novel by Margaret Mitchell
1939/USA
Selznick International Pictures in association with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Repeat viewing/Netflix rental
#133 of 1001 Films You Must See Before You Die The best films are timeless read more
Amidst the wind chill, warm thoughts with William
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jan 7, 2014
Many of you in English-speaking North America currently are trying to live through the coldest weather most people have experienced in roughly 20 years, so Carole Lombard and William Powell will seek to psychically warm you up with a photo of them setting sail for Hawaii on their honeymoon in June 1 read more
Remembering Alicia Rhett At The Gone With The Wind Museum in Marietta, Georgia…
Christy Putnam Posted by Christy Putnam on Jan 5, 2014
During my visit to Turner Studios in December, I was also lucky enough to travel to Marietta, Georgia, and visit with Connie Sutherland, the Director of the Gone With the Wind Museum, known as “Scarlett on the Square,” because of the museum’s location on the historic old town squa read more
Classics in the Carolinas: Remembering Alicia Rhett, India Wilkes in “Gone with the Wind”
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Jan 4, 2014
Leslie Howard with his on-screen sister Alicia Rhett.(Scanned from “The Filming of Gone with the Wind”) She was a true Southern lady. Alicia Rhett was discovered on George Cukor’s Southern search for Scarlett O’Hara for the epic film “Gone with the Wind” (1939). Rhett was cast as read more
When the Wind Blows (1986)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Bennett O'Brian on Nov 16, 2013
The year is 1986. Margaret Thatcher is the Prime Minister of Great Britain and a massive fortified wall separates the city of Berlin between capitalist and communist. The permissiveness of the 1960s and 1970s has led to an era of intolerance and repression in North America and the United Kingdom wh read more
3-D WIZARD OF OZ, GONE WITH THE WIND to Headline 2014 TCM Film Fest
Cinematically Insane Posted by Will McKinley on Oct 29, 2013
Robert Osborne is off to see the Wizard, with a stop at Tara along the way. Turner Classic Movies announced the first three titles for the 2014 TCM Classic Film Festival, scheduled for April 10 through 13 in Hollywood: THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939) in IMAX 3-D, the restored GONE WITH THE WIND (1939), and read more
Face at the Window, The (1939)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Sep 7, 2013
UK / 71 minutes / bw / Pennant, British Lion Dir & Pr: George King Scr: A. Rawlinson, Ronald Fayre Story: The Face at the Window (1897 play) by F. Brooke Warren Cine: Hone Glendining Cast: Tod Slaughter, John Warwick, Aubrey Mallalieu, Marjorie Taylor, Robert Adair, Wallace Evenett, Leonard Henr read more
Scarlett’s Gowns: Gone With The Wind Costume Restoration
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Christina Stewart on Sep 4, 2013
Everything about Margaret Mitchell’s novel and David O. Selznick’s film Gone With The Wind is iconic. Walter Plunkett’s costumes for Vivien Leigh’s character, Scarlett O’Hara, are no exception. In 2010, the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin embarked on a remarkable campaign read more
3 Reasons Why Inherit The Wind Continues to Resonate
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Claire Dunderman on Aug 20, 2013
There are certain films that resonate with the period of a certain time in its criticism of society of that time. The satire is rich and informative. For Inherit The Wind, while it was about the Scopes Trial in the ’20s, it continued to battle ignorance and prejudice. Here’s three reaso read more
Review: The Wind Is Whistling Under Their Feet (1976)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by John Munshour on Jun 19, 2013
The vast plains thunder with hoof beats and violence. An outlaw returns from prison seeking vengeance upon those who betrayed him and enters into a psychological duel with the morally ambiguous lawman who brought him to justice the first time. The landscape of 1830’s is changing, and conflict is br read more
SIFF 2013: A New Score For The Wind (1928)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jun 9, 2013
(d: Victor Sjöström c: Lillian Gish, Lars Hanson, Montagu Love, Edward Earle, Dorothy Cumming, USA 1928, 95 minutes) The Seattle International Film Festival 2013 presentation of The Wind (1928) was not just a screening, but one of the signature events of the festival. In its two peformances at the read more