Book Review: Martha Raye: Film and Television Clown.
So much is written on some, and too little is written about others. This is why we excitedly welcome a book on the great entertainer...
Harold Lloyd -- the actor. A look at MOVIE CRAZY (1932)
I have always said that of the Big Three among silent movie comedians --- Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, and Harold Lloyd – that Lloyd...
Book Review: Bebe Daniels, Hollywood’s Good Little Bad Girl
Author Charles Epting’s new biography from McFarland publishers is a thoroughgoing and fascinating look at one of the silent screen’s...
Women in silent comedies: Dorothy Devore
Often those who have only a rudimentary understanding of silent screen comedy will believe that it is, for the most part, a lot of...
Women in Silent Comedies: Fay Tincher
The survival rate of silent film is sometimes promising but mostly frustrating. This is especially maddening in the area of silent...
Women in Silent Comedies: Billie Rhodes
The silent screen is filled with fascinating visual ideas that extend beyond the celebrated genius of Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, and...
ELVIS PRESLEY: A TRIBUTE
Back in 1954 when Elvis, Scotty Moore, and Bill Black banged out an impromptu reading of Arthur Crudup’s 1946 blues number “That’s All...
Quotes from the stars, what they said about Elvis Presley
"Before Elvis there was nothing. Nothing really affected me until I heard Elvis. If there hadn't been an Elvis, there wouldn't have been...
PIONEERS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN CINEMA: An Important New DVD Set
Sometimes the importance of a DVD set is so enormous, it is difficult to fully explain the depth of its significance. Such is the new...
Carl Reiner’s “Where’s Poppa” released to blu ray
“Where’s Poppa” (1970) has noted TV comedian and actor Carl Reiner helming a screenplay by Robert Klane, based on his novel. It was one...