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Warner Archive: Alfred Hitchcock's I Confess (1953) on Blu-ray
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Mar 10, 2016
The swooning sadness of romantic yearning hangs over I Confess like a lonely specter. Not what I expected from an Alfred Hitchcock film, especially one featuring a priest and the Catholic church. This lesser known drama from the master of suspense is a departure for the director in many ways, though read more
Book Review--Hollywood on the Spot: Crimes Against the Early Movie Stars
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Mar 8, 2016
Hollywood on the Spot Crimes Against the Early Movie Stars
Patrick Downey
2015
From the time there were movie stars, there were also criminals who preyed upon them. Particularly during the Depression, the high concentration of wealth in Hollywood was tantalizing for those looking for an easy buck, read more
Warner Archive: Merle Oberon in These Three (1936) and The Cowboy and the Lady (1938)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Mar 3, 2016
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Merle Oberon was one of the most unpredictable actresses in classic Hollywood. She was worthy of her stardom, and always interesting to observe, but her performances could be wildly uneven. When she had the right director, or a great story, she was a unique delight: elegant, romantic read more
Book Review--Elizabeth Taylor: A Private Life for Public Consumption
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Mar 1, 2016
Elizabeth Taylor: A Private Life for Public Consumption
Ellis Cashmore
Bloomsbury Academic, 2016
Most people go to the movies to watch characters do things they could never dream of doing themselves, let alone living with the consequences. Elizabeth Taylor behaved that way in real life; the drama s read more
Warner Archive: Hitchcock's The Wrong Man (1956) on Blu-ray
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Feb 24, 2016
I found a real-life story more terrifying than any fiction...this is it!--Alfred Hitchcock
The downbeat, but moving The Wrong Man was Alfred Hitchcock's only film to be based on a true story. It is also perhaps one of his most personal films, focusing more intensely on the director's mistrust of p read more
Images: Ann Savage, 1945 and 2007
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Feb 20, 2016
Detour (1945)
My Winnipeg (2007) read more
Warner Archive: Night Will Fall (2014), A Concentration and Extermination Camp Liberation Film, and Alfred Hitchcock
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Feb 18, 2016
Unless the world learns the lessons these pictures teach, night will fall, but by God's grace we who live will learn.
In 1945, army cameramen documented the liberation of Nazi concentration camps across Germany and areas of Poland that were annexed by the Germans during World War II. Their mission read more
Warner Archive: A Trio of 1931 Pre-Codes, Including W.C. Fields' First Sound Feature
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Feb 11, 2016
While many silent film stars struggled, or chose to retire at the dawn of the talkies, a stream of stage stars descended on Hollywood to pick up the slack. These performers had to tone down their act and stop projecting to the back row, but they were for the most part confident speaking, and s read more
Book Review--Groucho Marx: The Comedy of Existence
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Feb 9, 2016
Groucho Marx The Comedy of Existence
Lee Siegel
Yale University Press, 2016
Though he made his name inspiring laughs, Groucho Marx's comedy
was often more brutal than it was humorous. Witty yes, but with such a dark
view of humanity that his wisecracks always feel like arrows whizzing past your read more
Warner Archive: Western Noir in Roughshod (1948) and Station West (1948)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Feb 2, 2016
It wouldn't take much to transform Roughshod (1948) and Station West (1948) into city-set noirs. Just take away the horses and add a pool of light from a streetlamp. These newly-released westerns from Warner Archive have the wisecracks, gangsters, and even the stars of the genre.
Roughshod has a mo read more
Warner Archive: The Tricky Racial Issues of General Spanky (1936)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jan 28, 2016
While Our Gang comedies may not be thought of as only
appropriate for children's entertainment, we do tend to view them as a family
friendly option. Whether that is actually so depends on what you watch and what kinds
of conversations you want to have with your kids.
If you want to see the read more
Book Review--Hollywood Cafe: Coffee with the Stars
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jan 26, 2016
Hollywood Café: Coffee With the Stars Stephen Rea Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., 2016 Publish date: January 28 Once I recovered from a dorky burst of giggles inspired by the idea of a coffee table book about coffee, I found that I enjoyed the breezy and surprisingly informative Hollywood Café: Coffee read more
Warner Archive: Anne of Green Gables and a Pair of Clever Canines
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jan 22, 2016
I recently had the opportunity to view a trio of
family-friendly films from Warner Archive. Anne of Green Gables (1934), My Pal,
Wolf (1944) and The Littlest Hobo (1958), each have their distinct charms and were fun to watch.
In a smoothly-execited, if jam-packed RKO production, the first
novel i read more
Book Review--Helen Twelvetrees Perfect Ingenue: Rediscovering a 1930s Movie Star and Her 32 Films
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jan 19, 2016
Helen Twelvetrees Perfect Ingénue: Rediscovering a 1930s Movie Star and Her 32 Films Cliff Aliperti 2015 Though I've only seen two Helen Twelvetrees films, I was fascinated by Cliff Aliperti's biography of her life. There wasn't anything in her work in Millie (1931) and State's Attorney (1932) that read more
Book Review--Ziegfeld and His Follies
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jan 12, 2016
Ziegfeld and His Follies: A Biography of Broadway's Greatest Producer
Cynthia Brideson and Sara Brideson
University Press of Kentucky, 2015
Though he only produced two films himself, movies would have been much different without the influence of legendary Broadway producer Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr.. Th read more
Quote of the Week: Jerry Lewis on Comedy
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jan 10, 2016
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My philosophy of comedy is a man in trouble. There but for the grace of God go I.
-Jerry Lewis
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Warner Archive: Wartime Laughs In The Doughgirls (1944) and Pillow to Post (1945)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jan 7, 2016
In a time where laughs didn't come easy, Hollywood found ample material for humor in the World War II era housing shortage. The mini-genre met with varying success, from the entertaining but laugh deficient Government Girl (1943) starring Olivia de Havilland to the bona-fide Frank Capra classic The read more
Book Review--Sharon Tate: A Life
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jan 5, 2016
Sharon Tate: A Life
Ed Sanders
Perseus Books Group/ DeCapo Press, 2016
We are lucky to have had Sharon Tate for the brief 27 years she lived. She hardly began to fulfill her potential before her death, but she never wasted a moment, quickly finding screen success and demonstrating a blooming comedi read more
RIP 2015: In Remembrance and Gratitude
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Dec 31, 2015
It can be heartwrenching to be a classic movie fan. So many of the stars you love are gone, and you must say goodbye to more every year. It makes you even more grateful for any connection you may make with them, be it a signed photo, a public appearance, or even meeting face-to-face. I find it also read more
Top 6 Favorite Film Books of 2015
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Dec 29, 2015
I enjoyed the eclectic mix of film books that I read this year, from bios and a memoir to an entire volume dedicated to one film, and yet another about a film that was never even finished. While I know that Sinatra was best known for his singing, I had to include him, because Kaplan covered the lege read more