by Lesley Gaspar | Feb 22, 2016 | 1930s, 1930s Universal Horror, Blogathons, Classic movies, Claude Rains, James Whale, John Huston, Preston Sturges
The Invisible Man?is a bit of a?stepchild among James Whale?s Universal horror films, which is understandable since?Frankenstein?(1931) and even more?Bride of Frankenstein?(1935) were not just sensationally successful at the box office but embedded themselves...
by Lesley Gaspar | Feb 14, 2016 | 1930s, Blogathons, Clark Gable, Classic movies, Jean Harlow, Mary Astor, Pre-Code films, Romance, Victor Fleming
Mary Astor?s memoir?A Life on Film?is fantastic?she?s a wonderful writer, and her sharp observations on the industry and what went on behind the cameras are fascinating and incredibly useful to anyone who writes about classic film. Astor writes of being asked by a...
by Lesley Gaspar | Feb 8, 2016 | 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, Blogathons, Buster Keaton, Classic movies, Louis B. Mayer, Pre-Code films, Silent film
Remember: If it bends, it?s funny. If it breaks, it isn?t. ?Lester (Alan Alda),?Crimes and Misdemeanors There was nothing funny about it when Buster Keaton broke. Keaton?s fall is legendary. Most of the time it?s told sketchily, and too often as if it were the end.?As...
by Lesley Gaspar | Feb 7, 2016 | 1960s, Blogathons, Classic movies, Elizabeth Taylor, Mike Nichols, Richard Burton, Shirley MacLaine
Elizabeth Taylor won two Best Actress Oscars, for?BUtterfield 8?(1960) and?Who?s Afraid of Virginia Woolf??(1966). The first she perhaps rightly dismissed as a pity vote. The second she won fair and square, and I hope it meant something to her. Until fairly recently I...
by Lesley Gaspar | Jan 25, 2016 | 1940s, 1950s, Blogathons, Classic movies, Humphrey Bogart, John Huston, Katharine Hepburn
On the set of The African Queen (1951) John Huston and Humphrey Bogart made six movies together, six points of intersection over their long careers. Three of the six were crucial in the careers of both men:?The Maltese Falcon?(1941),?The Treasure of the Sierra...
by Lesley Gaspar | Jan 21, 2016 | 1940s, Barbara Stanwyck, Classic movies, Kirk Douglas, Lewis Milestone, Miklos Rozsa, Van Heflin
Martha Ivers in the shadows The Strange Love of Martha Ivers?is a total kinkfest, and if you?re new to it, you can use a little help learning the ropes. I?ll be happy to show you around. Time Out?s synopsis is as concise and elegant as could be, so here it is: ?Superb...
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