In Old Chicago - 1937

In Old Chicago - 1937

Juni 30, 2011
Alice Brady, Alice Faye, Brian Donlevy, Don Ameche, In Old Chicago, John Wallace San Francisco, Madame Sul-Te-Wan, Rondo Hatton, Sidney Blackmer, Tom Brown, Tyrone Power

“In Old Chicago” (1937) re-ignites the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, and illustrates American History as part legend, part wish fulfillment, a...

New Book on the World Theatre - Kearney, Nebraska

New Book on the World Theatre - Kearney, Nebraska

Juni 27, 2011
downtown movie houses, movie theaters

“Kearney’s World Theatre” by Keith Terry, is like that long, familiar walk down the carpeted aisle, the descending incline of a movie theatr...

Grady Sutton

Grady Sutton

Juni 23, 2011
Barrie Chase, Casanova Brown, Gary Cooper, Grady Sutton, Lucille Ball, Since You Went Away, Stage Door, The Freshman, The More the Merrier, White Christmas

A long time ago the fellow with this pleasant face began in the movies in a walk-on part with no lines (it was a silent movie, after all), a...

Conflict -1945

Conflict -1945

Juni 20, 2011
Alexis Smith, Charles Drake, Conflict, Grant Mitchell, Humphrey Bogart, Patrick O'Moore, Robert Siodmak, Rose Hobart, Sydney Greenstreet, The Maltese Falcon, World War II

Conflict (1945) starts with title and credits that ooze like residue from the background of a dark and stormy night, and melt in a sinister...

Vaudeville Hangs On in 1943

Vaudeville Hangs On in 1943

Juni 16, 2011
downtown movie houses, Johnny Eager, Lana Turner, movie theaters, Robert Taylor, vaudeville, World War II

The Death of Vaudeville gets mentioned from time to time in movies of the 1930s, but here in Holyoke, Massachusetts (and not a few other pla...