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  Ah, Terror Island! I cannot resist the dynamic-duo of a melodramatic-thriller and the ‘one and the only,’ the ‘Handcuff King’ himself, Harry Houdini! Even with one or two missing reels, this little Paramount Aircraft Picture still crackles with excitement, and is rippled with ingenuity. read more

  A Girl of the Timber Claims is another of the films that have gained the subtitle of: unknown status or lost; making itself known now, only by the gossamer threads of distant memories. The reception that Timber Claims received from the critics was mixed, while it garnered a good sized budget read more

  A Girl of the Timber Claims is another of the films that have gained the subtitle of: unknown status or lost; making itself known now, only by the gossamer threads of distant memories. The reception that Timber Claims received from the critics was mixed, while it garnered a good sized budget read more

  A Girl of the Timber Claims is another of the films that have gained the subtitle of: unknown status or lost; making itself known now, only by the gossamer threads of distant memories. The reception that Timber Claims received from the critics was mixed, while it garnered a good sized budget read more

  I am a sucker for the one-two-punch of a singing-cowboy, and last night I was watching (my five-year-old grandson watched with me) The Hills of Utah, 1951, and as I always am, I was fully entertained by the king of the warbling-western: Gene Autry (my grandson loves Autry). King of the Singi read more

  I am a sucker for the one-two-punch of a singing-cowboy, and last night I was watching (my five-year-old grandson watched with me) The Hills of Utah, 1951, and as I always am, I was fully entertained by the king of the warbling-western: Gene Autry (my grandson loves Autry). King of the Singi read more

  I am a sucker for the one-two-punch of a singing-cowboy, and last night I was watching (my five-year-old grandson watched with me) The Hills of Utah, 1951, and as I always am, I was fully entertained by the king of the warbling-western: Gene Autry (my grandson loves Autry). King of the Singi read more

    A Thief in the Dark, a Fox Film Corp., mystery-circus-comedy-romance,[1] is another of that not too rare breed of “lost film (or “status unknown” at best),” and belongs to that ignominious sub-class of “late-silents-lost,” maybe better put: “out-of-sound, out-of-mind.” read more

A Thief in the Dark, a Fox Film Corp., mystery-circus-comedy-romance,[1] is another of that not too rare breed of “lost film (or “status unknown” at best),” and belongs to that ignominious sub-class of “late-silents-lost,” maybe better put: “out-of-sound, out-of-mind.” These “late-silents,” read more

    A Thief in the Dark, a Fox Film Corp., mystery-circus-comedy-romance,[1] is another of that not too rare breed of “lost film (or “status unknown” at best),” and belongs to that ignominious sub-class of “late-silents-lost,” maybe better put: “out-of-sound, out-of-mind.” read more

  It is clear that She-Wolf of London did not premier on May 17, 1946, but saw it’s opening on Friday, April 5, 1946 at the Rialto Theater, in New York.[1] I know, with that information I should not continue this anniversary-post, or at the least, hold it over until, April of 2015. But, I can read more

  It is clear that She-Wolf of London did not premier on May 17, 1946, but saw it’s opening on Friday, April 5, 1946 at the Rialto Theater, in New York.[1] I know, with that information I should not continue this anniversary-post, or at the least, hold it over until, April of 2015. But, I can read more

  It is clear that She-Wolf of London did not premier on May 17, 1946, but saw it’s opening on Friday, April 5, 1946 at the Rialto Theater, in New York.[1] I know, with that information I should not continue this anniversary-post, or at the least, hold it over until, April of 2015. But, I can read more

  The Vampire of the Desert was a two-reel drama, porduced by Vitagraph and released by the general Film Company, starring:  Helen Gardner, Tefft Johnson, Harry T. Morey, James Morrison, Leah Baird,  Norma Talmadge and Flora Finch. The scenario (no writing credit given) was based on Rudyard read more

  The Vampire of the Desert was a two-reel drama, porduced by Vitagraph and released by the general Film Company, starring:  Helen Gardner, Tefft Johnson, Harry T. Morey, James Morrison, Leah Baird,  Norma Talmadge and Flora Finch. The scenario (no writing credit given) was based on Rudyard read more

  The Vampire of the Desert was a two-reel drama, porduced by Vitagraph and released by the general Film Company, starring:  Helen Gardner, Tefft Johnson, Harry T. Morey, James Morrison, Leah Baird,  Norma Talmadge and Flora Finch. The scenario (no writing credit given) was based on Rudyard read more

  Mother’s Boy strangely enough, received its copyright from the Library of Congress on May 19, 1929, and was listed as an eight reel (82 minutes) film with the Copyright Office. Not to leave my ‘strangely’ remark unexplained, I find it odd since Mother’s Boy had its world-premier on Thursday read more

  Mother’s Boy strangely enough, received its copyright from the Library of Congress on May 19, 1929, and was listed as an eight reel (82 minutes) film with the Copyright Office. Not to leave my ‘strangely’ remark unexplained, I find it odd since Mother’s Boy had its world-premier on Thursday read more

  Mother’s Boy strangely enough, received its copyright from the Library of Congress on May 19, 1929, and was listed as an eight reel (82 minutes) film with the Copyright Office. Not to leave my ‘strangely’ remark unexplained, I find it odd since Mother’s Boy had its world-premier on Thursday read more

    Tracked by the Police was directed by Ray Enright (so many Westerns), and Edward Sowders (several films with Erich von Stroheim) was the assistant director. Tracked was written by Gregory Rogers (AKA Darryl F. Zanuck), with the screenplay by Johnnie Grey (tons of short-subjects and a read more