March 2016 Blog Posts (15)

Here are some stunning examples of artwork for classic and not so classic movies, today these posters maybe all that's left of the films they sell, the films long since crumbled to nitrate dust. These posters deserve to be admired for the creative pieces they are.…

Westerns - Dramas - Musicals - Classic Horror - Comedy.

I am pleased to announce ROBINSON & RAFT,  the second of two (2) new stage plays in THE HOLLYWOOD LEGENDS collection.



Edward G. Robinson (LITTLE CAESAR) and George Raft (SCARFACE) may have been Hollywood's premier "tough guys," but off-screen they were totally unalike...and their personalities often clashed.  Robinson was a man of culture, who owned a magnificent art…

I am pleased to announce the first of two (2) new stage plays in THE HOLLYWOOD LEGENDS collection.



If you are a fan of classic horror films of the 1930s and 1940s, then you will certainly enjoy THE LAST MONSTERS, a 5-character play centered around horror icons Lon Chaney, Jr., Bela Lugosi and John Carradine as they perform and bump heads while doing their final movie together.  



The script is available in both paperback…

About Associations and Distinctions Between the Stage version in 1927 and the Film version in 1929 of “Show Boat”

Since there are only a few fragments left in the original video of the film version, we currently know very little of its full content. Some people believe that while there are definitely…

A British actress who made many entertaining films here in the UK during the 30's and 40's, here are three of my favourites Love Story (1944) which features the wonderfully romantic Cornish Rhapsody, The Wicked Lady (1945) with James Mason perhaps her most well remembered film today and Jassy, made in Technicolor I have a beautiful dvd print of this film, Margaret Lockwood shines in the role of Jassy (1947) and looks so beautiful, the camera lingers on her face later in the film and she…

*except Married In Hollywood, it's considered a lost film though I believe one reel exists at UCLA.