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

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

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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

Originally posted on Ticklish Business:
Originally published October 27th, 2012 I had originally planned to review the TCM/Fathom events double feature of Frankenstein and The Bride of Frankenstein but ended up missing out on it.  In the interest of time I figured best just to review the film I hadn’t already seen, The Bride of Frankenstein.  I really have no good excuse for why I… Continue reading

Originally posted on Ticklish Business:
It was always decided that I’d include I Married a Witch during my Halloween festivities.  After all, it was the film that brought Veronica Lake into my life.  To give some context, Sullivan’s Travels cemented my love for Veronica, but I Married a Witch was the first film I ever saw her in.  I adore this movie and I adore… Continue reading

Originally posted on Once upon a screen…:
Word has it that Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein as the result of a dare from a friend.  The friend was poet, Lord Byron and he challenged her to write a ghost story.  Drawing from state of the art medical experimentation at the time, Mary, born Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, wrote one of the most influential books in the history of… Continue reading

Originally posted on Backlots:
                  For my first installment of the Carole Lombard Filmography Project, I will be profiling Man of the World (1931) the first film Lombard made with good friend and future husband William Powell. The movie was produced by Universal, and released in March of 1931. The focus of the story is on a… Continue reading