Monthly Archives: November 2015

Girl, Reconstructed: Clara Bow in GET YOUR MAN (1927)

Posted on November 16, 2015 by willmckinley

“Everything you’re going to see today has never been screened before,” film historian David Stenn said on Sunday at the Museum of Modern Art. These are words most film fans only dream of hearing. But when they’re spoken by the biographer of Silent … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Icons Tarnish in TRUMBO (2015)

Posted on November 6, 2015 by willmckinley

John Wayne rarely played the bad guy in his nearly half-century film career, but he finally gets the chance in TRUMBO, Jay Roach’s uneven biopic of blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo. Wayne (David James Elliott) and gossip columnist Hedda Hopper (Helen … Continue reading →

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