The Most Dangerous Game - 1932

The Most Dangerous Game - 1932

Maret 29, 2007
Fay Wray, Joel McCrea, King Kong, Leslie Banks, RKO, Robert Armstrong, Terry and the Pirates, The Most Dangerous Game

The Most Dangerous Game (1932) makes the point that “less is more” in a film dependent on a little bit of psychology, a little bit of horro...

TV and the Movie Buff

TV and the Movie Buff

Maret 28, 2007
Cecil B. DeMille, Jack Warner, Louis B. Mayer, old movie buffs, The Three Stooges, Turner Classic Movies

Louis B. Mayer had no idea the DVD was coming. Jack Warner could not envision TiVo, and Cecil B. DeMille, for all his imagination, probably ...

Wyler's Moments of Silence

Wyler's Moments of Silence

Maret 27, 2007
Audrey Hepburn, Bette Davis, Fredric March, Greer Garson, Gregory Peck, Teresa Wright, The Little Foxes, William Wyler

Director William Wyler is often described as being without a particular trademark or style, compared to directors such as Alfred Hitchcock o...

Lukewarm Reviews of Classics

Lukewarm Reviews of Classics

Maret 26, 2007
Bosley Crowther, Frank S. Nugent, It's a Wonderful Life, lukewarm reviews, New York Times, Wizard of Oz

Bosley Crowther, film reviewer for the New York Times, thought the weakness of “It’s a Wonderful Life” was its sentimentality. He decried t...

Mrs. Miniver and Propaganda

Mrs. Miniver and Propaganda

Maret 22, 2007
Franklin Roosevelt, Henry Wilcoxon, Mrs. Miniver, Nazis, propaganda, The Wilcoxon Speech, William Wyler, Winston Churchill, World War II

Reviews of “Mrs. Miniver” almost always mention the word “propaganda” in the first line. I find this odd, since just about every film made ...

Broken Blossoms

Broken Blossoms

Maret 21, 2007
Broken Blossoms, child abuse, D.W. Griffith, Lillian Gish, Limehouse district, racism, Richard Barthelmess

“Broken Blossoms” (1919) is a fascinating look at what was best about the silent film era, as well as some of its nagging questionable attit...

Gag reels and bloopers

Gag reels and bloopers

Maret 20, 2007
bloopers, Gag reels, Gone With the Wind, Happy Meal, McDonald's, old movies, Star Wars, studio system, Toy Story 2

For the huge number of films produced in this country in the early decades of the 20th century, there are very few bloopers that have been p...