Many film fans are unaware that the popular 3-D horror film House of Wax (1953), starring Vincent Price, was actually a remake of the 1933 Michael Curtiz
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For most casual film fans, comedy shorts of the 1930s to the 1950s begin and end with The Three Stooges. This isn’t necessarily due to
To be honest, I approached The Golem: How He Came into the World (Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam, 1920) with some trepidation.
In the early years of cinema, René Clair was one of the most celebrated of the French motion picture directors. He entered the profession when
I have long been a fan of Ernst Lubitsch’s romantic and satirical comedies, with Trouble in Paradise (1932) and To Be or Not to Be (1942) being particular favorites.
The Warner Archive Collection has provided a gift to animation lovers with the Blu-ray release of Tex Avery Screwball Classics: Volume 1. You may not
“Listen, Jack. There ain’t nothin’ pointless about this gig.” When it was time for singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson to create his sixth record, he had an
It is a story often repeated, but if you’ll indulge me, I’ll re-tell it for the uninitiated. In the late 1930’s, Preston Sturges was one
“Never let it be said that a Sporum ever refused the request of a Ginglebusher.” Before Preston Sturges became the greatest comedy director in the
Lost Weekend-type boozing and edge-of-your-seat suspense combine in Black Angel, a forgotten noir mystery that deserves to be better remembered. Based upon a novel by
2019 was an above-average year for the movies, but of all the films that I attended theatrically, I found Rian Johnson’s Knives Out to be
If you are only familiar with Roscoe “Fatty”Arbuckle in relation to the Hollywood scandal that destroyed his career (despite his innocence), you are missing out
