Welcome to BlogHub: the Best in Veteran and Emerging Classic Movie Blogs
You can rate and share your favorite classic movie posts here.
You can rate and share your favorite classic movie posts here.
THE MYSTIC On Blu-ray From Criterion
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Oct 21, 2023
Just in time for Halloween Criterion has released a two-disc Blu-ray set called TOD BROWNING'S SIDESHOW SHOCKERS, containing three films directed by the man called the Edgar Allan Poe of the screen. The set contains two of Browning's most famous features: FREAKS, the ultimate cult movie m read more
THE SEA OF GRASS
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Oct 16, 2023
THE SEA OF GRASS is a 1947 MGM production starring the legendary duo of Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn. This was one of the few Tracy-Hepburn pictures I had not seen. I had always wondered why this film never got much attention, or was not shown on TV very much. After watching it I c read more
NEVADA (1927)
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Oct 9, 2023
NEVADA is a 1927 silent Western from Paramount, starring three actors who would go on to have notable careers: Gary Cooper, William Powell, and Thelma Todd. Jim Lacy (Gary Cooper) breaks his friend Cash (Ernie Adams) out of jail, and the two go on the run, looking for a quiet place to set read more
QUEEN OF BURLESQUE
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Oct 7, 2023
Evelyn Ankers has often been referred to as the Queen of Universal Classic Horror. In 1946, after she left the studio, Ankers starred as another type of queen in a movie called QUEEN OF BURLESQUE. The film was made by poverty row studio PRC and directed by the ubiquitous Sam Newfield. Eve read more
THE PHANTOM FIEND
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Oct 2, 2023
One of the most famous silent films is Alfred Hitchcock's THE LODGER, a 1927 adaptation of Marie Belloc Lowndes' novel about Jack the Ripper. The story has been remade several times over the years, and I recently discovered a version on YouTube that gets almost no attention whatsoever. TH read more
Book Review: A MASTERPIECE IN DISARRAY--David Lynch's Dune: An Oral History
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Sep 28, 2023
A few years ago I wrote a blog review on THE MAKING OF DUNE, a book written by Ed Naha and officially sanctioned by Universal Pictures, detailing the filming of the controversial 1984 science-fiction film directed by David Lynch. In that review I said that someone should write a book called TH read more
THE HOUSE IN MARSH ROAD
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Sep 23, 2023
THE HOUSE IN MARSH ROAD is a 1960 British-made ghost story. The movie gets a mention in Jonathan Rigby's book ENGLISH GOTHIC, but there's nothing particularly Gothic about it. The Lintons are a married couple with a lot of issues. David (Tony Wright) is a disagreeable fellow who complains read more
STOLEN ASSIGNMENT
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Sep 18, 2023
STOLEN ASSIGNMENT is a 1955 lighthearted British mystery film directed by Terence Fisher. Despite being filmed at Bray Studios, and having a number of Hammer Films veterans in front of and behind the camera, this movie is not a production of that company. The film deals with reporters Mik read more
ILL MET BY MOONLIGHT
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Sep 17, 2023
ILL MET BY MOONLIGHT is a 1957 film based on an actual incident during the German occupation of the island of Crete in World War II. It was the last film written, produced, and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger for their production company The Archers. The movie details th read more
LAUREL & HARDY: YEAR ONE On Blu-ray From Flicker Alley
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Sep 16, 2023
This two-disc set will no doubt wind up on my top five home video releases of 2023. LAUREL & HARDY: YEAR ONE contains 15 silent short subjects, each one featuring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. What's notable here is that this set shows the beginnings of the Laurel & Hardy partnership.& read more
Book Review: RETURN OF THE JEDI--FROM A CERTAIN POINT OF VIEW
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Sep 13, 2023
This is the third book in a series that includes volumes pertaining to the 40th anniversary of STAR WARS in 2017 and THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK in 2020. RETURN OF THE JEDI--FROM A CERTAIN POINT OF VIEW follows the same pattern as the earlier two books. It features 40 stories from 40 different aut read more
STOLEN FACE
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Sep 4, 2023
STOLEN FACE is a 1952 melodrama from Hammer and directed by Terence Fisher. I finally caught up with it on the Tubi streaming channel. STOLEN FACE is unlike most of the productions Hammer made in the early 1950s in that it is not a crime story with noir elements. The story deals with Dr. read more
BRASS TARGET
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Sep 1, 2023
BRASS TARGET (1978) is a WWII/espionage/conspiracy tale centered around the death of General George S. Patton in December of 1945. Patton's death (which came about from injuries he suffered in a car accident) has long been fodder for conspiracy theorists. BRASS TARGET doesn't try to be a read more
VENGEANCE (1968)
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Aug 28, 2023
Another Western from director Antonio Margheriti (or Anthony Dawson, if you prefer). VENGEANCE was also co-written by Margheriti. The movie's original Italian title is JOKO INVOCA DIO...E MOURI. This is a more typical Euro Western, with a scruffy loner as the main character, plenty of swe read more
IS PARIS BURNING? On Blu-ray From Kino
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Aug 26, 2023
As a World War II buff, I've seen nearly every major film that revolves around a battle or campaign from that conflict. One WWII picture I had not yet seen was the 1966 French epic IS PARIS BURNING? Kino has just released a restored version of the film on Blu-ray.IS PARIS BURNING? is essential read more
DYNAMITE JOE
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Aug 20, 2023
My quest to seek out movies directed by Antonio Margeriti that I haven't seen begins with the 1967 Euro Western DYNAMITE JOE (also known as JOE L'IMPLACABILE). This movie features Rik Van Nutter as "Dynamite" Joe Ford, a special agent for the U.S. Government after the Civil War. Joe is ca read more
THE OUTSIDER--THE CINEMA OF ANTONIO MARGHERITI
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Aug 19, 2023
One of the new additions to the Tubi streaming channel is the 2013 documentary THE OUTSIDER--THE CINEMA OF ANTONIO MARGHERITI. I have a huge home video collection, and if you sorted it out by director, you'd find there's quite a few titles helmed by Antonio Margheriti. Better known under read more
NAKED GUN
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Aug 14, 2023
This is not THE NAKED GUN, it's just plain NAKED GUN, a 1956 low-budget Western that has a cast that will get the interest of classic sci-fi movie fans. If anything, NAKED GUN has too many characters and subplots for its 69 minute running time. There's a drunken piano player who introduce read more
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1979)
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Aug 12, 2023
Last year I chose the German-made adaptation of ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT as the best film of 2022. After I wrote a blog post on it a few people mentioned the 1979 TV film of the novel, which I had never seen. Recently I bought an 8-movie DVD set of action films from Edward R. Hamilt read more
LAFAYETTE
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Aug 7, 2023
I was going through some of my back issues of CINEMA RETRO (a fine magazine, by the way) when I came across an article on the 1962 French film LAFAYETTE. This was an epic production about Gilbert du Motier, the Marquis de Lafayette, and his involvement in the American Revolution. The CINEMA RE read more