Anthony Slide q+a: The film historian discusses his new anthology book The Truth at Twenty-Four Frames per Second. Topics range from Lillian Gish to Betty White.
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Movie Buff Passion Explored: Author Anthony Slide Discusses the Lives & Times of Film Fanatics
14 minutes readMovie Buff: Author Anthony Slide discusses neglected area in film history – the humorous and/or tragic lives and times of film fanatics + collectors.
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Rex Ingram (Actor): Early Black Performer in Hollywood Films
8 minutes readRex Ingram (Actor): Early Black Performer in Hollywood Movies such as Cabin in the Sky. He also played the Genie in The Thief of Bagdad 1940.
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The San Francisco Silent Film Festival program ‘Amazing Tales from the Archives’ discussed the discovery of the 1916 Sherlock Holmes.
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Godzilla 1954 a.k.a. Gojira, with Takashi Shimura and Momoko Kôchi. Somewhat surprisingly, Ishirô Honda’s monster movie tackles the sociocultural upheavals in post-World War II Japan, as the young daughter (Kôchi) …
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Rare Movies: Alla Nazimova & Claudette Colbert + Best Actress Oscar Winner in Mammoth Musical
13 minutes readRare movies: Director Allan Dwan, actor George O’Brien, cinematographer George Webber on the set of East Side West Side Are you a movie lover in Los Angeles, unable to travel …
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Claudette Colbert, Miriam Hopkins & Gloria Swanson: Cinefest
5 minutes readWilliam Gargan, Miriam Hopkins, Jack La Rue in Stephen Roberts’ The Story of Temple Drake Cinefest 2011, a four-day festival of rare American films, kicked off earlier today in Syracuse, …
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Griffith Cinema: Abraham Lincoln Biopic & Way Down East’ Among Five Box Set Features
11 minutes readGriffith Cinema: Abraham Lincoln Biopic and the dangers of alcoholism + climactic ice-floe river rescue honoring father of American film.
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Leave Her to Heaven: Gene Tierney Shines in Color ‘Film Noir’ + Oldest Surviving Korean Film
11 minutes readLeave Her to Heaven: Gene Tierney and Cornel Wilde. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present the Technicolor film noir (yes, there was such a thing) Leave …
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Billy Wilder & Jacques Rivette: Views of Vast & Varied Europe
12 minutes readIn late August, the UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Hugh M. Hefner Classic American Film Program will present “Billy Wilder’s Europe,” a seven-film series showcasing samples of the …
Honorary Award bypassed Marlene Dietrich, Gloria Swanson and Rita Hayworth among dozens of other women as Academy focused on male recipients.
Restored Classics: TCM Film Festival + D.W. Griffith in California & Chaplin Movie Found?
Judy Garland in A Star Is Born: Restored Classics. Turner Classic Movies’ first-ever TCM Classic Film Festival, which will be held on April 22–25 in Hollywood, will feature the world …