The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on June 8, 2013

When teenagers Joe Sultzer and Charlie Marks wanted to form a comedy team, they got a deal on business cards from another team that had already broken up. So Sultzer and Marks became Smith and Dale, and they performed together for almost 70 years, from vaudeville to "The Ed Sullivan...   read more

Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on May 24, 2013

Women throughout history have cast aside their cumbersome petticoats, crinolines, corsets, and bustles in favour of more practical bifurcated garments. Although we are still navigating the complexity of the body-image standards to which women are being held today, can you imagine being arrested for   read more

Film Reviews and Anything Else I Get Inspired by Posted by on September 11, 2012

Mr Smith Goes to Hero Immense film, on the surface a pastiche on democracy and the USA but deep down it is purely a film about integrity. Which one could argue that when that fails, so does democracy. Inspiring films like 12 Angry Men, To Kill a Mockingbird and High...   read more

The Stop Button Posted by on August 5, 2012

There’s nothing good about The Saga of Windwagon Smith. The best thing about it is the extended opening titles, which eat up some of the runtime and lessen the cartoon’s awfulness. The animation happily plays at the nexus of lazy, incompetent and bad. Director Nichols–who cowrote&   read more

The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on July 19, 2011

When a vacancy in the senate pops up, there is a mad dash to fill the seat with the right kind of person.  Under the thumb of James Taylor (Edward Arnold), the corrupt political boss, the governor looks for their new senator to be someone who won’t get in their...   read more

Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on March 23, 2010

Mr. and Mrs. Smith (1941) trailer Check out this classic trailer for Mr. and Mrs. Smith. You've got to love the stylized approach. Supposedly, Alfred Hitchcock was surprised that Carole Lombard and Robert Montgomery had never worked together before. The trailer touts this fact. Enjoy   read more

Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on November 30, -0001

Missing Reels by Farran Smith Nehme The Overlook Press 352 pages - 9781468309270 November 2014 Barnes and Nobble Powell's IndieBound - Your local independent bookstore. You know her as the Self-Styled Siren and film critic extraordinaire. Now Farran Smith Nehme can add “published novelist&   read more

Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on November 30, -0001

This was originally published in the former The Classic Film Collective Patreon. Constance Bennett (Marion Kerby)Cary Grant (George Kerby)Roland Young (Cosmo Topper)Billie Burke (Mrs. Topper)One of the most beloved screwball comedies to come out of the thirties, Topper (1937), directed by Norman Z.   read more

Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on November 30, -0001

Missing Reels by Farran Smith Nehme The Overlook Press 352 pages - 9781468309270 November 2014 Barnes and Nobble Powell's IndieBound - Your local independent bookstore. You know her as the Self-Styled Siren and film critic extraordinaire. Now Farran Smith Nehme can add “published novelist&   read more