Cinema Revisited: I Love That Man (1933) – a Paramount pre-code feature
I Love That Man (1933) Directed by Harry Joe Brown. Cast: Edmund Lowe, Nancy Carroll, Robert Armstrong, Warren Hymer, Lew Cody, Grant...
Snub Pollard in The Bum's Rush
The Bum’s Rush (1927) Directed by James Davis. Starring Snub Pollard, Mavis Clare, Otto Fries, Dick Gilbert, Max Asher, Bobby Nelson....
Butter Fingers (1925) is Mack Sennett at his best
Butter Fingers (1925) Directed by Del Lord. Cast: Billy Bevan, Madeline Hurlock, Ruth Taylor, Andy Clyde, Kewpie Morgan, Barney Hellum,...
Eddie Lyons solo comedy from 1922
Eddie Lyons was part of a comedy team with Lee Moran during the 1910s. Their many short subjects and handful of feature films for...
Book Review: Michael Curtiz: A Life in Film
There are more than a few of us who have long wondered why director Michael Curtiz has not been elevated to the status of great directors...
Book review: Invasion USA
Sub-titled "Essays on Anti-Communist Movies of the 1950s and 1960s," this compilation of essays by editor David J. Hogan feature some of...
Book Review: Miriam Hopkins: The Life and Films of a Hollywood Rebel
One of many notable actresses during Hollywood’s golden age, Miriam Hopkins scored in such timeless films as “Dr. Jeckyl and Mr. Hyde”...
Book Review: Hairpins and Dead Ends
Sub-titled “The Perilous Journey of 25 Actresses through Early Hollywood,” this new book from Bear Manor by Michael Ankerich is a great...
Book Review: Barbara La Marr – The Girl Who Was Too Beautiful for Hollywood
Silent movie history is filled with creative artistry and sociocultural triumph, as we see the early development of what became a...
Film review: The Last Jedi (2017)
This reviewer’s reaction to the “Star Wars” franchise is slightly different than those younger than he. I didn’t grow up with the films....