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The Trickster Imp | Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pryde (1925)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Jun 9, 2011
While poking around archive.org yesterday, I came across “Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pryde,” a silent spoof of the perennial “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.”I’ve long been a fan of Laurel & Hardy movies. While aware that the due first appeared in silent comedies, I’ve yet read more
Film Friday | Weekly Roundup (41)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Jun 3, 2011
I spend a lot of time on the interwebs so you don’t have to. Spend your internet minutes wisely with this handy guide to the best of the best from my online week. american gangster moviefilm friday round upGlen Garry Glen RossHitchcockJames Brown read more
Fear and Suspicion | The Seventh Cross (1944)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Jun 3, 2011
Seven prisoners escape from a concentration camp and struggle across Nazi Germany. Six are captured, tortured, and strung up on one of seven crosses in built in the camp. The seventh cross remains empty. That’s some powerful, if heavy-handed symbolism, especially for a film made in 1944. The read more
The Amazing Films of Lotte Reiniger (1)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Jun 2, 2011
Today would be the 112th birthday of pioneering animator, Lotte Reiniger. To celebrate, BFI has posted several of her shilouette animations at Daily Motion. These are not to be missed! Thumbelina (1954) Hansel & Gretel (1954) The Death Feigning Chinaman (1928) animationBritish Film Institute read more
Original New York Times Review of Hitchcock’s Stage Fright
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Jun 2, 2011
Read the original New York Times review of Stage Fright. alfred hitchcocknew york times reviewstage fright read more
1964 Buster Keaton Interview from CBC Archives
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Jun 1, 2011
Pearls of wisdom from Buster Keaton. This is a clip posted by CBC on YouTube. I think the entire interview is on the CBC Archives, but I have plug-in problems so I can see it. buster keatoncbcinterview read more
Hitchcock: Order in Chaos
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Jun 1, 2011
“Hitchcock: Order in Chaos,” an interesting little piece about Hitchcock within-yet-without the studio system. Stage Fright rates a mention. read more
The Original LOL Catz?
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on May 31, 2011
Proof that funny cat vids have been with us for a long, long time. I was reading some high-minded discussions of the tension between profit motives and scientific idealism in early silent films, and then I remembered this little gem. The Boxing Cats (Prof. Welton’s), an Edison Motion Picture read more
Rare Charlie Chaplin animation to go under the hammer
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on May 31, 2011
Rare Charlie Chaplin animation to go under the hammer – Film – Lifestyle from @walesonline. animationchaplinsilent film read more
Stay Tuned for Comic The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on May 31, 2011
Erotic comic book artist Dave McKean talks up his erotic story Celluloid and drops a mention of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. McKean Draws a Sexy Celluloid from Comic Book Resources. comicreadingsthe cabinet of dr caligari read more
The Right Man | Alfred Hitchock’s Stage Fright (1950)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on May 30, 2011
As I was watching Stage Fright, it occurred to me that the old saw about sex and pizza applies to Hitchcock’s lesser works as well. Stage Fright isn’t the greatest, but it’s still pretty good. Of course, I’m comparing Hitchcock to himself here. Compared to other thrillers p read more
Film Friday | Weekly Roundup (42)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on May 27, 2011
It’s Memorial Day Weekend people! That means burgers, beers, and a classic war movies marathon on TCM. Here’s a few other things to read, see, and think about as you laze around in the sun. errol flynnfilm friday round upHitchcockmuseum of the moving imagesidney sheldonthe muppetsTruffa read more
Mindful/Playful | The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on May 26, 2011
Morgan Spurlock, the king of documentary self-sacrifice, strikes again. Often, Spurlock brings smirking good humor to dangerous, perilous, and crucially important social issues. (He almost killed his liver for Supersize Me, for goodness sakes!) This time out, Spurlock brings that smirking good humo read more
TV Tropes Looks at The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on May 26, 2011
TV tropes takes a look at the tropes deployed (and subverted) in The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. But… “The film was made to metaphorically express the dangers of hospitals in World War I when “malingering” soldiers were confined in hospitals under their manipulative doctors. read more
A Small Moment in Bringing Up Baby
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on May 25, 2011
One of my favorite moments in Bringing Up Baby is Cary Grant’s delivery of a very small line, “My soup is gone.” In the midst of a manic roundabout of up and down, his rational observation is an irrational situation is hilarious. Sheila at The Sheila Variations thinks so too. brin read more
Notes on Bringing Up Baby
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on May 24, 2011
I came across this interesting piece on Bringing Up Baby, “Bringing Up Bride – Gender, Class, and Marriage in Screwball Comedy.” Lots of good points here, including thinking of the screwball comedy genre as a kind of end run around the Hays code. I came across this point in severa read more
Original New York Times Review of Bringing Up Baby
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on May 24, 2011
Bringing Up Baby flopped in its own day. Here’s the original pan from that venerable Gray Lady, The New York Times. It’s more than a little harsh. bringing up babynew york times review read more
A New Review of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on May 24, 2011
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari might be the most written about and talked about movie ever. Take that Citizen Kane! There’s a new review on www.horror-movies.ca by TerrorCorner. cabinet of dr caligarireadingsReviewssilent film read more
There’s Always Divorce | Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on May 23, 2011
Film critic Andrew Sarris once, now famously, described the screwball comedy as a “sex comedy without the sex.” In the case of Bringing Up Baby, I say thank the gods for small favors. One can only imagine what sort of leathered and gagged S&M tableau poor David Huxley would have end read more
Watch Bringing Up Baby Online
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on May 23, 2011
Bringing Up Baby is widely available on DVD and airs frequently on TCM. But if you’re broke and impatient, you can watch Bringing Up Baby in its entirety online. bringing up babyonline moviescrewball comedy read more