4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on November 4, 2021

The opening scene of Framed is glorious. It’s the epitome of why these old B pictures have some much to offer audiences often bloated on cinematic glut. A runaway truck careens down a mountain road as the driver sweats it out trying to punch the breaks uselessly. Entering a busy...   read more

The Stop Button Posted by on May 12, 2020

I’m not just interested this episode because it’s all about the silent movie industry; it’s right at the transition to sound, which means we’re in the late twenties and Black Tuesday is approaching. I’m terrified what it’s going to mean for “Miss Fisher.” Especially when you consider this episode i   read more

Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on November 10, 2015

"Twentieth Century" is generally regarded as Carole Lombard's breakthrough movie, the film where she showed she could stand toe-to-toe with acting titan John Barrymore and even give him a kick (as seen above). An artifact of Lombard from that time now is available on eBay -- a framed black-and-white   read more

Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on November 10, 2015

"Twentieth Century" is generally regarded as Carole Lombard's breakthrough movie, the film where she showed she could stand toe-to-toe with acting titan John Barrymore and even give him a kick (as seen above). An artifact of Lombard from that time now is available on eBay -- a framed black-and-white   read more

Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on August 16, 2015

Does this give Carole Lombard sufficient "street cred"? Actually, I created it using the free app http://www.straightouttasomewhere.com/ (thank you, Dr. Dre, whose Beats firm came up with this), and I like to think that somewhere, Carole's enjoying this tribute to her initial hometown. (If you hear   read more

Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on August 16, 2015

Does this give Carole Lombard sufficient "street cred"? Actually, I created it using the free app http://www.straightouttasomewhere.com/ (thank you, Dr. Dre, whose Beats firm came up with this), and I like to think that somewhere, Carole's enjoying this tribute to her initial hometown. (If you hear   read more