Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on April 4, 2015

Okay, gang, it’s Saturday again, and time for another installment of Saturday Breakfast Serial and our ongoing chapter play, Dick Tracy vs Crime Inc. And, for those of you who may be just joining us, here are the previous posts for this serial: 1, 2, 3, 4,  5, 6, 7,...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on March 28, 2015

Okay, gang, it’s Saturday again, and time for another installment of Saturday Breakfast Serial and our ongoing chapter play, Dick Tracy vs Crime Inc. And, for those of you who may be just joining us, here are the previous posts for this serial: 1, 2, 3, 4,  5, 6, 7,...   read more

Love Letters to Old Hollywood Posted by Michaela on March 24, 2015

Kay and Barbara Latimer (Grable and Landis) are working at a singing drive-in in Texas, but they quickly forget work when the mailman pulls up. Apparently the sisters have been waiting for a letter telling them how much their Aunt Susan (Charlotte Greenwood) has inherited from a dead relative. The...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on March 21, 2015

Okay, gang, it’s Saturday again, and time for another installment of Saturday Breakfast Serial and our ongoing chapter play, Dick Tracy vs Crime Inc. And, for those of you who may be just joining us, here are the previous posts for this serial: 1, 2, 3, 4,  5, 6, 7,...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on March 14, 2015

Okay, gang, it’s Saturday again, and time for another installment of Saturday Breakfast Serial and our ongoing chapter play, Dick Tracy vs Crime Inc. And, for those of you who may be just joining us, here are the previous posts for this serial: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, 6,...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on March 7, 2015

Okay, gang, it’s Saturday again, and time for another installment of Saturday Breakfast Serial and our ongoing chapter play, Dick Tracy vs Crime Inc. And, for those of you who may be just joining us, here are the previous posts for this serial: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, 6....   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on February 28, 2015

Okay, gang, it’s Saturday again, and time for another installment of Saturday Breakfast Serial and our ongoing chapter play, Dick Tracy vs Crime Inc. And, for those of you who may be just joining us, here are the previous posts for this serial: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. Last...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on February 21, 2015

Hey folks! Sorry about missing last week’s post, but to make it up to you, I’m gonna get out of the way quickly this morning and let you get right into both Chapter 4 and Chapter 5 of our ongoing serial, Dick Tracy vs Crime Inc. And, for those of...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on February 7, 2015

Welcome back! It’s Saturday morning again which means it’s Saturday Breakfast Serial Time! This week, it’s Chapter Three of Dick Tracy vs Crime Inc. (You can find Chapter One here and Chapter Two here.) Last week, we looked at King of the Kongo, the first partially talking serial,   read more

In The Good Old Days Of Classic Hollywood Posted by Crystal Kalyana on February 4, 2015

“THE BRIDE CAME C.O.D.” . 1941 For my first movie for “Screwball Comedy Month”, I’ve decided to kick off with “The Bride Came C.O.D.”, a romantic screwball comedy, starring Bette Davis and James Cagney in their second and final collaboration. Bette Davis an   read more

In The Good Old Days Of Classic Hollywood Posted by Crystal Kalyana on February 3, 2015

“THE BRIDE CAME C.O.D.” . 1941 For my first movie for “Screwball Comedy Month”, I’ve decided to kick off with “The Bride Came C.O.D.”, a romantic screwball comedy, starring Bette Davis and James Cagney in their second and final collaboration. Bette Davis and James Cagney ignite the screen with laug   read more

Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on February 2, 2015

It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: “Sweet Heart...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on January 31, 2015

Welcome back! It’s Saturday morning again which means it’s Saturday Breakfast Serial Time! This week, it’s Chapter Two of Dick Tracy vs Crime Inc. (You can find Chapter One here.) A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about the transition of serials from silent to sound, a transition whic   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on January 24, 2015

Welcome back! It’s Saturday morning again which means it’s Saturday Breakfast Serial Time! Today we begin a new serial, Dick Tracy vs Crime Inc. This was actually the fourth and last of Republic’s Dick Tracy serials, and is largely considered the best of them all. Ralph Byrd stars   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on January 22, 2015

In Howard Hawks' Ball of Fire (1941), Barbara Stanwyck turns her tough dame persona to comedic purpose, a feat she also performed that year in the Preston Sturges comedy, The Lady Eve (1941). Both are terrific examples of the screwball genre, but while the Sturges picture relies on biblical allusion   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on January 22, 2015

In Howard Hawks' Ball of Fire (1941), Barbara Stanwyck turns her tough dame persona to comedic purpose, a feat she also performed that year in the Preston Sturges comedy, The Lady Eve (1941). Both are terrific examples of the screwball genre, but while the Sturges picture relies on biblical allusion   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on January 22, 2015

In Howard Hawks' Ball of Fire (1941), Barbara Stanwyck turns her tough dame persona to comedic purpose, a feat she also performed that year in the Preston Sturges comedy, The Lady Eve (1941). Both are terrific examples of the screwball genre, but while the Sturges picture relies on biblical allusion   read more

CineMaven's Essays from the Couch Posted by Theresa Brown on January 18, 2015

There were more great movies made this year than I realized. I could have looked like a smart movie buff if I picked ten classic high-brow movies. But I searched my heart, soul and guts ( a pretty messy prospect, I assure you ) and picked movies that I really...   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on December 28, 2014

Shadow of the Thin Man has a healthy mix of comedy and mystery. The resolution to mystery is a little lacking at the end, but the film moves so smoothly until then it’s easily forgivable. And there is one amusing final twist (along with a good final joke). Most of...   read more

Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on November 26, 2014

Before Twilight Time’s recent release I’d never heard of Man Hunt, odd considering it’s directed by acclaimed director Fritz Lang, and starring 1940s heavy-hitters Walter Pidgeon, George Sanders, and Joan Bennett. This could be partly based on the WWII-setting and its encouraging p   read more