Actor Alan Ladd was unhappy at Paramount and Albert R. Broccoli, known as the producer of Ian Fleming’s James Bond films, with his partner Irving Allen who formed Warwick Films negotiated for La… more →
Michael Hutchence and Mewrote 5 hours ago: Actor Alan Ladd was unhappy at Paramount and Albert R. Broccoli, known as the producer of Ian Flemin … more →
wrote 1 month ago: This post is part of my rehash and continuation of … more →
wrote 2 months ago: Based on a series of three lectures on the occasion of the Page-Barbour Lectures at the University o … more →
wrote 3 months ago: Of all of the well-known German emigres in the 1930s and 40s – Siodmak, Wilder, Preminger and … more →
wrote 3 months ago: Tough guys Mark Wahlberg and Russell Crowe try, unsuccessfully, to escape to a better script in … more →
wrote 5 months ago: I saw this film the other night. Great suspense, a real film noir. One especially interesting theme … more →
wrote 6 months ago: Like life, film never stops changing. With STAGECOACH (1939), John Ford introduced a new cinematic v … more →
wrote 7 months ago: A nice publicity still showing director Fritz Lang conferring with actress Joan Bennett and costume … more →
wrote 8 months ago: Director Fritz Lang Director Fritz Lang came to America, from Germany, in 1934. The story he liked … more →
wrote 1 year ago: (via walterfilm.com) Scarlet Street (1945) is one of my favorite films of all time, and possibly my … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Edward G. Robinson is mostly remembered for his various Warner Bros. gangster pictures in which he t … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Click here to listen to the show. On tonight’s show: - Scarlet Street (1945) The Kino Classic … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Scarlet Street (1945) dir. Fritz Lang After seeing The Woman in the Window – made with the sam … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Johnny Prince: And then you gave me a dirty look. Kitty March: I didn’t give you a dirty look! … more →
wrote 1 year ago: From an auteurist standpoint, the great directors have the power to transform bad, lackluster, or cl … more →
wrote 1 year ago: I started this post with grand plans to outline some of the films noirs and pre-Code features coming … more →
wrote 1 year ago: I know it’s been a while since I’ve written anything on my blog and my last post explains why. Howev … more →
wrote 1 year ago: One of the most iconic images to emerge from the cinema in the 1960s is the figure of a young Sue Ly … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Metropolis, 1926 Weimar to Hollywood Sydneysiders who love a bit of German expressionist film are in … more →