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Warner Archive: Margaret O'Brien and Wallace Beery Team Up in Bad Bascomb (1946)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 7, 2015
As outlaw Zed Bascomb, Wallace Beery is charmed by Mormon orphan Margaret O'Brien in Bad Bascomb (1946), an under seen western now available on DVD from Warner Archive.
While Bascomb is terrorizing the Rocky Mountain territories with his gang, federal agents are on the search for the crude crimina read more
Quote of the Week: Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 2, 2015
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She was a rogue wave, a loose electron, an arrow aimed straight for his ailing heart.
-Sophia Loren, about Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton
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Book Review--My Life As a Mankiewicz: An Insider's Journey Through Hollywood
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jul 29, 2015
My Life As a Mankiewicz: An Insider's Journey Through Hollywood
Tom Mankiewicz and Robert Crane
University Press of Kentucky, 2012 (paperback version 2015)
Though I knew little of writer/director/producer Tom Mankiewicz' career before I learned his story, the surname was all I needed to draw me to read more
Quote of the Week: Luise Rainer
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jul 26, 2015
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I don’t believe in acting. I think that people in life act, but when you are on the stage, or in my case also on screen, you have to be true. You must feel it, and give birth to it, like to a child.
-Luise Rainer
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Warner Archive: Gena Rowlands Makes Her Debut in The High Cost of Loving (1958)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jul 23, 2015
Co-starring with Jose Ferrer, in one of seven films the actor would direct, Gene Rowlands makes a solid screen debut in The High Cost of Loving (1958). This low-key comedy can sometimes be a bit too leisurely, and occasionally loses momentum, but the maneuverings and intrigue in its office settings read more
Warner Archive: Family Fun in Banjo (1947) and Gypsy Colt (1954)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jul 20, 2015
I recently enjoyed watching a charming pair of family-friendly films newly released from Warner Archive. Banjo (1947) and Gypsy Colt (1954) both share charming pre-teen leads, stories of losing a beloved animal, and are packed full of clichés, though not to their detriment. Each film read more
Review: 3-D Rarities from 3-D Film Archive and Flicker Alley
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jul 16, 2015
For many years, the most popular image associated with 3-D has been that of an 1950s-era audience wearing two-tone shades and gazing up at a mainstream movie, most likely a sci-fi flick or a western. The story of the format is more complex though. There are 3-D films that date back to the silent age read more
Warner Archive: Eddie Cantor 4-Film Collection
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jul 13, 2015
In a new collection from Warner Archive, four Eddie Cantor films produced by Samuel Goldwyn offer a glimpse into some of the popular comedian's best cinematic offerings. Palmy Days (1931), The Kid From Spain (1932), Roman Scandals (1933) and Strike Me Pink (1936) were an extension of the star's alre read more
Warner Archive: Lucille Ball and Chester Morris in John Farrow's Five Came Back (1939)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jul 9, 2015
Twelve people take a flight to Panama City, but as the title warns, Five Came Back. While there is great tension as to who makes that return journey, it is the interactions among a strong cast of characters, and economical, skillful direction by John Farrow that make this recent release from Warner read more
Book Review: Missing Reels, by Farran Smith Nehme
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jul 8, 2015
Missing Reels
Farran Smith Nehme
Overlook Press (US)/Duckworth Publishers (UK)
2014
Missing Reels is a novel about the search for a lost film, filled with characters in 1980s Manhattan who act like the fast-talking denizens of a 1930s screwball comedy. That's a lot of nostalgia pulling from differe read more
Warner Archive: Robert Morse in Quick! Before it Melts (1964) and Sandra Dee in Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding! (1966)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jul 6, 2015
While I'm normally wary of any film that has an explanation point in its title, I found the sixties comedies Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding! (1966) and Quick! Before it Melts (1964) to be a lot of fun. Both are newly released on DVD from Warner Archive.
Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding is both ve read more
Quote of the Week: Vittorio De Sica
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jul 5, 2015
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Never shed tears for something that cannot shed tears for you.
-Vittorio De Sica, to Sophia Loren read more
Warner Archive: Bette Davis and Warren William in The Dark Horse (1932)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jun 24, 2015
In a bit of political maneuvering gone awry, dimwitted Zachary Hicks (Guy Kibbee) is nominated as an unlikely candidate for Governor at a Progressive party convention. The insanity that follows often does not see far removed from the current political landscape. This new release from Warner Archive read more
Warner Archive: Crime and Intrigue in Once a Thief (1965), The Secret Partner (1961) and Signpost to Murder (1964)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jun 22, 2015
I recently watched three very different takes on the 1960s crime thriller now available on DVD from Warner Archive. Once a Thief (1965), The Secret Partner (1961) and Signpost to Murder (1964) tread similar ground, from bleak situations to twisty plots, but each film has its own unusual character. read more
Classic Links
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jun 19, 2015
I was saddened to hear of the passing of singer and actress Monica Lewis last week. The 93-year-old had a lively Twitter presence, and I always got a little thrill when she liked my tweets. It looks like her account will live on as a tribute to this lovely woman. You can't ask for anything more than read more
Warner Archive: Wallace Beery in Viva Villa! (1934)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jun 15, 2015
The MGM version of the life of Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa takes the expected liberties with the truth, but it doesn't plunge too far into fantasy. On DVD now available from Warner Archive, Wallace Beery leads a strong cast through this rousing pre-code epic.
Remarkably polished for its read more
Beach Party Blogathon: The Beach Girls and the Monster (1965)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jun 12, 2015
Take a beach party movie a la Frankie and Annette, mix it with the creature from the Black Lagoon, and shake it till it loses most of its brain cells and that's The Beach Girls and the Monster (1965).
Far from his heyday playing hunky leading man to Dorothy Lamour and Maria Montez, John Hall direct read more
Classic Links
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jun 12, 2015
A few sad losses this week: actors Richard Johnson (loved him best as a spy in Deadlier Than the Male (1967)), Christopher Lee (I know he was a great Dracula, but The Wicker Man (1973) will always be my favorite of his performances) and musician Ornette Coleman, who was the subject of a Shirley Clar read more
Warner Archive: HUAC Tension in Guilty by Suspicion (1991)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jun 9, 2015
The communist witch hunt of the House Un-American Activities Committee, and the resulting blacklisting of several Hollywood talents, is one of the darkest episodes of the studio age. It destroyed careers, friendships and families, and created an atmosphere of fear and mistrust.
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SIFF 2015: Serge Bromberg, Flaming Nitrate and a Program of Archival Gems
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jun 8, 2015
When you think of a producer expert in film preservation and restoration, the image of an entertainer does not come to mind, but that is exactly what Serge Bromberg is.
He has made a career of digging through flea markets, attics and the like to find films that would otherwise be lost and forgot read more