by Lesley Gaspar | Nov 17, 2015 | 1920s, Blogathons, Classic movies, New York movies, Paul Fejos, Silent film
This post was written for the epic Criterion Blogathon sponsored by?Criterion Blues,?Silver Screenings, and?Speakeasy, running from November 16-21 with more than 170 entries (!). Do yourself a favor and check out the roster?it?s amazing, it?s colossal, it?s? really...
by Lesley Gaspar | Nov 17, 2015 | 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, Blogathons, Classic movies, Feb2016Blogathon, film noir, Pre-Code films, Romance
We?re live! Welcome to the?You Must Remember This? Blogathon! Kisses blistering and chilled, delirious and hard-boiled, Judas kisses, cartoon kisses, and of course the kiss-off? Here?s our Valentine?s Day celebration of screen kisses. New entries will be posted as...
by Lesley Gaspar | Nov 14, 2015 | 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, Actors, Barbara Stanwyck, Blogathons, Child stars, Classic movies, Dickie Moore, Ernst Lubitsch, film noir, Howard Hawks, Josef von Sternberg, Marlene Dietrich, Pre-Code films, Shirley Temple
Where all parents are strong and wise and capable, and all children are happy and beloved? ?H.I.,?Raising Arizona It?s an intense little face. The Cupid?s Bow mouth and tiny, turned-up nose sit beneath large, dark, deeply?serious eyes. Dickie wasn?t just cute, he was...
by Lesley Gaspar | Feb 9, 2015 | 1920s, Blogathons, Buster Keaton
In 1926 Buster Keaton, one of the most successful comedians in Hollywood, released?The General,his eighth feature. It was a masterpiece, now considered by many to be one of the greatest films ever made. But things were different in 1926, and in the wake of the film?s...
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