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Category Archives: Silver Screen Standards
Silver Screen Standards: Tension (1949)
Silver Screen Standards: Tension (1949) Although it’s not as celebrated as noir classics like The Maltese Falcon (1942) or Sunset Blvd. (1950), director John Berry’s Tension (1949) is one of my go-to picks for the genre because it packs so … Continue reading
Posted in Posts by Jennifer Garlen, Silver Screen Standards
Tagged audrey totter, Cyd Charisse, Double Indemnity, femme fatale, john berry, lloyd gough, phyllis dietrichson, richard basehart, silver screen, silver screen standards, Sunset Boulevard, tension (1949), the lady in the lake, The Maltese Falcon, the set-up, the unsuspected, Warner Brothers, where danger lives
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Silver Screen Standards: The Night of the Hunter (1955)
Silver Screen Standards: The Night of the Hunter (1955) The Night of the Hunter (1955) is such a haunting and unusual film that I often wonder what else Charles Laughton might have produced had he directed any more movies, but … Continue reading
Posted in Posts by Jennifer Garlen, Silver Screen Standards
Tagged billy chapin, cape fear, charles laughton, evelyn varden, james gleason, jean cocteau, Lillian Gish, murder, robert mitchum, scary, shelley winters, silver screen, silver screen standards, the night of the hunter, The Red Shoes
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Silver Screen Standards: The Invisible Man (1933)
Silver Screen Standards: The Invisible Man (1933) With a new film inspired by the H.G. Wells story having arrived earlier this year, it seems like a great time to revisit the original movie adaptation of The Invisible Man, which made … Continue reading
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Tagged claude rains, dwight frye, Gloria Stuart, henry travers, invisible agent, James Whale, phantom of the opera, silver screen standards, The Bride of Frankenstein, the invisible man, the invisible man returns, the invisible woman, The Ten Commandments, the wolf man, una o'connor, wonder man
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Silver Screen Standards: Mary Poppins (1964), Prop Culture and You
Silver Screen Standards: Mary Poppins (1964), Prop Culture and You This spring, the streaming service Disney+ launched a new series called Prop Culture, in which host Dan Lanigan brings together props and people from some of Disney’s most memorable live-action … Continue reading
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Tagged alice in wonderland, Anchors Aweigh, arthur treacher, bedknobs and broomsticks, behind the scenes, david tomlinson, Dick Van Dyke, Disney, Disney Classic, ed wynn, elsa lanchester, Glynis Johns, jane darwell, julie andrews, karen dotrice, Mary Poppins, miranda, movie musical, musicals, reginald owen, shirley temple, the incredible mr limpet, the mupper movie, Walt Disney
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Silver Screen Standards: Casablanca (1942)
Silver Screen Standards: Casablanca (1942) Very few classic films enjoy the iconic status of Casablanca (1942), the wartime romance that helped humanize the crisis in Europe and completed Humphrey Bogart’s rise to true stardom. The Best Picture winner would come … Continue reading
Posted in Posts by Jennifer Garlen, Silver Screen Standards
Tagged casablanca, claude rains, conrad veidt, humphrey bogart, ingrid bergman, Leonid Kinskey, Madeleine Lebeau, marcel dalio, Michael Curtiz, Mrs. Miniver, paul henreid, peter lorre, S. Z. "Cuddles" Sakall, silver screen, silver screen standards, Sydney Greenstreet
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Silver Screen Standards: Bette Davis
Silver Screen Standards: Bette Davis Recently I rewatched What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, the 1962 film starring Bette Davis and Joan Crawford as aging sisters in a deliriously dysfunctional relationship. Baby Jane Hudson gave Davis a chance to horrify … Continue reading
Posted in Posts by Jennifer Garlen, Silver Screen Standards, Uncategorized
Tagged bette davis, claude rains, dangerous, errol flynn, joan crawford, leslie howard, mr. skeffington, Now Voyager, of human bondage, paul henreid, the private lives of elizabeth and essex, the virgin queen, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane
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Silver Screen Standards: The Court Jester (1955)
Silver Screen Standards: The Court Jester (1955) I turn to colorful, upbeat musicals whenever I feel sick or depressed, especially in the winter, when I most need a bright escape from dark, dreary days stuck indoors. Recently I found myself … Continue reading
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Tagged alan napier, angela lansbury, Danny Kaye, Glynis Johns, Herbert Rudley, John Carradine, Mary Poppins, Melvin Frank, michael pate, mildred natwick, Norman Panama, robert middleton, The Adventures of Robin Hood, the court jester (1955), The Mark of Zorro
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