H. B. Warner

James Caviezel as Jesus in Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ James Caviezel claims he has been "rejected in my own industry" after playing Jesus in Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ (2004) — worshiped by many as the closest a Hollywood blockbuster will ever get to the Second Coming, reviled by others as a sadistic, fetishistic work tainted with anti-Semitism. Caviezel came up with that remark while speaking at the First Baptist Church of Orlando, Florida, last weekend. In the words of [...]

SORRELL AND SON (1927) Direction: Herbert Brenon Cast: H. B. Warner, Nils Asther, Anna Q. Nilsson, Alice Joyce, Carmel Myers, Mary Nolan, Mickey McBan, Louis Wolheim, Norman Trevor, Lionel Belmore Screenplay: Elizabeth Meehan; from Warwick Deeping's novel Oscar Movies Recommended H. B. Warner, Alice Joyce, Sorrell and Son A skilled melodrama about paternal devotion in the face of both personal and social adversity, Sorrell and Son benefits greatly from Herbert Brenon's assured direction, which deservedly received a nomination in the first year of the Academy [...]

  Lest you go completely nuts following all that teen drama (A Summer Place) and singing (Grease) this evening on Turner Classic Movies, you'll get direct divine intervention by way of Cecil B. DeMille's The King of Kings (1927), a silent movie about the life of Jesus. The King of Kings will offer you so much solace, in fact, there's a good chance you'll fall asleep during the proceedings. The King of Kings, which opened Grauman's Chinese Theater on Hollywood Boulevard, is one of DeMille's [...]

Sacha Guitry in The Story of a Cheat FILM Follow the Fleet d: Mark Sandrich; scr: Dwight Taylor Fury d: Fritz Lang; scr: Bartlett Cormack, Fritz Lang Libeled Lady d: Jack Conway; scr: Maurine Watkins, Howard Emmett Rogers, George Oppenheimer Mr. Deeds Goes to Town d: Frank Capra; scr: Robert Riskin My Man Godfrey d: Gregory La Cava; scr: Morrie Ryskind, Eric Hatch Le Roman d'un tricheur / The Story of a Cheat d, scr: Sacha Guitry Show Boat d: James Whale; scr: Oscar Hammerstein [...]