Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on August 12, 2018

Among Carole Lombard movies, "The Arizona Kid" occupies a unique status. It's her last film for Fox, where her film career had effectively begun half a decade earlier before it was halted following an auto accident; it's her final western; and it marks the last time she portrayed a "heavy,"...   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on June 22, 2018

Halfway through Raising Arizona is this breathtaking chase sequence. Until this point in the film, while there’s been a lot of phenomenal direction, it’s all been brief. Raising Arizona starts in summary, with lead Nicolas Cage narrating, and it doesn’t start slowing down the narrative pace until j   read more

Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on March 8, 2018

In 2011, I announced I was trying to see every film released in 1939. This new series chronicles films released in 1939 as I watch them. As we start out this blog feature, this section may become more concrete as I search for a common thread that runs throughout each film...   read more

GlamAmor Posted by on October 16, 2017

October started with me giving a talk on the HISTORY OF FASHION IN FILM in Tucson, Arizona for the Invisible Theatre's annual fundraiser. The Invisible Theatre has been a cultural institution for nearly 50 years and one of its talented leaders, Susan Claassen, is also the star of the incredible...   read more

Serendipitous Anachronisms Posted by Summer Reeves on February 12, 2016

Dining with Mr. Price: Paella in Arizona 12 Friday Feb 2016 Posted by Summer Reeves in 1950s, 1960s, Biopic, Cinema, Cooking, Crime, Dining With Mr. Price, Romance ≈ Leave a comment TagsCooking, Creepy True Story, Crime, Drama,   read more

Phantom Empires Posted by Clayton on November 26, 2014

In Old Arizona (1929) ~ The Cisco Kid...Oscar Winner??? 11/26/2014 11 Comments "Cisco Kid was a friend of mine" ~ The Chicano band WAR ~ song: 'Cisco Kid' Along with the lyrics   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on April 22, 2013

We associate Vincent Price with certain kinds of roles, although generally speaking he played villains in both his early dramas and his later horror films, sliding from oily Sir Walter Raleigh in The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939) to the deranged anti-heroes of Corman's cult classics in   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on April 22, 2013

We associate Vincent Price with certain kinds of roles, although generally speaking he played villains in both his early dramas and his later horror films, sliding from oily Sir Walter Raleigh in The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939) to the deranged anti-heroes of Corman's cult classics in   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on April 22, 2013

We associate Vincent Price with certain kinds of roles, although generally speaking he played villains in both his early dramas and his later horror films, sliding from oily Sir Walter Raleigh in The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939) to the deranged anti-heroes of Corman's cult classics in   read more