The Doll with Ossi Oswalda and Hermann Thimig. Early Ernst Lubitsch satirical fantasy starring “the German Mary Pickford” has similar premise to that of the 1925 Buster Keaton comedy Seven…
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“Amazing Tales from the Archives”: Pioneering female documentarian Aloha Wanderwell Baker remembered at the San Francisco Silent Film Festival – along with the largely forgotten sound-on-cylinder technology and the Jean…
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Dismaland Castle and Big Little Mermaid suffering from split-personality disorder. Dismaland: Banksy and more than 50 other artists create bemusement theme park Who gives a damn about the cheap thrills…
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Carla Laemmle. ‘Dracula’ 1931 actress Carla Laemmle dead at 104 Carla Laemmle, a bit player in a handful of silent movies and at the dawn of the sound era –…
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Lionel Barrymore movies: Rare Night Flight. Lionel Barrymore movies on TCM. (Image: Lionel Barrymore [right] You Can’t Take It with You, with Edward Arnold, Jean Arthur, and James Stewart.) Lionel…
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Saoirse Ronan, Max Irons, The Host ‘The Host’ trailer “The Earth is at peace. There are no wars. There’s no hunger,” intones Saoirse Ronan in The Host‘s teaser trailer (see…
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John Gilbert and Greta Garbo in Flesh and the Devil. Just a few days ago I was wondering if Turner Classic Movies would devote a day to the likes of…
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The Misfits photos: Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller during the making of John Huston’s 1961 psychological drama. © The Inge Morath Foundation/Magnum Photos Rare photos of Marilyn Monroe, Clark Gable,…