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CMBA Spring Blogathon: "Adam's Rib," or Court and Spark
The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on Apr 14, 2016
This is part of the CMBA Spring Blogathon: Words, Words, Words! Check out all entries!
SCENE: Upper middle-class New York City apartment, evening. Wife waits patiently by door. Husband enters.
Husband: Hello, thing.
Wife: Hello at last.
Husband: Well well well.
Wife: Well well well what read more
Pre-Code vs. Post-Code: "Grand Hotel" and "Week-End at the Waldorf"
The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on Mar 26, 2016
Vicki Baum's 1929 novel (and play) "Grand Hotel" was purchased by MGM, and in 1932 the studio released a film version featuring all the big shots on the lot -- Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Joan Crawford, Lionel Barrymore and Wallace Beery, with Lewis Stone and Jean Hersholt thrown in for good m read more
Pre-Code vs. Post-Code: "Grand Hotel" and "Week-End at the Waldorf"
The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on Mar 26, 2016
Vicki Baum's 1929 novel (and play) "Grand Hotel" was purchased by MGM, and in 1932 the studio released a film version featuring all the big shots on the lot -- Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Joan Crawford, Lionel Barrymore and Wallace Beery, with Lewis Stone and Jean Hersholt thrown in for good m read more
The "Killer Is Loose" Guide to a Happy Marriage
The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on Mar 19, 2016
Greetings, fellow married people and others. My name is
Detective Sam Wagner. My first name isn't "Detective," ha ha!
Anywho, I'm here to give you some excellent tips on how
to be hitched -- and happy!
First, get yourself a smoking hot wife.
This is mine, so slow your roll.
My wif read more
The "Killer Is Loose" Guide to a Happy Marriage
The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on Mar 19, 2016
Greetings, fellow married people and others. My name is
Detective Sam Wagner. My first name isn't "Detective," ha ha!
Anywho, I'm here to give you some excellent tips on how
to be hitched -- and happy!
First, get yourself a smoking hot wife.
This is mine, so slow your roll.
My wif read more
Pre-Code vs. Post-Code: "Outward Bound" and "Between Two Worlds"
The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on Nov 21, 2015
Sutton Vane's 1923 play "Outward Bound" takes place on a ship sailing to the hereafter, a kind of celestial branch of Carnival Cruise Lines where the passengers find out if their luggage is going to heaven or hell, and them with it. It was an unlikely stage success in London, and the 1924 Broadway p read more
Pre-Code vs Post-Code: "Outward Bound" and "Between Two Worlds"
The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on Nov 21, 2015
Sutton Vane's 1923 play "Outward Bound" takes place on a ship sailing to the hereafter, a kind of celestial branch of Carnival Cruise Lines where the passengers find out if their luggage is going to heaven or hell, and them with it. It was an unlikely stage success in London, and the 1924 Broadway p read more
A Talk About James Cagney
The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on Nov 8, 2015
I'm a fan of James Cagney. I've written about him here, here, here, here, here and here. To me he is one of a handful of movie stars with a real sense of physical style as well as acting expertise. Dan Schneider, the impresario behind the arts site Cosmoetica, graciously invited me and fellow film b read more
A Talk About James Cagney
The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on Nov 8, 2015
I'm a fan of James Cagney. I've written about him here, here, here, here, here and here. To me he is one of a handful of movie stars with a real sense of physical style as well as acting expertise. Dan Schneider, the impresario behind the arts site Cosmoetica, graciously invited me and fellow film b read more
CMBA Fall Blogathon: "Silver Streak"
The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on Oct 19, 2015
This is part of the CMBA Fall Blogathon: Trains, Planes and Automobiles. Check out all entries!
The star of the 1934 film "The Silver Streak" isn't first-billed Sally Blane, or even male lead Charles Starrett.
It's the future.
Specifically, it's the future in the form of the Pioneer Zephyr, a str read more
CMBA Fall Blogathon: "Silver Streak," or Train Man
The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on Oct 19, 2015
This is part of the CMBA Fall Blogathon: Trains, Planes and Automobiles. Check out all entries!
The star of the 1934 film "The Silver Streak" isn't first-billed Sally Blane, or even male lead Charles Starrett.
It's the future.
Specifically, it's the future in the form of the Pioneer Zephyr, a str read more
Awkward Early Talkie Theatre: "Sally"
The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on Sep 13, 2015
The 1929 film "Sally" is more than an awkward early talkie -- it's also a kind of time capsule, preserving the elements of an elaborate Flo Ziegfeld stage show and the winsome performing style of its star, Marilyn Miller, who appeared in Ziegfeld shows and reviews from 1918 through the early 1930s. read more
Awkward Early Talkie Theatre: "Sally"
The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on Sep 13, 2015
The 1929 film "Sally" is more than an awkward early talkie -- it's also a kind of time capsule, preserving the elements of an elaborate Flo Ziegfeld stage show and the winsome performing style of its star, Marilyn Miller, who appeared in Ziegfeld shows and reviews from 1918 through the early 1930s. read more
Pre-Code vs Post-Code: "Whistling in the Dark"
The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on Sep 6, 2015
Usually when we compare pre-code and post-code versions of the same movie, the big differences are in the tone or in dialogue of the films, with the pre-code example a more sophisticated -- and yet more earthy -- version of each.
In the case of the 1933 and 1941 versions of "Whistling in the Dark," read more
Pre-Code vs Post-Code: "Whistling in the Dark"
The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on Sep 6, 2015
Usually when we compare pre-code and post-code versions of the same movie, the big differences are in the tone or in dialogue of the films, with the pre-code example a most sophisticated -- and yet more earthy -- version of each.
In the case of the 1933 and 1941 versions of "Whistling in the Dark," read more
"Hell's Angels on Wheels," or Diff'rent Spokes
The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on Aug 26, 2015
This time around on Motion Pictures Told Through Still Pictures with Goofy Captions we look at the 1967 film "Hell's Angels on Wheels," or as I like to think of it ...
Who is this fine, upstanding citizen? Kindly Father Harrigan
of the local parish? No, it is only Psycho -- er, Cycle Sid,
a read more
"Hell's Angels on Wheels," or Diff'rent Spokes
The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on Aug 26, 2015
This time around on Motion Pictures Told Through Still Pictures with Goofy Captions we look at the 1967 film "Hell's Angels on Wheels," or as I like to think of it ...
Who is this fine, upstanding citizen? Kindly Father Harrigan
of the local parish? No, it is only Psycho -- er, Cycle Sid,
a read more
Pre-Code vs Post-Code: "The Criminal Code" and "Convicted"
The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on Aug 20, 2015
The title of the 1931 film"The Criminal Code," based on Martin Flavin's 1929 play, refers to two different codes -- the one in the law books, cut and dried and in black and white, administered by men like district attorney Martin Brady (Walter Huston). The other is the unofficial code among pri read more
Pre-Code vs Post-Code: "The Criminal Code" and "Convicted"
The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on Aug 20, 2015
The title of the 1931 film"The Criminal Code," based on Martin Flavin's 1929 play, refers to two different codes -- the one in the law books, cut and dried and in black and white, administered by men like district attorney Martin Brady (Walter Huston). The other is the unofficial code among pri read more
The Charles Sellon Film Festival: "Bright Eyes" and "It's a Gift"
The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on Aug 13, 2015
"Bah!"
Of all the actors and actresses who appeared in 1930s films, Charles Sellon (1870-1937) was certainly one of them.
A native of Boston, Sellon made his stage debut in 1901 and his film debut in 1923. He was rarely the lead; skinny and with a long face, with a mouth usually in a frown or scow read more