Walter Hampden

Walter Hampden has a great role in “Sabrina” (1954) as the exasperated father o… Read more Walter Hampden

The Music Box (1932)

“The Music Box” (1932) displays the ebullience of entrepreneurship in the darke… Read more The Music Box (1932)

A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)

A Midsummer Nights Dream (1935) is almost startlingly good. I’m not sure if… Read more A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)

Anita Sharp-Bolster

Anita Sharp-Bolster shows us essentially two sides of the same person in the tw… Read more Anita Sharp-Bolster

Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy Footprints

I’m not sure who wrote the signatures in the cement in the above photo, Charlie… Read more Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy Footprints

Haunted Spooks (1920)

“Haunted Spooks” is a two-reeler where Harold Lloyd, dumped by his wealthy girl… Read more Haunted Spooks (1920)

The Hindenburg Disaster (1937)

Before nightly broadcast news coverage, let alone round-the-clock cable televis… Read more The Hindenburg Disaster (1937)

The Ducktators (1942) & Peace on Earth (1939)

Since part of the movie going experience, back in the day before these enlighte… Read more The Ducktators (1942) & Peace on Earth (1939)

The Lady Eve (1941)

In “The Lady Eve” (1941) we have some of Barbara Stanwyck’s best work, some of … Read more The Lady Eve (1941)

Barbara Stanwyck - 100th Anniversary

Today is the 100th anniversary of the birth of Barbara Stanwyck. The body of h… Read more Barbara Stanwyck - 100th Anniversary

A Question of Favortism

I have a question of favoritism, rather than favorites, in the old movies you w… Read more A Question of Favortism

Lucille La Verne

Lucille La Verne, a renown stage actress for decades, spent her limited Hollywo… Read more Lucille La Verne

Orphans of the Storm (1921) - Part 2

Like the villainous Jacque-Forget-Not, we see that the commoners, like the rapa… Read more Orphans of the Storm (1921) - Part 2

Orphans of the Storm (1921) - Part 1

Since Bastille Day rolls around this Saturday the 14th, today and tomorrow we’l… Read more Orphans of the Storm (1921) - Part 1

Henry Travers

Henry Travers is one of the film industry’s most beloved character actors, a ve… Read more Henry Travers

Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) - Part 2

The Fay Templeton number of “So, Long Mary” in the “Forty-Five Minutes from Bro… Read more Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) - Part 2

Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) - Part 1

For Independence Day here in the U.S., today and tomorrow will be a nod to “Yan… Read more Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) - Part 1

Shadow of a Doubt (1943)

“Shadow of a Doubt” was thought to be Director Alfred Hitchcock’s favorite film… Read more Shadow of a Doubt (1943)