Bert Williams: Lime Kiln Club Field Day (movie 1913) review: Long-forgotten silent offers a rare look at black people’s lives in the early 20th century.
W.C. Fields
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Remembering a Forgotten ‘Hollywood Hero’
5 minutes readFilm historian Anthony Slide wearing Tom Mix’s hat in 1976. ‘Hollywood Hero’ John Dewar remembered Perhaps I have been around too long, but as I grow older I grow despondent …
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Debbie Reynolds Auction: Marion Davies Monumental Painting by Federico Beltrán Masses. Marilyn Monroe white dress & Audrey Hepburn Ascot gown fetch millions: Debbie Reynolds movie memorabilia auction The Marilyn Monroe …
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Cuban Film Posters: ‘The Shining’ & ‘A Clockwork Orange’ + Judy Garland & Elvis Presley Movies Screening
8 minutes readCuban movie posters: Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange. Here’s something unusual: hand-silkscreened Cuban posters for Vittorio De Sica’s Bicycle Thieves (right), Costa-Gavras’ Z, Ernesto Daranas Serrano’s Fallen Gods, Stanley Kubrick’s …
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National Film Registry: Lesbian Western & Asian-American Musical among entries which also include movies by Erich von Stroheim, Elia Kazan + John Huston.
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Griffith Movies: Mandatory Viewing + Excellent Carol Dempster & the American Kay Hammond
6 minutes readGriffith Movies: Mandatory Viewing + Excellent Carol Dempster and the American Kay Hammond while Orson Welles remembers W.C. Fields.
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My Little Chickadee (Movie 1940): Comedy Icons Must-See
4 minutes readMy Little Chickadee (movie 1940) review: Mae West and W.C. Fields are seen (sort of) together for the first and last time in Edward F. Cline’s entertaining comedy Western.
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Best Foreign Language Film Oscar Winners’ posters + W.C. Fields Pettifoggery: Academy exhibitions celebrate artworks and former vaudevillian’s career.
National Film Registry Adds Fast-Decomposing and super-rare Star Wars sequel and Demon Possession Rarity plus original The Front Page. What’s the use?
Sound Effects & Black Docs Series + ‘The Old Fashioned Way’ & Legend Danielle Darrieux
Academy’s Sound Effects Film Series On Saturday, April 28, the Academy’s Science and Technology Council will launch its “Sound, Camera, Action!” series at the Linwood Dunn Theater with a screening …