DVD Review: Peter Pan (1924)
It is maddening to realize the amount of silent films that remain lost, despite so many efforts to find and preserve them. So much of...
Cinema Revisited: David Harum (1934)
Directed by James Cruz. Starring Will Rogers, Louise Dresser, Evelyn Venable, Kent Taylor, Stepin Fetchit, Noah Beery, Charles Middleton....
Cinema Revisited: Twelve O’clock High (1949)
Directed by Henry King. Starring Gregory Peck, Hugh Marlowe, Gary Merrill, Dean Jagger. Released December 21, 1949. Running time: 132...
DVD Review: Thunder Bay (1953)
Anthony Mann's "Thunder Bay," starring James Stewart, Joanne Dru, and Dan Duryea, has historical significance as the first Universal...
DVD Review: Noir Archive Volume 2
Kit Parker Films through Mill Creek Entertainment has released another nine film set of offbeat films that are lesser known, but deserve...
Book Review: Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2018
For many years, Harris Lentz has been collecting celebrity passings and compiling them in a book. Not content with merely offering...
DVD Review: Charley Chase at Hal Roach - The Talkies - Volume 2 (1932-1933)
Kit Parker Films has released, again through Sprocket Vault, another volume of Charley Chase two-reel comedies, this time covering the 15...
Cinema Revisited: Blackmail (1939)
After filming a surprisingly effective gangster drama at MGM with "The Last Gangster" (1937), Edward G. Robinson returned to the studio a...
Cinema Revisited: Number One (1969)
There is an early scene in "Number One" where Charlton Heston, as aging football quarterback Ron "Cat" Catlan, leaves the locker room...
Book Review: Olivia de Havilland: Lady Triumphant
In a lifetime that has exceeded a century, Olivia de Havilland went from journeyman actor, to movie star, to classic film icon, to...