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The Blind Man of Seville is a crime novel in that it’s a novel about crime. However, the crimes at its focus aren’t those described on the wrapper — a series of brutal murders in modern-day Seville — but those depicted in what seems initially to be the novel’s backstor read more

Recorded Live is a student film. So director, writer, and animator Wilson’s flat composition gets some wide latitude. He’s got this silly slapstick score on a sound picture, with John Goodwin getting hired to work at an already strange-sounding TV studio only to arrive there and discover a sack read more

Recorded Live is a student film. So director, writer, and animator Wilson’s flat composition gets some wide latitude. He’s got this silly slapstick score on a sound picture, with John Goodwin getting hired to work at an already strange-sounding TV studio only to arrive there and discover a sack read more

Recorded Live is a student film. So director, writer, and animator Wilson’s flat composition gets some wide latitude. He’s got this silly slapstick score on a sound picture, with John Goodwin getting hired to work at an already strange-sounding TV studio only to arrive there and discover a sack read more

Recorded Live is a student film. So director, writer, and animator Wilson’s flat composition gets some wide latitude. He’s got this silly slapstick score on a sound picture, with John Goodwin getting hired to work at an already strange-sounding TV studio only to arrive there and discover a sack read more

250 tons de Wilson Grey “Sem Wilson Grey, eu acho que nem existiria cinema brasileiro” - José Lewgoy No cinema brasileiro, Wilson Grey está por toda parte. Ele é inconfundível: muito magro, cabelos pretos com brilhantina, cara chupada e quase sempre um bigode. Era o tipo perfei read more

By Fritzi Kramer on September 23, 2014 in Article, Blog, Feature, Silent Movie Myths Welcome. We are about to descend into the realm of scandal-mongering, myths, gossip, innuendo, with a side helping of just plain mean. It doesn’t get worse than this. We are dealing with a rumor that sullies three read more

Book Look! A Life of Barbara Stanwyck: Steel-True 1907-1940 by Victoria Wilson A Life of Barbara Stanwyck is available on amazon.ca Simply put, this book is a whopper! I may have even used it once or twice as a weight. Clocking in at just over 1000 pages, this biography is one of the most i read more

Steel-True and Blade-Straight: An Interview with Victoria Wilson Oh Happy Day! The long-awaited and highly-anticipated Barbara Stanwyck biography,  A Life of Barbara Stanwyck: Steel-True 1907-1940, is in stores today, November 12th — and CMH is honored to be able to present this interview with read more

By Lara Gabrielle Fowler The life of Barbara Stanwyck has fascinated film lovers for decades. Her particular combination of sex appeal, toughness, and grit makes for an intriguing character and was doubtless informed by a private life about which she was extremely reticent. This, along with innate read more

The battered cover of my copy. Harry Leon Wilson is not a household name nowadays but back in the 10′s and 20′s he was a popular novelist and many of his books were adapted into movies. His books often featured prissy, emotionally immature heroes who were saved from their plights by spu read more

Last year I posted few times about music but I felt that it might not be the right place to do so here on Le Mot du Cinephiliaque. But the nice blogger, Chris over at Movies 365, is doing half and half movie reviews and music/album reviews. This grew in my mind and I’ve decided to take this fe read more

The 1920′s cover sans jacket. There’s a pretty good chance that you have never heard of Harry Leon Wilson.  He specialized in light comedic fiction with eccentric characters overwhelmed by everyday life in the early twentieth century. I really hate to make comparisons like this but I ha read more

Lois Wilson (June 28, 1894 - March 3, 1988) was an American actress best known for her work during the silent film era. Wilson, a school teacher moved to California in 1915, when she won a beauty contest put on by Universal Studios . After which, she won a small part in the film, The Dumb Gir read more

250 tons de Wilson Grey “Sem Wilson Grey, eu acho que nem existiria cinema brasileiro” - José Lewgoy No cinema brasileiro, Wilson Grey está por toda parte. Ele é inconfundível: muito magro, cabelos pretos com brilhantina, cara chupada e quase sempre um bigode. Era o tipo perfei read more