Book Review: Movie Comedians of the 1950s
Wes D. Gehring is a prolific author and film historian with an expertise in screen comedy. Thus, a book on movie comedians of the...
DVD Review: I Wake Up Screaming
I Wake Up Screaming Directed by H.Bruce Humberstone. Cast: Betty Grable, Victor Mature, Carole Landis, Laird Cregar, Alan Mowbray,...
Book Review: Accustomed To Her Face
Subtitled “Thirty Five Actresses of Golden Age Hollywood,” this new book by Axel Nissen discusses some of the talented ladies during that...
DVD Review: Robert Siodmak’s CRY OF THE CITY now on blu ray
CRY OF THE CITY Directed by Robert Siodmak. Screenplay by Richard Murphy and an uncredited Ben Hecht, based on the 1947 novel THE CHAIR...
Book Review: “That’s Me, Groucho! The Solo Career of Groucho Marx"
The Marx Brothers exploded onto the screen, and their 13 feature films continue to win over new generations. Groucho Marx is the only...
DVD Review: FIXED BAYONETS! from Kino-Lorber
FIXED BAYONETS! Directed and written by Samuel Fuller. Cast: Richard Basehart, Gene Evans, Michael O’Shea, Richard Hylton, Craig Hill,...
Book Review: Keep Watching the Skies
This is, by this reviewer’s count, the third version of Sci-Fi movie historian Bill Warren’s KEEP WATCHING THE SKIES, the first one...
Book review: Pola Negri: Temptress of Silent Hollywood
One of the truly frustrating things about any study of film history is the incredibly poor survival rate of silent movies. The cinema of...
Book Review: Theda Bara, My Mentor
Joan Craig had a unique perspective regarding actress Theda Bara. As a little girl, she was treated like family by Theda and her husband....
DVD Review: Dr. Mabuse, The Gambler (Kino Lorber)
A new 270 minute restored blu ray of Fritz Lang's 1922 epic film “Dr. Mabuse The Gambler,” offers the sort of sharp pictorial clarity...