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The Pre-Code Blogathon: Week-End Marriage (1932)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Apr 2, 2015
This film is reviewed for the Pre-Code Blogathon. Check out hosts Pre-Code.com and Shadows & Satin for more early ’30s fun!
NOTE: This review contains some spoilers, but they are clearly marked.
Lola (Loretta Young) and Ken (Norman Foster) are young and in love. They’ve been together read more
TMP Recommends: Five Films on TCM, April 1 – 7
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Mar 31, 2015
Welcome to another Tuesday installment of TMP Recommends, the series in which I share five films you should keep an eye out for on TCM over the next week. All times are listed in EST and come from the US version of the TCM schedule. Happy viewing!
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Earthworm Tractors (1936)
Airing o read more
‘Pandora’s Box’ at the Redford Theatre
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Mar 30, 2015
Though I attend screenings at the Redford Theatre pretty regularly, I’d only ever seen one silent film there — He Who Gets Slapped, which is one of my favorite silents. When I saw Pandora’s Box pop up on their schedule, projected from a 35mm print and accompanied by John Lauter, I read more
For the First Time (1959)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Mar 29, 2015
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Tonio Costa (Mario Lanza) is a famous opera singer who is mobbed everywhere he goes by crowds of eager fans hoping to catch a glimpse of him (and, usually, to convince him to sing).
His manager, Ladislas Tabori (Kurt Krasznar), worries about the singer’s unpredict read more
Prapancha Pash (1929)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Mar 28, 2015
Note: This film is known in English as A Throw of Dice or Throw of the Dice. It is available on Netflix Instant with intertitles in English.
Sunita (Seeta Devi) is a lovely young woman who lives with her father Kanwa (Sarada Gupta), a hermit who has separated himself from the rest of society.
King R read more
Could it be a movie? Dennis Lehane’s Live By Night
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Mar 27, 2015
Dennis Lehane’s 2012 novel Live By Night is the author’s second tale of the Coughlin family, following 2008’s The Given Day. But don’t be mistaken: this isn’t a sequel. It follows Joe Coughlin, the youngest member of the Coughlin family (and only a minor side character read more
Modern Screen’s Top 12 Lists & Breakout Stars for 1961
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Mar 26, 2015
Modern Screen‘s review of 1961’s stars, stories, and films, the 1962 Modern Screen Hollywood Yearbook, listed the year’s twelve top films, twelve top performances and two most promising newcomers. Today I’ll be sharing those lists with you!
12 Best Pictures
(Listed alphabetic read more
The Male Animal (1942)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Mar 25, 2015
Tommy Turner (Henry Fonda) is an English professor at Midwestern University. He and his wife Ellen (Olivia de Havilland) are preparing to host a cocktail party, with honored guests Frederick (Ivan Simpson) and Blanche Damon (Minna Phillips) — the Dean and his wife — among others.
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TMP Recommends: Five Films on TCM, March 25 – 31
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Mar 24, 2015
Welcome to this week’s installment of TMP Recommends! Here are five films you should be keeping an eye out for on TCM this week, if you’re one of the unlucky few who are not headed to Hollywood for TCM Film Festival activities. (It’s okay — I’m not going, either. I̵ read more
Devil (2010)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Mar 23, 2015
Devil, released in 2010, is not a film that I was planning on reviewing in full. I put it on one afternoon simply because I’m on a mission to see all of Chris Messina’s films. I had a couple of hours to kill and wasn’t in the mood to do a serious/critical watch. And this was one of read more
One year, one film: 1929 – Glorifying the American Girl
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Mar 22, 2015
One year, one film: 1929
The film:
Glorifying the American Girl, dir. John Harkrider & Millard Webb
starring Mary Eaton, Edward Crandall, Dan Healy
Rating:
Recommended | Highly Recommended | MUST-SEE
(Image via art.com)
Glorifying the American Girl was one of my favorite discoveries of 2014, an read more
Second looks: Bette Davis in ‘Dead Ringer’
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Mar 21, 2015
Having been estranged for many years, twin sisters Edith Philips and Margaret de Lorca reunite at the funeral of Margaret’s husband Frank, a man they both loved. Though Edith has been living in Margaret’s home city of Los Angeles for ten years, the two have not spoken in much longer than read more
Goodbye Again (1933)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Mar 20, 2015
Kenneth Bixby (Warren William) is a sensation of the American literary world, having written a number of best-selling, well-received novels. By his side through it all is Anne Rogers (Joan Blondell), his faithful secretary.
Photoplay describes the film as “Good fun.” (Photoplay Magazine read more
Modern Screen’s Hollywood Yearbook: Top Couples of 1962
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Mar 19, 2015
The 1962 edition of Modern Screen’s Hollywood Yearbook featured a list of the ten most fascinating on- and off-screen couples of the previous year. Today, as a part of TMP’s “Historical Context” series of fan mag excerpts, I’ll be sharing the list with you!
Natalie Wood read more
The Stolen Jools (1931)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Mar 18, 2015
This film was viewed for the Barbara Stanwyck Filmography Project. To view more reviews from this project, check out TMP’s Listography page.
The Stoolen Jools is a star-studded short, produced for charity. All of the actors involved donated their time to complete the picture, and it was distri read more
TMP Recommends: Five Films on TCM, March 18 – 24
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Mar 17, 2015
After a week of absence, “TMP Recommends” makes its triumphant return! Here are five films you should keep an eye out for on TCM this week. All times are listed in EST and come from the US version of the TCM schedule.
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Nancy Goes to Rio (1950)
Airing on TCM: March 18, 8:0 read more
The Uninvited (1944)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Mar 16, 2015
Roderick (Ray Milland) and Pamela Fitzgerald (Ruth Hussey) are a brother and sister from London. They decide to purchase a house in Cornwall after stumbling upon it during a vacation and realizing that it is vacant.
It’s a beautiful and secluded place, situated atop a hill and just on the wate read more
Celeste and Jesse Forever (2012)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Mar 15, 2015
Celeste (Rashida Jones) and Jesse (Andy Samberg) were high school sweethearts who began as best friends and married after graduation. But flash forward six years, and they’ve decided to get a divorce.
Despite the end of their marriage, they hope to maintain their friendship. They don’t s read more
Dear Murderer (1947)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Mar 14, 2015
Lee Warren (Eric Portman) is married to a woman named Vivien (Greta Gynt). Lee recently had to take an extended business trip to America and was unable to take Vivien with him. He was sure their marriage would survive the separation.
For three weeks, things were peachy. They wrote to each other ever read more
Rain or Shine (1930)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Mar 13, 2015
Smiley Johnson (Joe Cook) has a unique job: he manages the Greater John T. Rainey Circus, which performs twice a day, rain or shine. He works for Mary Rainey (Joan Peers), who inherited the circus from her father.
While such a unique profession has its share of fun and excitement, Smiley also faces read more