Originally posted on Backlots:
A draft of one of Marilyn Monroe’s poems, in her own hand. By Lara Gabrielle Fowler August 5, 2013 marks 51 years since the death of Marilyn Monroe. Though I try to keep Marilyn to a minimum on this blog because of her overwhelming overexposure in the media, the fact remains that Marilyn may well be the most fascinating personality to… Continue reading The Poetry of Marilyn Monroe

Originally posted on True Classics:
I am so excited to begin a new series for True Classics: Sci-Fi Sundays! I love classic film, and I love sci-fi. So it’s only logical that I share my love of these genres by bringing you a new series dedicated to classic cinematic works of science fiction. To kick off the series, I’ve reviewed one of the staples of this… Continue reading Sci-Fi Sundays: 1956’s Forbidden Planet (Plus: Win the DVD!)

Originally posted on Once upon a screen…:
Turner Classic Movies (TCM) kicks off its 2013 Summer Under the Stars (SUTS) event, which takes place every August, with a day-long tribute to the man who is ranked #1 on the American Film Institute‘s list of the greatest screen actors – Humphrey Bogart.  I post this gallery in tribute to the star, the man and the event with… Continue reading BOGART for SUTS on TCM

Originally posted on cinematically insane:
Bette Davis might hate me for saying this, but I love her early films. Movies like THREE ON A MATCH (1932), THE PETRIFIED FOREST (1935), and even the misguided SATAN MET A LADY (1936) are all eminently watchable, even if they lack the prestige of the later, more challenging assignments the actress fought for (both in-person and in court). Though the… Continue reading Bette Davis, Girl Reporter! FRONT PAGE WOMAN (1935) from Warner Archive

Originally posted on Once upon a screen…:
A Universal Picture that may drive you to dream of sex…of murder…of secret desires you’re afraid to admit when awake! you have been warned! SPOILERS AHEAD! Irene Trent is married to Howard, the creepiest looking man I’ve ever seen.  Howard is blind, very rich, an inventor by night – and jealous and controlling to the brink of madness.… Continue reading William Castle’s, The Night Walker

Recently, I was honored to hear I was awarded with the “One Lovely Blog Award” by the lovely “Movies Silently” blog. I’m a big fan of this silent film centric blog so I was all the more delighted hear the feeling was mutual! Fritzi Kramer (aka @MoviesSilently) is the tea-sipping, book-reading and silent-film-obsessive creator of this cozy and informative home of “Movies Silently.” She gladly shares interesting articles, … Continue reading One Lovely Blog Award: Share the Love!

Originally posted on Movies Silently:
Well, they saved money on extras… Comedian Lupino Lane plays every last part in this comedy short. The plot? A tipsy, top-hatted fellow and a really horrible child manage to disrupt an evening at the music hall. The material is old but Lane manages to keep things fun. A little Chaplin, a little Keaton, a little… Lupino? Forgotten funnyman Lupino… Continue reading Only Me (1929) A Silent Film Review

Originally posted on cinematically insane:
Spike Lee, Zach Braff, and Ben Model? Like some elite entertainment industry players whose names may be better known, Model, the Manhattan-based musician and composer, is using the crowd-funding website Kickstarter to finance a film release. But there are a few key differences between his efforts and those that have generated hyperbolic Hollywood headlines. Model’s project had a far more… Continue reading Silent Film Evangelist Kickstarts Restorations of Classics

Originally posted on Chaplin-Keaton-Lloyd film locations (and more):
NEW FOOTAGE – Buster lights a stogie – a view perhaps not seen in America for 90 years NEW FOOTAGE As reported in Variety, lightning struck twice for film historian Fernando Pena.  The same gentleman from Argentina who discovered a complete version of the Fritz Lang 1927 epic Metropolis has now unveiled a 9.5 mm print of… Continue reading Found – a new version of Keaton’s The Blacksmith and the tales it tells

                                        Sydney Pollack was an actor/director/producer of both the small and big screens. He was prolific and popular and known best for his films that spanned across the last thirty decades of the twentieth century. Films like TOOTSIE (1982), OUT OF AFRICA (1985), THEY SHOOT HORSES DON’T THEY? (1969) and THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR (1975) reflected his diversity in range, quality of compelling story-telling, … Continue reading The Way We Were