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Natacha Rambova, or Mrs. Rudolph Valentino (2)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Jan 19, 2012
Do you wish your name was Natacha Rambova? Good news… it can be yours. Ms. Rambova hasn’t used it since 1966 and it wasn’t hers to start with. Born Winifred Shaughnessy in Utah, she was kind of half Irish Catholic with a dash or Mormon, despite her exotic sounding name. Natacha R read more
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Film Critics (2)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Jan 19, 2012
What happens when film critics critique film critics? You get a double-blind study! At least that’s what TIFF is treating us to this week with “Fifty Years of Discovery: Cannes Critics Week,” a film series celebrating the golden anniversary of that venerable sidebar to Cannes kno read more
Happy Birthday Oliver Hardy (1)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Jan 18, 2012
Today is Oliver Hardy’s 120th birthday. Ollie was good for lots of laughs so I suggest you celebrate by watching a Laurel & Hardy flick or two (or three). I highly recommend The Music Box, Swiss Miss, and Flying Deuces. But if you’re stuck in the office ’til 5pm, put o read more
Laurel and Hardy in The Flying Deuces 1939 (1)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Jan 18, 2012
Thanks to the magic of YouTube you can watch the complete Flying Deuces right now! flying deuceslaurel & hardyOliver Hardystan lau read more
Laurel and Hardy in The Flying Deuces 1939 (2)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Jan 18, 2012
Thanks to the magic of YouTube you can watch the complete Flying Deuces right now! flying deuceslaurel & hardyOliver Hardystan lau read more
Timeless Beauty: Paige O’Hara Talks Beauty and the Beast 3D (1)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Jan 16, 2012
Okay I was too old for the first go round of Beauty and the Beast in 1991. And I was waaaaay too old for the second IMAX go round in 2002. But I’ve got to admit, I’m just old enough to be charmed by this fairly tale now. It was fun talking to Belle, and a bit discombobulating. HereR read more
Timeless Beauty: Paige O’Hara Talks Beauty and the Beast 3D (2)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Jan 16, 2012
Okay I was too old for the first go round of Beauty and the Beast in 1991. And I was waaaaay too old for the second IMAX go round in 2002. But I’ve got to admit, I’m just old enough to be charmed by this fairly tale now. It was fun talking to Belle, and a bit discombobulating. HereR read more
Silent Sundays at the Revue Cinema (1)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Jan 14, 2012
Mark your calendars and shift your brunch schedule, because Silent Sundays at the Revue Cinema returns tomorrow on January, 15. At bat is La Boheme, directed by King Vidor and starring the amazing Lilian Gish and John Gilbert. Pianist William O’Meara will be providing accompaniment. If that read more
Silent Sundays at the Revue Cinema (2)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Jan 14, 2012
Mark your calendars and shift your brunch schedule, because Silent Sundays at the Revue Cinema returns tomorrow on January, 15. At bat is La Boheme, directed by King Vidor and starring the amazing Lilian Gish and John Gilbert. Pianist William O’Meara will be providing accompaniment. If that read more
Film Friday | Weekly Roundup (12)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Jan 13, 2012
So Pretty Clever Film Gal wakes up this morning, rubs the sleep from her eyes, and what does she see? Snow! Honest to goodness snow! This might not seem strange, this being Canada and all. But I’ve been in the true north for a couple of years now, and have had my snow expectations unmet. Will read more
Film Friday | Weekly Roundup (54)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Jan 13, 2012
So Pretty Clever Film Gal wakes up this morning, rubs the sleep from her eyes, and what does she see? Snow! Honest to goodness snow! This might not seem strange, this being Canada and all. But I’ve been in the true north for a couple of years now, and have had my snow expectations unmet. Will read more
Silent Films/Live Guitars (1)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Jan 11, 2012
1. It continue to gall me that this happens in Brooklyn only after I move away from Brooklyn. Seriously, it’s giving me ulcers. 2. “I’m embarrassed to admit, but until recently, I had mistakenly had the impression that Buster Keaton was perhaps a second-rate Charlie Chaplin.” – read more
Silent Films/Live Guitars (2)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Jan 11, 2012
1. It continue to gall me that this happens in Brooklyn only after I move away from Brooklyn. Seriously, it’s giving me ulcers. 2. “I’m embarrassed to admit, but until recently, I had mistakenly had the impression that Buster Keaton was perhaps a second-rate Charlie Chaplin.” – read more
Matchstick Charlie (1)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Jan 10, 2012
In case you’re wondering if this photo is something other than it appears to be, it’s not. It is Charlie Chaplin’s head rendered in matchsticks. The artist, a Brit named David Mach, makes lots of heads out of matchsticks, so why not Charlie? In case you’re wondering why I&# read more
Metropolis, A Technical Marvel with Feet of Clay (1)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Jan 10, 2012
Metropolis premiered in Berlin on January 10, 1927. As all good silent movie devotees know, the film was then tinkered with, re-edited, and god knows what before it received wider distribution. Hard to know now. Mordaunt Hall, film reviewer for The New York Times, gave that revised version a less read more
Matchstick Charlie (2)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Jan 10, 2012
In case you’re wondering if this photo is something other than it appears to be, it’s not. It is Charlie Chaplin’s head rendered in matchsticks. The artist, a Brit named David Mach, makes lots of heads out of matchsticks, so why not Charlie? In case you’re wondering why I&# read more
Metropolis, A Technical Marvel with Feet of Clay (2)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Jan 10, 2012
Metropolis premiered in Berlin on January 10, 1927. As all good silent movie devotees know, the film was then tinkered with, re-edited, and god knows what before it received wider distribution. Hard to know now. Mordaunt Hall, film reviewer for The New York Times, gave that revised version a less read more
Vilma Banky, The Hungarian Rhapsody (1)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Jan 9, 2012
According to my amazing Silent Film Calendar, today is Vilma Banky’s 114th birthday. At first I thought, “Happy birthday Vilma Banky!” Then I thought, “Wait a minute… who’s Vilma Banky.” A quick google, and duh, she’s Yasmin in The Son of the Sheik. read more
Vilma Banky, The Hungarian Rhapsody (2)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Jan 9, 2012
According to my amazing Silent Film Calendar, today is Vilma Banky’s 114th birthday. At first I thought, “Happy birthday Vilma Banky!” Then I thought, “Wait a minute… who’s Vilma Banky.” A quick google, and duh, she’s Yasmin in The Son of the Sheik. read more
The Sneeze Felt Round the World (1)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Jan 7, 2012
On this day in 1894, Fred Ott sneezed. Or he sneezed at least once. He did take a puff of snuff before sneezing, and I imagine snuff must be hell on the nasal passages. So maybe Fred Ott sneezed 100 times on January 7, 1894 – we’ll never know. But we do know he sneezed at least once. H read more