The Wonderful World of Cinema Posted by The Wonderful World of Cinema on March 29, 2015

It’s finally here! A new blogathon! I missed them so much! This one is pretty original, because today I won’t talk to you about one of my favourite movies, but about one of my favourite TV show episodes for The Favourite TV Show Episode Blogathon hosted by A Shroud of Thoughts....   read more

Cinematically Insane Posted by Will McKinley on November 9, 2013

Here’s one of the great things about living in New York City: you can see an obscure, black & white movie in 35 mm at 4 o’clock on a Friday afternoon, and the theater is packed with people. Sure, many of those people are abjectly odd, plastic bag-crinkling Old Movie...   read more

The Bogie Film Blog Posted by Bogart Fan on May 30, 2013

My Rating —Short and Fun—  Your Bogie Fix:  out of 5 Bogies Director – William D. Russell The Lowdown A young woman in Hollywood is unable to visit her wounded, war veteran brother in Washington D.C. because there’s no transportation to get there.  Discovering that a train load of celeb   read more

Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on December 6, 2009

Preston Sturges: Master of the Cockeyed Caravan, Part 3 A writer-director is born As the story goes, Sturges sold the screenplay for The Great McGinty to Paramount for $10, under the condition that he would also be allowed to direct. Since this seemed like a fairly reasonable risk for the...   read more

Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on December 6, 2009

Preston Sturges: Master of the Cockeyed Caravan, Part 3 A writer-director is born As the story goes, Sturges sold the screenplay for The Great McGinty to Paramount for $10, under the condition that he would also be allowed to direct. Since this seemed like a fairly reasonable risk for the...   read more

Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on November 28, 2009

Preston Sturges: Master of the Cockeyed Caravan, Part 2 Going Hollywood In 1932, Sturges went to Hollywood and signed on with Universal as a writer. From the get-go, his writing wasn’t a hit with the studio bosses and his scripts were rejected. On his own, Sturges wrote a screenplay call   read more

Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on November 28, 2009

Preston Sturges: Master of the Cockeyed Caravan, Part 2 Going Hollywood In 1932, Sturges went to Hollywood and signed on with Universal as a writer. From the get-go, his writing wasn’t a hit with the studio bosses and his scripts were rejected. On his own, Sturges wrote a screenplay call   read more

Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on November 27, 2009

Preston Sturges: Master of the Cockeyed Caravan, Part 1 Edmund Preston Biden Sturges was one of the most influential motion picture directors of the twentieth century. As a writer-director, Sturges produced seven films in three years. Of those seven films, six were box office and critical suc   read more

Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on November 27, 2009

Preston Sturges: Master of the Cockeyed Caravan, Part 1 Edmund Preston Biden Sturges was one of the most influential motion picture directors of the twentieth century. As a writer-director, Sturges produced seven films in three years. Of those seven films, six were box office and critical suc   read more