Monthly Archives: December 2012

Here’s to a Classic 2013!

Posted on December 31, 2012 by willmckinley

Posted in Classic Film | Tagged Cary Grant, Sylvia Sidney, THIRTY DAY PRINCESS | 4 Comments

How I Almost Ruined IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE

Posted on December 23, 2012 by willmckinley

There I was at the IFC Center in New York, about to see a 35mm print of Frank Capra’s IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE in a theater filled with excited fans. Even better, Donna Reed’s daughter was on hand to introduce … Continue reading →

Posted in Classic Film, IFC Center, Screening Report | Tagged Buster Keaton, Clarence Oddbody, Donna Reed, Frank Capra, FROM HERE TO ETERNITY, George Bailey, IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE, Jimmy Stewart, Mary Hatch, Mary Owen, MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON, The Donna Reed Show, Why We Fight, YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU | 32 Comments

Screening Report: THE SEARCHERS (1956); DETOUR (1945); and THE PASSENGER (1975) at IFC Center

Posted on December 17, 2012 by willmckinley

On Friday, the IFC Center in New York City kicked off a week-long festival of road movies selected by Walter Salles, director of the upcoming adaptation of Jack Kerouac’s ON THE ROAD. I saw three of the iconic films presented this … Continue reading →

Posted in IFC Center, Screening Report | Tagged 4k, Ann Savage, BEN-HUR, DCP, DETOUR, digital cinema package, digital projection, Eagle Lion Films, Edgar G. Ulmer, IFC Center, Jack Nicholson, Jeffrey Hunter, John Ford, LAWRENCE OF ARABIA, Michelangelo Antonioni, Natalie Wood, ON THE ROAD, Poverty Row, Producer's Releasing Corporation, SPARTACUS, Technicolor, THE PASSENGER, THE SEARCHERS, Tom Neal, United Artists, VistaVision, Walter Salles, Winston C. Hoch | 9 Comments

Tippi Hedren + New Titles Announced for 2013 TCM Classic Film Festival

Posted on December 11, 2012 by willmckinley

“THE BIRDS is coming!” to the TCM Classic Film Festival next April, along with star Tippi Hedren, Turner Classic Movies announced today. The still-gorgeous, 82-year-old actress and animal activist will be in person at the fourth annual TCMFF in Hollywood April 25-28 … Continue reading →

Posted in TCM, TCM Classic Film Festival | Tagged Albert Maysles, Alfred Hitchcock, Carl Davis, GIMME SHELTER, GREY GARDENS, Guests, John Gilbert, Renée Adorée, SALESMAN, TCM, TCM Classic Film Festival, THE BIG PARADE, THE BIRDS, THE RAZOR'S EDGE, Tippi Hedren | Leave a comment

She Works Hard For the Money: The Columbia Pictures Pre-Code Collection on DVD from TCM

Posted on December 10, 2012 by willmckinley

Sex sells, the old saying goes. It also employs, or at least it did in movies made before enforcement of the Motion Picture Production Code began in 1934. In the The Columbia Pictures Pre-Code Collection, a five-film DVD set from … Continue reading →

Posted in Classic Film, DVD Blu-Ray Review, Pre-Code Film, TCM | Tagged ARIZONA, Barbara Stanwyck, Carole Lombard, Columbia Pictures, Columbia Pictures Pre-Code Collection, Forbidden Hollywood, Great Depresson, Hays Office, Header Menu, Jean Harlow, Jo Swerling, John Wayne, Joseph Breen, Laura La Plante, Lionel Barrymore, Mae Clarke, Marie Prevost, Mayo Methot, Motion Picture Production Code, Pat O’Brien, Regis Toomey, Robert Riskin, SHOPWORN, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, TEN CENTS A DANCE, THREE WISE GIRLS, VIRTUE, Will Hays | 24 Comments

Make Friends with Baby Peggy – Tonight on TCM

Posted on December 3, 2012 by willmckinley

1924 was a busy year for Peggy-Jean Montgomery: she starred in four feature films; headlined seven comedy short subjects; served as on-stage mascot for the Democratic National Convention at Madison Square Garden; and became one of the first merchandized celebrities, … Continue reading →