

Cinema Revisited: White Zombie (1932)
When Hungarian-born actor Bela Lugosi campaigned heavily for the role of “Dracula” in Tod Browing’s movie production, he was met with...


Cinema Revisited: Born to the West (1937), a John Wayne B-western
Born to the West Directed by Charles Barton. Cast: John Wayne, Marsha Hunt, Johnny Mack Brown, Syd Saylor, James Craig, Lucien...


Cinema Revisited: The Little Giant (1933)
The Little Giant Directed by Roy Del Ruth. Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Mary Astor, Helen Vinson, Russell Hopton, Kenneth Thompson, Shirley...


A look at the Charley Chase Silent Movie Collections on DVD
Charley Chase was long considered an unfairly overlooked comedy master of the 20s and 30s. After he started to get more recognition,...


Cinema Revisited: Peck’s Bad Boy With The Circus (1938)
Peck’s Bad Boy With The Circus Directed by Edward Cline. Cast: Tommy Kelly, Ann Gillis, Spanky McFarland, Ann Gillis, Edgar Kennedy,...


Book Review: How To Film Moving Pictures in the 1910s
There is an area of film history that is not about aesthetics. The technology of shooting movies evolves so much and so quickly, we...


DVD Review: Maborosi (1995)
Director Hirokazu Kore-eda brings Teru Miyamoto’s story to the screen, via a screenplay by Yoshihisa Ogita. It is a film of masterful...


Book Review: Side By Side: Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis on TV and Radio
Michael J. Hayde’s new book from Bear Manor that chronicles and examines the Martin and Lewis comedy team’s phenomenal success on radio...


Cinema Revisited: Feet First (1930), Harold Lloyd’s first full talkie
Feet First Directed by Clyde Bruckman and Harold Lloyd. Cast: Harold Lloyd, Barbara Kent, Robert McWade, Lillian Leighton, Henry Hall,...


DVD Review: A Bill of Divorcement (1932), Katharine Hepburn’s film debut
A Bill of Divorcement Directed by George Cukor. Cast: John Barrymore, Katharine Hepburn, Billie Burke, David Manners, Paul Cavanaugh,...

