How to Be a Latin Lover: Ricardo Cortez leading ladies and marriage to drug-addicted Hollywood star plus directing Dalton Trumbo socially conscious drama.
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British Cinema vs. Hollywood: Q&A with author Anthony Slide about ties between US and UK talent, from Alfred Hitchcock to Harry Potter.
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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…
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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…
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The Great Gabbo (movie 1929) review: Silent era veterans Erich von Stroheim and Betty Compson deliver quality performances in James Cruze’s engrossing psychological drama.
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The Penalty (movie 1920) review: Man of a Thousand Faces Lon Chaney delivers another phenomenally creepy portrayal in Wallace Worsley’s top-notch revenge thriller.
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The Crowd with James Murray and Eleanor Boardman: King Vidor’s working-class classic. The sidebar “The Silent City: New York in the Movies, 1898-1928” will accompany Film Forum’s (website) NYC NOIR…
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The River 1951: Jean Renoir India-set classic. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will be presenting a restored print of Jean Renoir’s 1951 drama The River. Though largely…
https://youtu.be/ojo3I59Gn6cVideo can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: CARMEN MIRANDA – O QUE É QUE A BAIANA TEM (https://youtu.be/ojo3I59Gn6c) Carmen Miranda – known as the “Brazilian Bombshell” in the U.S.;…
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…