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On that Sunday in March with spring at the doorstep of 1917, an action-adventure-mystery-romance-serial began its fifteen week run. The Voice on the Wire clearly had the attention of the nation. No expense was being spared for the promotion of this actioner, VOW, made available to the theater many read more

Darby O’Gill and the Little People, 1959, directed by Robert Stevenson, cinematography by Winton C. Hoch, the delightful costumes designed by Getrude Casey and Chuck Keehne, the spry music composed by Oliver Wallace, the visual effects were tackled by the team of Peter Ellenshaw, Eustace read more

Darby O’Gill and the Little People, 1959, directed by Robert Stevenson, cinematography by Winton C. Hoch, the delightful costumes designed by Getrude Casey and Chuck Keehne, the spry music composed by Oliver Wallace, the visual effects were tackled by the team of Peter Ellenshaw, Eustace read more

Darby O’Gill and the Little People, 1959, directed by Robert Stevenson, cinematography by Winton C. Hoch, the delightful costumes designed by Getrude Casey and Chuck Keehne, the spry music composed by Oliver Wallace, the visual effects were tackled by the team of Peter Ellenshaw, Eustace read more

Director, Tex “Fred” Avery (Tex seems and sounds so much better for this merrie-looney guy) and crew appropriated the Aesop (Dave Monahan wrote the story and screenplay, leaving Aesop, un-attributed… poor Aesop) fable, “The Tortoise and the Hare,” and along the way made one read more

From The Motion Picture Story Magazine, March, 1912; enjoy… read more

Director, Tex “Fred” Avery (Tex seems and sounds so much better for this merrie-looney guy) and crew appropriated the Aesop (Dave Monahan wrote the story and screenplay, leaving Aesop, un-attributed… poor Aesop) fable, “The Tortoise and the Hare,” and along the way made one read more

From The Motion Picture Story Magazine, March, 1912; enjoy… read more

Director, Tex “Fred” Avery (Tex seems and sounds so much better for this merrie-looney guy) and crew appropriated the Aesop (Dave Monahan wrote the story and screenplay, leaving Aesop, un-attributed… poor Aesop) fable, “The Tortoise and the Hare,” and along the way made one read more

From The Motion Picture Story Magazine, March, 1912; enjoy… read more

Steele was a Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation release, Nunnally Johnson the associate producer, and Mr. Darryl F. Zanuck filled the shoes of executive producer.  George Marshall (best known for The Blue Dahlia, 1946) directed the picture, Gene Fowler and Hal Long wrote the screenplay from the read more

Steele was a Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation release, Nunnally Johnson the associate producer, and Mr. Darryl F. Zanuck filled the shoes of executive producer.  George Marshall (best known for The Blue Dahlia, 1946) directed the picture, Gene Fowler and Hal Long wrote the screenplay from the read more

Steele was a Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation release, Nunnally Johnson the associate producer, and Mr. Darryl F. Zanuck filled the shoes of executive producer.  George Marshall (best known for The Blue Dahlia, 1946) directed the picture, Gene Fowler and Hal Long wrote the screenplay from the read more

Popular two-reel actress Dorothy Gish never achieved the status of her older sister Lillian Gish, but, they did a few films together, most notably, Hearts of the World, 1918 and Orphans of the Storm (almost nary, have the heart-strings been pulled at, any better), 1921, also Lillian directed (her read more

Survival status of Goodbye Girls is unknown according to Silent Era.com There is little information extant on the movie, just tidbits are available; the Daily Star of Fredericksburg, VA announced that the film would be shown on Saturday, January 5, 1924; Thursday, May 29, 1924 the local newspaper i read more

Popular two-reel actress Dorothy Gish never achieved the status of her older sister Lillian Gish, but, they did a few films together, most notably, Hearts of the World, 1918 and Orphans of the Storm (almost nary, have the heart-strings been pulled at, any better), 1921, also Lillian directed (her read more

Survival status of Goodbye Girls is unknown according to Silent Era.com There is little information extant on the movie, just tidbits are available; the Daily Star of Fredericksburg, VA announced that the film would be shown on Saturday, January 5, 1924; Thursday, May 29, 1924 the local newspaper i read more

Popular two-reel actress Dorothy Gish never achieved the status of her older sister Lillian Gish, but, they did a few films together, most notably, Hearts of the World, 1918 and Orphans of the Storm (almost nary, have the heart-strings been pulled at, any better), 1921, also Lillian directed (her read more

Survival status of Goodbye Girls is unknown according to Silent Era.com There is little information extant on the movie, just tidbits are available; the Daily Star of Fredericksburg, VA announced that the film would be shown on Saturday, January 5, 1924; Thursday, May 29, 1924 the local newspaper i read more

  The Love Parade premiered in New York City on Tuesday, November 19, 1929 at the Criterion Theater, opening with all of the fanfare (Maurice Chevalier in attendance[i]), and the jubilant expectation of the first-nighters at a grandiose-opening of the newest play on the Great White Way or the gene read more