For those of you in the northeastern US who would like the opportunity to hear the
Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra provide the score to a classic slient film in a gorgeous period movie theater, here's your chance! On Friday, September 12, 2008 at 7 pm Mont Alto will provide live accompaniment for Harold Lloyd's silent comedy,
The Kid Brother (1927) at the beautiful
Capitol Theatre in Rome, NY. For more…
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Another packed edition of THE Podcast on classic movies.
Presented by Derek McLellan with renowned film historian Maria Ciacca.
Classic Movies News
New Classic Movie DVDs
TCM USA Highlights
Main feature : Virgins, Vamps, Flappers and others
Derek and Maria discuss…
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Added by Classic Movie Man on August 28, 2008 at 1:20pm —
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Judith of Bethulia (1913) 5/10 - D.W. Griffith's first epic to rival the Italians, still quite impressive in its battle scenes.
Sleeper (1973) 5/10 - Woody Allen is frozen for centuries, some good gags but never really gets going.
Viridiana (1961) 6/10 - Typical Bunuel attack on the church or at least interpreted that way by the Vatican who banned the film.
The Big Chance (1933) 5/10 - Early feature appearance of…
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Three Colours White (1993) 6/10 - Most comedic of the Three Colours Trilogy though touching in its way too.
Braveheart (1995) 6/10 - Historically its nonsense though suitably epic with great performance from Mel Gibson.
Lord of the Rings : The Two Towers (2002) 6/10 - Battle of Helm's Deep is very impressive.
Mean Streets (1973) 6/10 - Scorsese's first big film is growing on me.
Fantasia 2000 - 6/10 -…
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Added by Classic Movie Man on August 28, 2008 at 10:28am —
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Warner Bros. continue their exceptional series of gangster box sets with the…
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Added by Christian Hayes on August 27, 2008 at 3:34pm —
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Following on from last week's frame which came from
Bambi here is one that is perhaps a little harder.
What is the name of the film?
Leave a comment and let me know... Good luck!
Added by Christian Hayes on August 25, 2008 at 4:10pm —
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This Summer I went to see a Buster Keaton film outdoors at The Scoop, a kind of amphitheater alongside the Thames by Tower Bridge.
Anyone passing by could have stopped and watched The General which continued to play during the chilly night. I took these photos of the film which in some ways is quite a surreal sight: a silent playing to the city itself, and to a curious, appreciative and bewildered stream of…
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Added by Christian Hayes on August 25, 2008 at 3:30pm —
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This movie stars the gorgeous Jeanne Crain along with William Holden and Edmund Gwen. It is very much a period story since it deals with the returning GI attending college after the war and the shortage of accomodations that existed then.
It is a comedy and also a bit of a drama but the thing that impressed me was Jeanne Crain's role. She was not only perfect for it, but she did an excellent job of acting. The role called for a fast talking young woman and Jeanne did it seemingly…
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Added by Bill on August 24, 2008 at 11:10pm —
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This summer the Unites States Postal Service issued two sets of stamps commemorating classic American cinema. The first set honors
Vintage Black Cinema, and consists of five movie poster reproductions, including
Princess Tan Tan and
Hallelujah.
The second issued on August 7,…
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Added by Joanne C on August 24, 2008 at 5:58pm —
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It's interesting: At one point in their careers, James Stewart, Gregory Peck, Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Randolph Scott, William Powell . . All leading men who are known for being the 'good guy' as it may be, played a baddie. As the phrase goes, "You could look it up." Cary Grant came within a hair of doing so in Suspicion, and when they changed it at the end, they hurt the film.
But Gary Cooper
never did.
Why? This is no aspursion on…
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Added by M.T. Fisher on August 23, 2008 at 3:30pm —
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State Fair (1945) 6/10 - Rodgers and Hammerstein's first and one of their few musicals written especially for the screen. Fine songs.
The Lost World (1925) 6/10 - Willis O'Brien had a bit of a trial run for this fantasy classic, a bit careworn now but spectacular in its day.
Hot Water (1924) 6/10 - Harold Lloyd has trouble with his mother in law : two classic, hilarious sequences, the Turkey on the streetcar and the new car…
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Added by Classic Movie Man on August 22, 2008 at 2:39pm —
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Another packed edition of THE Podcast on classic movies.
Presented by Derek McLellan with renowned film historian Maria Ciacca.
Classic Movies News
New Classic Movie DVDs
TCM USA Highlights
Main feature : Babes In Hollywood
Derek and Maria discuss child stars through the…
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The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936) 6/10 - Conventional romantic triangle with Flynn, DeHavilland and Knowles but the charge itself is great.
Lord of the Rings - Fellowship of the Ring (2001) 7/10 - Wondrous fantasy but first in the trilogy is inevitably a bit of the info dump.
The Set Up (1949) 6/10 - Robert Ryan in good boxing noir.
The Narrow Margin (1952) 6/10 - Another good low budget noir though its…
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Added by Classic Movie Man on August 19, 2008 at 1:49pm —
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Movie stars are defined by a combination of what we observe of them on-screen and our perception of them outside of the cinema. This would include photographs, articles, interviews, books, posters and merchandise. Film stars and their star images often become far removed from the films themselves. Here are three examples of movie stars as part of the contemporary city. In this case, Charlie selling a shoemaker's, Jimmy…
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Added by Christian Hayes on August 17, 2008 at 4:00pm —
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Alongside the marvelous
Chaplin restorations now playing at the
BFI Southbank in London there is yet another exciting season coming up next month.
Playing over 3 days (and therefore mimicking the festival itself)…
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Added by Christian Hayes on August 16, 2008 at 4:00pm —
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Thank God that tomorrow begins a new week! This just has been a terrible week for me!
Friday 8th is when it all started.
8th - Clothes get soaked at work and cellphone in pocket gets too much water in it and dies.
9th - find out that my phone plan still has 8 months to go and even though I had insurance on the phone I buy new phone because I need a working phone over the weekend. Cost $300.00 for new phone plus…
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Added by Ktrek on August 16, 2008 at 2:30pm —
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Today I am starting up a new series. Every week I will post a frame from a film and hopefully this will encourage readers to take a closer look at an image that would usually pass us by without us thinking. Also I would like all you brainy readers to tell me which film the frame came from. Maybe in the future there will be a prize to whoever guesses first, but for now it's just a case of entering into the spirit of…
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Added by Christian Hayes on August 15, 2008 at 4:00pm —
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Another packed edition of THE Podcast on classic movies.
Presented by Derek McLellan with renowned film historian Maria Ciacca.
Classic Movies News
New Classic Movie DVDs
TCM USA Highlights
Main feature : Frank Capra
Derek and Maria discuss the career of one of the…
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Added by Classic Movie Man on August 15, 2008 at 1:00pm —
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In 1934 a neighbourhood theatre was built near my home.
Once I was old enough to attend school, I walked by the Cameo 4 times a day. As a result I became very familiar with the names of the pictures being shown on the display cards. The playbill usually had two features and it changed twice a week, so every week
four films were shown not including the shorts etc. and not including the Saturday afternoon shows which were targeted at the young audience. The Cameo owners would have…
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Added by Bill on August 15, 2008 at 12:40pm —
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Last Sunday I attended Capitolfest, a classic film festival held at the Capitol Theatre in Rome, N.Y. You can read my guest posting on
Out of the Past: A Classic Flim Blog.
Added by Joanne C on August 15, 2008 at 11:30am —
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