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New Book on Lupe Velez Debunks the Myths of “Hollywood Babylon”
Ask the average person about Lupe Vélez and you’ll probably be met with a blank stare. But query those same folks as to whether or not they’ve heard of the classic film star who “drowned in the toilet,” and they’ll … Continue reading
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Tagged A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM, Andy Warhol, Carmelita Lindsay, Carole Landis, Clinton H. Anderson, Frasier, Gary Cooper, Harald Ramond, Hollywood Babylon, John Waters, Johnny Weissmuller, Kenneth Anger, Kevin Brownlow, LUPE, Lupe Velez, Lupe Velez: The Life and Career of Hollywood’s Mexican Spitfire, Mexican Spitfire, MEXICAN SPITFIRE'S BLESSED EVENT, Seconal, The Simpsons, Walter Reed
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Silent Comedy from Mack Sennett on TCM – Week 3
Every Thursday in September, Turner Classic Movies pays tribute to silent comedy pioneer Mack Sennett, screening 83 short subjects and 4 feature films, most of which have undergone (or are still undergoing, as of this writing) extensive restoration and musical … Continue reading
Posted in Silent Film, Uncategorized
Tagged A RAINY KNIGHT, BLACK OXFORDS, BRIGHT EYES, CineMuseum, D.W. Griffith, DON'T WEAKEN, DOWN ON THE FARM, GALLOPING BUNGALOWS, GYMNASIUM JIM, HEARTS AND FLOWERS, HIS MARRIAGE WOW, Keystone Film Company\, LIZZIES OF THE FIELD, Mabel Normand, Mack Sennett, MICKEY, PICKING PEACHES, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, SUPER-HOOPER-DYNE LIZZIES, TCM, TEN DOLLARS OR TEN DAYS, THE DAREDEVIL, THE EXTRA GIRL, THE HALF-BACK OF NOTRE DAME, Thomas Ince, Triangle Film Corporation, Turner Classic Movies, WATER WAGONS
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Silent Comedy from Mack Sennett – Starting Tonight on TCM
If you enjoy silent comedy and film history, tonight is a big night on Turner Classic Movies. Beginning at 8 p.m. (EDT), TCM will present more than seven hours of the earliest available examples of filmed comedy, from the visionary … Continue reading
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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 Silent Film, Uncategorized
Tagged Ben Burtt, Bradford Reed, Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Clara Bow, DEAD MEN DON'T WEAR PLAID, Dominik Hauser, El Brendel, Film Forum, Frederick Hodges, Gaylord Carter, Geoff Gersh, J. S. Zamecnik, Nitehawk Cinema, Paramount, pencilina, Richard Arlen, THE ARTIST, William Wellman, William Wellman Jr., Wings, World war I
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In Memoriam: Tony Martin (1913-2012)
“The Zeppo Role” was a relatively thankless part in all Marx Bros. films. After the “fourth brother” left the act following DUCK SOUP (1933), a stream of handsome young leading men took his standard part as the fresh-faced, often-crooning love interest: … Continue reading
Posted in Classic Film, Uncategorized
Tagged Cyd Charisse, The Big Store, The Marx Brothers, Tony martin
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Maggie and Me in 3-D!
My girlfriend Maggie and me after a screening of IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE (1953) in 3-D at Film Forum on July 27, 2012.
Jackie and Me
Classic film buddy Jackie Brady and me after a screening of INHERIT THE WIND at the Film Society of Lincoln Center on July 26, 2012
Don’t Let Us Lose the Magic of Moviegoing
In May of 1983 I saw RETURN OF THE JEDI at the Sunrise Multiplex, a six-screen theater that had recently opened on the border between Nassau County and Queens, on Long Island. I had never been to a movie theater … Continue reading
