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Top 5 Marx Brothers Musical Moments
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Bennett O'Brian on Mar 29, 2013
The Marx Brothers were masters of the talkie from their first picture, different from the gradual transition made silent era comedy heavyweights like Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton. From Groucho’s sarcastic quips to Chico’s fast-talking Italiano persona to Harpo’s inability to speak except read more
Cinema Sight
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Mar 29, 2013
I’m sure, I’m POSITIVE, you’re all reading Cinema Sight on a regular basis. I would find it almost impossible to believe that your average classic movie fan could have missed this gem. But I’m gonna bring it up any, just – ya know – in case. Cinema Sight is an al read more
Top 5 Movie Eggs
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Mar 28, 2013
Easter is upon us friends. Whether you ascribe some religious import to the occasion or you just like chocolate rabbits, it’s hard to avoid the egg this time of year. Eggs are a most potent symbols for life, so it’s little wonder they’re adopted by both the world’s spiritual read more
D.W. Griffith’s The Battle at Elderbush Gulch
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Mar 28, 2013
Guess what? Today is the release 99th anniversary of D.W. Griffith’s The Battle at Elderbush Gulch. Here’s an easy six step plan to fully enjoying this Biograph short! 1. Please do not offer me guff about the release date. It was made in 1913, released in Germany for some murky reason read more
Motion Picture Gems
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Mar 28, 2013
The movie blog Motion Picture Gems is pretty straight forward. As the subhead claims, it’s a blog about classic movies. But site admin Tom does a bang-up job. There isn’t a torrent of content flowing here, but what comes down the pipe is pretty great. Check the extensive archive of mov read more
Pre-Code.Com
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Mar 27, 2013
I just found the excellent Pre-Code.Com, but I’m so in love with I might run off to Mexico with it. In case the site title didn’t clue you in, this site is all about the Pre-Code era (defined here as 1930-1934) and the films made in it. That’s a bold claim – reviewing all th read more
Chanel in Hollywood
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Christina Stewart on Mar 27, 2013
Coco Chanel in Hollywood, you say? Well, of course, Chanel’s been to Hollywood, everyone’s been to Hollywood! In 1931, after three years of persuasion and wooing, Samuel Goldwyn finally secured the famed Parisian designer to a $1 million contract for designing high fashion costumes for his producti read more
Woody Allen: In Acting Only
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Wade Sheeler on Mar 26, 2013
The Front plays on TCM Thursday, March 28th. If you play “What if” games, as I do, of nonsensical alter-realities, you find yourself asking questions you can never really now the answer to, but still intrigue yourself to no end. What would music be like today if Buddy Holly didn’t die in that read more
The Picture Show Man
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Mar 26, 2013
There’s not a lot of fancy stuff going over at The Picture Show Man. There’s no singing and dancing, no whizzing sliders, or big beautiful pictures. What there is, however, is a meaty archive of articles about film history. As the header graphic says, 1890-1960. If you want to know when read more
Top 5 Spring Break Movies
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Mar 26, 2013
Ahh, Spring! It’s time to put away the snow shovels and the parkas and hit Daytona for Spring Break! Unless you’ve over the age of 21, in which case you probably can’t get the time off from work. Hollywood churns out a yearly panapoly of Spring Break nonsense movies to taunt and t read more
Review: The Lady Eve (1941)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Mar 25, 2013
Returning from a trip up the amazon, a wealthy but naive heir to brewery millions encounters a trio of classy card sharks on a cruise. He makes an easy mark ’til the beautiful daughter actually falls in love with him. If you’re looking for the perfect classic, screwball comedy you can s read more
Win a LomoKino Prize Pack from Lomography Canada
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Mar 25, 2013
I mentioned a while back that the uber-kewl Lomography Canada got on board with Pretty Clever Films and Calling All Cinemaniacs! by loaning me an amazing LomoKino! Now Lomography Canada has generously offered up a LomoKino prize pack (value $96.80 CAD) for me to give away to one lucky Canadian read read more
Mike Cline’s Then Playing
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Mar 25, 2013
Have you ever wanted to now exactly what was playing in one tiny town in NorthCarolina throughout the town’s entire exhibition history? Okay, maybe your initial response to that question is “Um, no” but that’s only because you’ve never visted Mike Cline’s Then Pl read more
Top 5 High School Movies
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Mar 25, 2013
High school is a dramatic period of time. We’re all complete freaks and weirdos during high school, victims of fluctuating hormones and not in control of out quickly expanding limbs. Due to the surreality of the experience, basically anything can happen in the halls of high school. It’s read more
Buster Keaton and Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle (2)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Mar 24, 2013
Originally published on October 4, 2011. From Laurel and Hardy to Abbott and Costello to Cheech and Chong (yeah, I said it) – duos make the comedy world go ’round. And why not? You’ve got the yin and the yang, the clown and the straight man, the graceful and the inept – and read more
Buster Keaton and Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle (3)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Mar 24, 2013
Originally published on October 4, 2011. From Laurel and Hardy to Abbott and Costello to Cheech and Chong (yeah, I said it) – duos make the comedy world go ’round. And why not? You’ve got the yin and the yang, the clown and the straight man, the graceful and the inept – and read more
Calling All Cinemaniacs!: The End
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Mar 23, 2013
The end of the funding campaign that is! I’m happy to say that Calling All Cinemaniacs! reached it’s funding goal (with a little bit to spare!). Now comes the hard part… making this series of micro-docs! A big huge thank you goes out to everyone who contributed! Stay tuned for upd read more
The Phantom Carriage (1921) (2)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Mar 22, 2013
This review was originally published on June 23, 2011. TCM screened Victor Sjöström’s The Phantom Carriage (1921) as part of the regular “Silent Sunday Nights” feature last week. While the movie’s title seems to promise a Nosferatu-like, mid-silent period creep fest it inst read more
The Most Beautiful Fraud in the World
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Mar 21, 2013
As Jean-Luc Godard famously said, “Cinema is the most beautiful fraud in the world.” For me that cuts right to the heart of the matter, and I’m guessing it does for Kevyn Knox as well, since he took the name for his site directly from Godard’s mouth. The Most Beautiful Fraud read more
Cinephilia and Beyond
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Mar 20, 2013
Okay, the fab tumblog Cinephilia and Beyond features a header that’s a framed plaque of the phrase, “What would Lubitsch do?” Sold! But that’s only the start of what’s to be found in this amazing archive of cinephilia. From an extensive list of past articles on cinema& read more