Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on December 12, 2022

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 600. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: Cinderella (1965)...   read more

Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on September 12, 2022

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 600. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: Cinderella Jones...   read more

Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on February 15, 2021

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 600. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: Sepia Cinderella...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on January 21, 2018

Since Sunday tends to be a day of quiet and reflection for many people, it seems an appropriate day to celebrate silent movies. But in keeping with the “day of rest” theme, I’m just going to post this without any commentary and just sit back and let you enjoy.   read more

Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on July 24, 2017

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: Slipper and...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on March 8, 2017

Classic foreign films are often presented as being moody, atmospheric dramas or visual voyages into surrealism, but anyone who has enjoyed a classic Russian film knows how beautiful and how colorful their films truly were. They definitely did not follow the brooding European noir-style trend of the   read more

Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on April 11, 2016

Paul Newman as a cynical novelist. The Prize (1963). Ernest Lehman adapted this mixture of North By Northwest and Grand Hotel from Irving Wallace's 1963 novel. If Lehman's name sounds familiar, it's because he also penned North By Northwest. Lehman keeps the basic structure of Wallace's multi-chara   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on March 5, 2016

UK / 100 minutes / color / UK Film Council, Prescience, Forthcoming, JonesCompany, Aegis, Altus, Ealing Metro, Lipsync, Odd Lot, BFI Dir & Scr: Iain Softley Pr: Robert Jones, Dixie Linder, Iain Softley Story: Piège pour Cendrillon (1963; vt Trap for Cinderella) by Sébastien Japrisot Cine: Alex B   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on May 18, 2015

(Image via flickdirect.com) This review is part of a new once-in-a-while series, Remaking the Classics, where I’ll be doing full reviews of films that are remakes of classic-era releases and discussing how they differ from their predecessors. We kick off the series with a review of the live-ac   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on May 14, 2015

In 1955, NBC produced their live version of Peter Pan starring Mary Martin which is probably the best known of the television movie musicals from that period, but it is far from the only one. As a matter of fact, there were quite a few musicals which were produced for...   read more

Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on February 2, 2015

You really can’t do much with the story of Cinderella, can you? At their core they’re all the same story about a girl who, through the power of fancy footware, nabs Prince Charming. What about if you added songs? I’ve watched every major iteration of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on November 19, 2014

Honestly, there’s not much to say here. If this trailer for Disney’s new Cinderella is any indication it’s going to be a pretty straightforward live-action adaptation of the 1950 animated movie. Of course, there’s no real need for a live-action adaptation, but then again, why   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on November 19, 2014

Honestly, there’s not much to say here. If this trailer for Disney’s new Cinderella is any indication it’s going to be a pretty straightforward live-action adaptation of the 1950 animated movie. Of course, there’s no real need for a live-action adaptation, but then again, why   read more

Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Annmarie Gatti on November 11, 2014

And they Lived Happily Ever After… Ah, Cinderella! What little girl didn’t grow up hearing, in some version or other, the classic tale of Cinderella?  As for me, it first came in the form of a dazzling, illustrated oversized storybook (which I remember as if it were only yesterday!) and   read more

Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on September 9, 2014

By Fritzi Kramer on September 9, 2014 in Blog, Feature, Silent Movie Review, Silents vs Talkies An abused waif, a handsome prince and a tiny glass slipper. I think pretty much everyone is familiar with this one. One of the most famous fairy tales of them all is given the...   read more

Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on June 16, 2014

By Fritzi Kramer on June 16, 2014 in Video Here is the 1911 version of Cinderella, produced by the Thanhouser motion picture company, one of the popular studios of the nickelodeon era. It stars Florence La Badie, who was a full-fledged movie star when she was killed in an automobile...   read more

Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on June 23, 2013

There’s a reason why long dresses with trains have lost favor with the general public. Lupino Lane has done it again!   read more

The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on March 6, 2013

This is a series of posts this month wherein I will focus on Disney films. For more on my background with Disney films and about the timing of this focus please read the introductory post here. It’s interesting to note that Cinderella was released in 1950. If you count the...   read more

Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on February 16, 2013

For this installment of Saturday morning cartoons, I’m reviving this 2012 post on Lotte Reiniger, a pioneer of early animation. I also mock those not lucky enough to attend the 2012 Toronto Silent Film Festival. Cause that’s how I roll.  If you’re a lucky gal like me, in mere hour   read more

Journeys in Classic Film Posted by Kristen on December 15, 2012

We’ve returned to feature-length films, and not a moment too soon!  I’m debating whether to hang up these reviews till after the holidays die down, but I’ll leave that up to the readers.  Do you feel you have enough time to devote to reading two reviews, or would you prefer...   read more