Originally posted on True Classics:
My fourth contribution to the ongoing Comedy Countdown at Wonders in the Dark is now posted: at number 37, it’s Buster Keaton’s silent comedy masterpiece Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)! Check out my thoughts on this truly hilarious film over at WitD today, and please feel free to contribute your views on the movie in the comments! The countdown is still going strong… Continue reading
Author: kelleepratt
Classic Film Obsessive and Educator, blogathon host and blogger at Outspoken & Freckled ( www.kelleepratt.com)/ #TCM fanatic #TCMParty alum/ KU Jayhawk/ sassy shamrock/ gardener/ LOVE my family and fur babies
Originally posted on Ticklish Business:
Wow was October ambitious. I vowed to watch 31 films for Halloween and I got through 29 (sorry, The Pit and House will have to be on hold). The schedule I put up appeared to be non-existent by the end but hey, I got through it. I watched far more than last month and I did hold over eight films… Continue reading
Originally posted on Silver Screenings:
Kent Smith and Ann Sheridan grapple with the ethics of faking your own death. Watching the story of a man’s untimely death is always fascinating, isn’t it? We’ve all seen movies like this, where the circumstances surrounding a person’s demise is told in flashbacks. The inevitable death is no surprise; you watch events unravel until the individual finally kicks the… Continue reading
KC’s Horror Hostess: Crematia Mortem
The Classic Film TV Cafe aka Rick at @classic_film has partnered with the new Classic TV Blog Association to host a tribute to those memorable TV hosts who brought us late night horror movies. The Classic TV Horror Host Blogathon will run from October 24-31 (concluding, appropriately, on Halloween). It’s an opportunity to pay homage to such memorable hosts as Dr. Evil, Svengoolie, Sir Graves … Continue reading KC’s Horror Hostess: Crematia Mortem
Originally posted on Backlots:
Elmer Gantry preaches. Henry Drummond challenges creationism in “Inherit the Wind.” The year 1960 marks a significant turning point in the study of film history. With the threat of McCarthy no longer looming over the Hollywood horizon, the studio system nearly chafed into oblivion, and producers less restricted by the dying production code, we begin to see a wave of controversial… Continue reading
Originally posted on cinematically insane:
“Pretty good audience for Hurricane Sandy,” Repertory Director Bruce Goldstein said before Sunday’s screening of Harold Lloyd’s THE KID BROTHER (1927) at Film Forum – a theater on the outskirts of a New York City neighborhood about to be evacuated. It was a small but responsive crowd for the penultimate installment in Film Forum’s weekly Lloyd series, as the dreaded… Continue reading
Originally posted on cinematically insane:
I saw William Castle’s HOMICIDAL (1961) at the Loews Jersey Theater in Jersey City on Friday night. To say it was the perfect way to kick off the “Pre-Halloween weekend” would be an understatement unworthy of the master of gimmicky cinematic hyperbole. I knew it was going to be a great night the minute I walked into the ornate lobby… Continue reading
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