Heroes for Sale - 1933

Heroes for Sale - 1933

November 11, 2010
Aline MacMahon, Charley Grapewin, Gordon Westcott, Grant Mitchell, Heroes for Sale, James Murray, Loretta Young, Richard Barthelmess, Robert Barrat, Ward Bond, World War I

We mark Veterans Day today with the film “Heroes for Sale” (1933), which was produced in that era when Veterans Day was Armistice Day and th...

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

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

Juli 18, 2007
All Quiet on the Western Front, cartoons, Mel Blanc, Peace on Earth, The Ducktators, World War I, World War II

Since part of the movie going experience, back in the day before these enlightened times of the $7 bag of popcorn, included cartoons and new...

Previews and Playing to the Audience

Previews and Playing to the Audience

Maret 19, 2007
Barbara Stanwyck, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, Edward Arnold, For Me and My Gal, Gary Cooper, Gene Kelly, George Murphy, Judy Garland, Meet John Doe, The Champ, Wallace Beery, World War I

The film industry in its early years was extremely sensitive to audience reaction. This sometimes went as far as changing the movie they ha...