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An Ode to Tracy and Dvorak
on Oct 6, 2007 in The Strange Love of Molly Louvain (1932) The Strange Love of Molly Louvain [1932] Dir. Michael Curtiz. Starring Ann Dvorak, Lee Tracy, Leslie Fenton, Richard Cromwell, Frank McHugh."Just one of the tinsel girls. Looks swell on a Christmas tree, but can't stand up in the rain."There's a lot...
Rare film alert!
on Oct 4, 2007 in Announcements and Updates For all of you classic film fans in the UK, do not miss Sunday's airing of the 1932 Capra classic Forbidden on the ever wonderful Filmfour. It starts at 1:00 in the afternoon, so you don't even have to stay up late (or set your alarm for 5:00 in the...
Old Velvet Voice returns
on Sep 22, 2007 in Announcements and Updates I've been on a bit of a Vincent Price kick ever since viewing his 1946 gothic ghost story Dragonwyck. Looking for further info, I stumbled across what looks like the beginnings of a great Vincent Price tribute site...The Sound of Vincent PriceAdmitte...
Hollywood's first flying aces
on Sep 18, 2007 in Stunt men All right, it's about time I came out of this la-de-dah hiatus... Here's a nice little story to ease back into blogging mode from Kevin Brownlow's book Hollywood: The Pioneers. No thought provoking historical analysis, but a nice little snippet to ke...
I hate to use the word hiatus but...
on Sep 2, 2007 in Announcements and Updates I'm not really on a real, extended break. I just haven't had a whole lot of time lately to pull together anything worth posting. In a way I'm hoping nobody's noticed, but then again I hope I'm desperately missed too.So this is a mini-semi-blink-and-y...
More silent cinema live!
on Aug 19, 2007 in Announcements and Updates It's worth a mention that I've just been lucky enough to catch another silent on the big screen here in the Midlands, if only to pass round the name of the organist who accompanied the film, Donald MacKenzie. The film, by the way (as if you couldn't...