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- Screening Report: THE KID (1921) at Film Forum + Chaplin Look-Alike Contest
- Happy Birthday, Robert Osborne – Live from the 2013 TCM Classic Film Festival!
- Screening Report: The 1933 Pre-Code Festival
- Update: Bill Hader Returning for Third Season of “TCM Essentials Jr.”
- Henry Koster’s FRAULEIN (1958)
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Screening Report: THE KID (1921) at Film Forum + Chaplin Look-Alike Contest
It was just after noon on a spring Sunday, and I was chatting with a fellow cineaste outside Film Forum, the Downtown Manhattan movie mecca. “KID AUTO RACES? That’s Chaplin’s first short,” I said. “Well, it’s the first one where … Continue reading
Posted in Classic Film, Film Forum, Screening Report
Tagged Alfalfa, Bruce Goldstein, Buckwheat, Charlie Chaplin, Darla, EASTER PARADE, Film Forum, Film Forum Jr, Hal Roach, IRON MAN 3, Jackie Coogan, Jane Scovall, John Martello, KID AUTO RACES, Kiera Chaplin, KING KONG, MAKING A LIVING, Melvin van Peebles, New York City, Oona Living in the Shadows: a Biography of Oona O’Neill Chaplin, PAY AS YOU EXIT, Porky, Romyo and Jullet, Shane Fleming, Spanky, Steve Sterner, SWEET SWEETBACK’S BAADASSSSS SONG, THE DONOVAN AFFAIR, THE KID, Uncle Fester, WPIX Channel 11
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The Good, the Bad, and the Old Movie Weirdos
“You’re an Old Movie Weirdo,” my girlfriend said to me. “I know you don’t think you are, but you are.” Before we go any further, you need to know something about Maggie: she’s honest to a fault, particularly when it … Continue reading
Posted in Classic Film, Film Forum, IFC Center, Screening Report
Tagged Classic film, Film Forum, Old Movie Weirdos, Repertory house, Revival House
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Screening Report: CARTOON CUT-UPS of 1933 at Film Forum
The cinematic celebration of 1933 – “Hollywood’s naughtiest, bawdiest year!” – continues at New York City’s Film Forum on Monday, February 25 with Cartoon Cut-ups of 1933, a collection of rare animated shorts released by RKO, Columbia, MGM, Warner Bros., … Continue reading
Posted in Pre-Code Film, Film Forum, Animation, Screening Report
Tagged 1933, Al Michaels, Betty Boop, Blackhawk Films, Bugs Bunny, CANDY TOWN, Casper the Friendly Ghost, CAVE MAN, Charles Mintz, CHRISTMAS NIGHT, Cubby Bear, CUBBY’S WORLD FLIGHT, Daffy Duck, Felix the Cat, Film Forum, FIVE AND DIME, Fleischer Studios, Flip the Frog, FOOTLIGHT PARADE, George Herriman, HAPPY HOBOES, Hugh Harman, Jimmy Durante, Krazy Kat, Leon Schlesinger, Marie Dressler, Mickey Mouse, Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, Mighty Mouse, Motion Picture Production Code, Mr. Magoo, Official Films, OPENING NIGHT, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, PALS, Pat Powers, Popeye the Sailor, Pre-Code films, Rudolf Ising, Scrappy, SITTIN’ ON A BACKYARD FENCE, SODA SQUIRT, Superman, the Little King, THE WORD’S AFFAIR, Tom and Jerry, Ub Iwerks, Van Beuren, Walter Lantz, WEDDING BELLS, William Nolan, Willie Whopper, Woody Woodpecker
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Screening Report: Pre-Code Fun at Film Forum’s 1933 Festival
This weekend, Film Forum kicked off 1933: Hollywood’s Naughtiest, Bawdiest Year – a monthlong, 66-film retrospective of my favorite year in movie history. I didn’t say it was the best year in movie history, of course. That honor, at least during … Continue reading
Posted in Film Forum, Pre-Code Film, Screening Report
Tagged 1933, Busby Berkeley, Carlotta Vance, DINNER AT EIGHT, early Talkies, EMPLOYEES' ENTRANCE, Film Forum, Franklin D. Roosevelt, George Cukor, Ginger Rogers, GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933, Great Depression, Jean Harlow, LITTLE CAESAR, Marie Dressler, Pre-Code Film, Roy Del Ruth, Scrappy's Party, SITTING PRETTY, THE LITTLE GIANT, Warren William
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Screening Report: THE MAN IN THE WHITE SUIT (1951) at Film Forum
Between 1947 and 1957, Ealing Studios produced a series of droll comedies that remain among the most beloved British films of all time. Robert Hamer’s KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS (1949), Charles Crichton’s THE LAVENDER HILL MOB (1951) and Alexander Mackendrick’s … Continue reading
Posted in Classic Film, Film Forum, Screening Report
Tagged "Star Wars", Alec Guinness, Alexander Mackendrick, Cecil Parker, Charles Crichton, Downton Abbey, Ealing Studios, Ernest Thesinger, Film Forum, Joan Greenwood, KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS, Lionsgate, Michael Gough, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Rialto Pictures, Robert Hamer, Roger MacDougall, StudioCanal, THE LADYKILLERS, THE LAVENDER HILL MOB, THE MAN IN THE WHITE SUIT, Vida Hope, WENT THE DAY WELL
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Screening Report: Harold Lloyd in THE KID BROTHER (1927) at Film Forum – Hurricane Sandy Special!
“Pretty good audience for Hurricane Sandy,” Repertory Director Bruce Goldstein said before Sunday’s screening of Harold Lloyd’s THE KID BROTHER (1927) at Film Forum – a theater on the outskirts of a New York City neighborhood about to be evacuated. … Continue reading
Posted in Classic Film, Film Forum, Screening Report, Silent Film
Tagged Alf Goulding, BASHFUL, Bebe Daniels, Bruce Goldstein, Bud Jamison, Constantine Romanoff, Eddie Boland, Film Forum, Film Forum Jr, Jobyna Ralston, Jocko, Leo Willis, Lewis Milestone, Lonesome Luke, Olen Francis, Rolin Films, SEVEN CHANCES, Snub Pollard, STEAMBOAT BILL JR, Steve Sterner, Ted Wilde, THE CAMERAMAN, THE KID BROTHER, Walter James
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Screening Report: SPEEDY (1928) at Film Forum with John Bengtson, Pierre Etaix and a Sing-along!
Today’s screening of SPEEDY (1928) at Film Forum was delightful, with a sold out house, lots of enthusiastic kids and some special guests. The program began with LOOK PLEASANT PLEASE (1918), a one-reel short recently “rediscovered” and restored by the The … Continue reading
A Modern Day Buster Keaton – Pierre Etaix at Film Forum
When asked why he was making his first visit to New York City, Pierre Étaix smiled broadly. “It’s never too late,” the 83-year-old actor/director said, as the capacity crowd at Film Forum signaled their enthusiastic agreement. Still vibrant and playful, the … Continue reading
Take a Trip to 1920s New York City with Harold Lloyd’s SPEEDY (1928) at Film Forum
I’m a late – but tirelessly enthusiastic – convert to silent movies. Though I’ve always been familiar with Harold Lloyd’s bespectacled visage, my introduction to the films of the so-called “third genius” of silent comedy came just a few years ago. My … Continue reading →