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The Kennel Murder Case, Happy Anniversary! A Keen, Kinetic, Killing Kind of Movie, With a Tasty Kernel Named Vance

Classic Film Aficionados Posted by C. S. Williams on Oct 28, 2014

  What could be better than Philo Vance, the suave, debonair, fascinating, intelligent, erudite detective portrayed by the suave, debonair, fascinating, intelligent, erudite actor, William Powell? Little can best the seventy-three minutes spent with this gem of a mystery based on the novel wri read more

Teresa Wright, Happy Birthday! Wright Place, Wright Time, Wright Beginning; The Early-Wright Highlights…

Classic Film Aficionados Posted by C. S. Williams on Oct 27, 2014

Teresa Wright LIFE Magazine, July 20, 1942 This brief biography is only a highlight of Ms. Wright’s fabulous career, I will not go in depth regarding those points that are best known, but instead will attempt to bring attention to those lesser recognized facts of her glorious stage, television read more

Teresa Wright, Happy Birthday! Wright Place, Wright Time, Wright Beginning; The Early-Wright Highlights…

Classic Film Aficionados Posted by C. S. Williams on Oct 27, 2014

Teresa Wright LIFE Magazine, July 20, 1942 This brief biography is only a highlight of Ms. Wright’s fabulous career, I will not go in depth regarding those points that are best known, but instead will attempt to bring attention to those lesser recognized facts of her glorious stage, television read more

Teresa Wright, Happy Birthday! Wright Place, Wright Time, Wright Beginning; The Early-Wright Highlights…

Classic Film Aficionados Posted by C. S. Williams on Oct 27, 2014

Teresa Wright LIFE Magazine, July 20, 1942 This brief biography is only a highlight of Ms. Wright’s fabulous career, I will not go in depth regarding those points that are best known, but instead will attempt to bring attention to those lesser recognized facts of her glorious stage, television read more

Mary Hamilton O’Connor, the Grande Dame of Scenarists; a Woman Long Forgotten, a Woman Who Should Be Remembered

Classic Film Aficionados Posted by C. S. Williams on Oct 21, 2014

  Mary Hamilton O’Connor   Mary Hamilton O’Connor was the daughter of Thomas J. O’Connor and Bridget Nash O’Connor; Mrs. O’Connor was a writer as well, a dramatic critic for local Portland, Oregon newspapers, and was a special correspondent for the Oregonian.[1] Her sister was read more

Mary Hamilton O’Connor, the Grande Dame of Scenarists; a Woman Long Forgotten, a Woman Who Should Be Remembered

Classic Film Aficionados Posted by C. S. Williams on Oct 21, 2014

  Mary Hamilton O’Connor   Mary Hamilton O’Connor was the daughter of Thomas J. O’Connor and Bridget Nash O’Connor; Mrs. O’Connor was a writer as well, a dramatic critic for local Portland, Oregon newspapers, and was a special correspondent for the Oregonian.[1] Her sister was read more

Mary Hamilton O’Connor, the Grande Dame of Scenarists; a Woman Long Forgotten, a Woman Who Should Be Remembered

Classic Film Aficionados Posted by C. S. Williams on Oct 21, 2014

  Mary Hamilton O’Connor   Mary Hamilton O’Connor was the daughter of Thomas J. O’Connor and Bridget Nash O’Connor; Mrs. O’Connor was a writer as well, a dramatic critic for local Portland, Oregon newspapers, and was a special correspondent for the Oregonian.[1] Her sister was read more

Allan Sears, a Serious Silent-Film Scene Stealer

Classic Film Aficionados Posted by C. S. Williams on Oct 16, 2014

Allan Sears   Allan Sears like so many actors of the silent era, had a career not easily tracked, especially one-hundred years removed. He was a leading man of some renown and considered a tasty acquisition by Triangle Pictures in 1917[1]; his heyday was confined to the non-talkies, slipping in read more

Allan Sears, a Serious Silent-Film Scene Stealer

Classic Film Aficionados Posted by C. S. Williams on Oct 16, 2014

Allan Sears   Allan Sears like so many actors of the silent era, had a career not easily tracked, especially one-hundred years removed. He was a leading man of some renown and considered a tasty acquisition by Triangle Pictures in 1917[1]; his heyday was confined to the non-talkies, slipping in read more

Allan Sears, a Serious Silent-Film Scene Stealer

Classic Film Aficionados Posted by C. S. Williams on Oct 16, 2014

Allan Sears   Allan Sears like so many actors of the silent era, had a career not easily tracked, especially one-hundred years removed. He was a leading man of some renown and considered a tasty acquisition by Triangle Pictures in 1917[1]; his heyday was confined to the non-talkies, slipping in read more

The Golden God, a Glaringly Giant Gap in the Glowing History of the Glamorous Art of Cinema; Not Seen and Little Known

Classic Film Aficionados Posted by C. S. Williams on Oct 13, 2014

Golden Remembrances of: The Golden God…     Introduction… I am writing to refute the statement[1] that appears in the plot summery of, The Golden God, 1913, on the Internet Movie Data Base, that the film was never produced. This idea that the movie has no reliable documentation read more

The Golden God, a Glaringly Giant Gap in the Glowing History of the Glamorous Art of Cinema; Not Seen and Little Known

Classic Film Aficionados Posted by C. S. Williams on Oct 13, 2014

Golden Remembrances of: The Golden God…     Introduction… I am writing to refute the statement[1] that appears in the plot summery of, The Golden God, 1913, on the Internet Movie Data Base, that the film was never produced. This idea that the movie has no reliable documentation read more

The Golden God, a Glaringly Giant Gap in the Glowing History of the Glamorous Art of Cinema; Not Seen and Little Known

Classic Film Aficionados Posted by C. S. Williams on Oct 13, 2014

Golden Remembrances of: The Golden God…     Introduction… I am writing to refute the statement[1] that appears in the plot summery of, The Golden God, 1913, on the Internet Movie Data Base, that the film was never produced. This idea that the movie has no reliable documentation read more

This Day in Entertainment History: Dateline… Albuquerque, New Mexico, Tom Mix Arrested!

Classic Film Aficionados Posted by C. S. Williams on Oct 12, 2014

Dateline, Albuquerque… Yes, this is actually Tom Mix; well not actually Tom Mix, just an actual picture of Tom Mix   Cowboy-star, Tom Mix, mixed it up, by driving through town in the wee hours of the morning, causing as much racket as a machine gun platoon in action! No, the noise was not read more

This Day in Entertainment History: Dateline… Albuquerque, New Mexico, Tom Mix Arrested!

Classic Film Aficionados Posted by C. S. Williams on Oct 12, 2014

Dateline, Albuquerque… Yes, this is actually Tom Mix; well not actually Tom Mix, just an actual picture of Tom Mix   Cowboy-star, Tom Mix, mixed it up, by driving through town in the wee hours of the morning, causing as much racket as a machine gun platoon in action! No, the noise was not read more

This Day in Entertainment History: Dateline… Albuquerque, New Mexico, Tom Mix Arrested!

Classic Film Aficionados Posted by C. S. Williams on Oct 12, 2014

Dateline, Albuquerque… Yes, this is actually Tom Mix; well not actually Tom Mix, just an actual picture of Tom Mix   Cowboy-star, Tom Mix, mixed it up, by driving through town in the wee hours of the morning, causing as much racket as a machine gun platoon in action! No, the noise was not read more

Max Cohen, Producer, Promoter, Distributor, but No Dracula for Him.

Classic Film Aficionados Posted by C. S. Williams on Oct 2, 2014

Max Cohen was involved in film-promotion and distribution no later than 1913, beginning his career with the Monopol Film Company.[1] Monopol went bankrupt in October of 1913,[2] so any reference to Cohen working for MFC, is prior to that final date. Cohen was considered a pioneer of the open-market- read more

Max Cohen, Producer, Promoter, Distributor, but No Dracula for Him.

Classic Film Aficionados Posted by C. S. Williams on Oct 2, 2014

Max Cohen was involved in film-promotion and distribution no later than 1913, beginning his career with the Monopol Film Company.[1] Monopol went bankrupt in October of 1913,[2] so any reference to Cohen working for MFC, is prior to that final date. Cohen was considered a pioneer of the open-market- read more

Max Cohen, Producer, Promoter, Distributor, but No Dracula for Him.

Classic Film Aficionados Posted by C. S. Williams on Oct 2, 2014

Max Cohen was involved in film-promotion and distribution no later than 1913, beginning his career with the Monopol Film Company.[1] Monopol went bankrupt in October of 1913,[2] so any reference to Cohen working for MFC, is prior to that final date. Cohen was considered a pioneer of the open-market- read more

Around the World in 80 Days, 1916; a Movie Completely Missing from Modern Film Encyclopedias and Data Bases

Classic Film Aficionados Posted by C. S. Williams on Sep 28, 2014

  In the first thirty days of autumn in October of 1916, a bright and shining movie debut happened, Around the World in 80 Days, starring Henry Garrick, Frank Bowers, Victor Sanders and Vivian Nichols;[1] the production cost about $250,000.[2] Obviously, this was a large sum for a film budget read more
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