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Monthly Archives: August 2012
UPDATE #6 – Robert Osborne Taking Time Off from Turner Classic Movies
Update #6: Monday 10/1/12 4:30 p.m. (EDT) Beginning tonight, Robert Osborne resumes his role as primetime host of Turner Classic Movies, following an on-air hiatus that began on August 30. As previously reported by New York Post film critic Lou Lumenick, … Continue reading
Posted in Classic Film, TCM
Tagged Ben mankiewicz, hiatus, host, Hot Set, Robert Osborne, Silent Sunday Nights, Syfy, TCM, TCM Imports, TCM Ungerground, Turner Classic Movies, vacation
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Warren William Macking on Women
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Posted in Classic Film, Pre-Code Film
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I Love Lupe: Warner Archive Re-ignites the “Mexican Spitfire”
Trivia question: what was the first comedy series to feature a hot-tempered, Latin-born musical performer who mangled the English language and launched into paroxysms of invective en Espanol when angered by a Caucasian spouse? If you said I Love Lucy, … Continue reading
Posted in Classic Film, Lupe Velez
Tagged Carmelita Fuentes, Carmelita Lindsay, Cecil Kellaway, Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Donald McBride, Donald Woods, Elizabeth Risdon, Fritz Feld, Lady Ada Epping, Leon Errol, Leslie Goodwins, Lord Basil Epping, Lupe Velez, Lydia Bilbrook, Marion Martin, Mexican Spitfire, MEXICAN SPITFIRE AT SEA, MEXICAN SPITFIRE OUT WEST, MEXICAN SPITFIRE SEES A GHOST, MEXICAN SPITFIRE'S BABY, MEXICAN SPITFIRE'S BLESSED EVENT, MEXICAN SPITFIRE'S ELEPHANT, THE GIRL FROM MEXICO, Zasu Pitts
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In Memoriam: Phyllis Diller (1917-2012)
Phyllis Diller was a pioneer in the art of stand-up comedy. Beginning on radio in the early 1950s and moving to clubs mid-decade, Diller played rooms that had literally never featured a female unless she was taking off her clothes. … Continue reading
The Restoration of WINGS (1927): The Loudest Silent Movie I’ve Ever Seen
For more than 80 years, WINGS was considered the only silent film to have won an Academy Award for Best Picture. It now shares that distinction with THE ARTIST, a fact which irks many fans of silent cinema who don’t … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, Silent Film
Tagged Wings, William Wellman, Paramount, Ben Burtt, Clara Bow, Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Richard Arlen, El Brendel, William Wellman Jr., World war I, J. S. Zamecnik, Dominik Hauser, Frederick Hodges, Film Forum, DEAD MEN DON'T WEAR PLAID, THE ARTIST, Gaylord Carter, Nitehawk Cinema, Bradford Reed, Geoff Gersh, pencilina
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