Young Alfred Hitchcock movie? Betty Compson in The White Shadow, which was actually directed by Graham Cutts. Among other duties, Hitchcock wrote and edited the 1923 film. About thirty minutes from the long thought-lost The White Shadow / White Shadows (1923),…
Betty Compson
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The Barker with Dorothy Mackaill and Milton Sills. Directed by George Fitzmaurice, by then already a film veteran, The Barker is one of those strange hybrids made at the dawn of the sound era: some sequences feature dialogue, others have intertitles…
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‘The Marines Are Coming’: Gay star’s final movie The Marines Are Coming was a last-minute substitution for the 1936 version of M’Liss, starring Anne Shirley, which was originally scheduled but didn’t arrive in time for Cinesation 2009. Gay actor William…
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The Great Gabbo is a terrific early talkie. Sure, the film is old and creaky, while its technical aspects are cheap and primitive. But the story, the music, and the performances always keep me hooked. Directed by James Cruze, a…
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Citizen Kane Oscar: Orson Welles’ Academy Award statuette for sale. ‘Citizen Kane’ Oscar auction: Orson Welles’ Best Original Screenplay statuette to be sold Orson Welles’ Academy Award for Citizen Kane, considered by some The Greatest Story Ever Told on Film, is…