The Timothy Carey Experience Posted by Marisa on October 5, 2011

EDITOR’S NOTE 10/11/12: Removed for copyright infringement. Sorry about that. Pursuant to our Pic of the Day of last week, we present a highly edited version of the Name of the Game episode “Fear of High Places,” first broadcast on September 20, 1968. Tim can be seen as the silent   read more

Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on June 3, 2011

Seven prisoners escape from a concentration camp and struggle across Nazi Germany. Six are captured, tortured, and strung up on one of seven crosses in built in the camp. The seventh cross remains empty. That’s some powerful, if heavy-handed symbolism, especially for a film made in 1944. The   read more

True Classics Posted by Brandie on December 20, 2010

Cary Grant as an angel … well, if that’s not the most obvious casting ever. And yet initally, our favorite dreamboat was actually cast in the role of a despairing bishop in the 1948 film The Bishop’s Wife. It wasn’t until filming was already underway that Grant realized he w   read more

Where Danger Lives Posted by Mark on February 23, 2010

Released by Monogram in 1946, Fear is a little-remembered film noir that has all the flaws of a typical Poverty Row production, including a low budget, a less-than-stellar ensemble, and a trumped-up storyline. However in spite of the limitations it’s an inventive, exciting, and thought-provoki   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on August 15, 2009

An overdose of laughing gas shoots Willie Whopper into space (what is it with gas an these early thirties cartoons?), where he is chased by a mad scientist. A very Harpo Marx-like character makes an appearance.   read more