The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on December 1, 2024

This September I wrote a review of a special edition Blu-ray release featuring THE BAT WHISPERS. That film was a sound remake of the 1926 silent THE BAT--and now the original gets a restored Blu-ray, courtesy of Undercrank Productions. THE BAT has long been considered one of the best of...   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on September 22, 2024

Director Roland West's THE BAT WHISPERS is a 1930 sound remake of his silent 1926 film THE BAT, based on the popular play by Mary Roberts Rinehart and Avery Hopwood. THE BAT was one of the main progenitors of the "Old Dark House" mystery thriller story that had a major...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on April 17, 2020

"When it flies, someone dies!" Mystery writer Cornelia Van Gorder ( Agnes Moorehead ) has just rented a secluded country estate known as "the Oaks" and finds herself involved in a real-life mystery when she learns that one million dollars has been stolen from the local bank and the loot...   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on April 8, 2020

US / 80 minutes / bw / Liberty Pictures, Allied Artists Dir & Scr: Crane Wilbur Pr: C.J. Tevlin Story: The Bat (1920 play) by Mary Roberts Rinehart and Avery Hopwood Cine: Joseph Biroc Cast: Vincent Price, Agnes Moorehead, Gavin Gordon, John Sutton, Lenita Lane, Elaine Edwards, Darla Hood, John   read more

Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on November 29, 2017

The beginning. Every film noir lover knows about the era’s favorite couple, Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. They’re like shadowy elegant royalty, with almost a dozen noir credits between them. But before Bacall, there was Mayo – Mayo Methot, that is, Humphrey Bogart’s third wife, to whom he was m   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on August 6, 2017

While the resolution to the previous chapter’s cliffhanger is extremely lackluster, The Bat’s Cave sort of recovers as it goes along. It just has to get through Batman Lewis Wilson terrifying butler William Austin with the radioactive laser gun. Then it’s time for villain J. Carol Naish to order th   read more

Serendipitous Anachronisms Posted by Summer Reeves on July 20, 2015

Summer Camp Week 7: The Bat (1959) 20 Monday Jul 2015 Posted by Summer Reeves in 1950s, Camp/Kitsch, Comedy, Horror, Mystery ≈ 3 Comments Tags1950s, Animals, Comedy, Horror, Nepotism, Summer Camp Series My Darling Kitsch   read more

Stardust and Shadows Posted by Terry on May 18, 2015

Outside the lonely foreboding mansion, thunder booms and lightning flashes in the sky. The approaching storm illuminates the large, time-worn building where inside the heroine is about to enter a secret staircase. The door slides ominously open, revealing a staircase down into the neither regions o   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on December 25, 2014

Peter Jackson's Middle-Earth saga finally lumbers to a halt in THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES. More 21st Century generic film making than J.R.R. Tolkien, this movie isn't any worse--or better--than the first two HOBBIT entries. If you loved the other HOBBIT films, you'll love this one; i   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on December 25, 2014

Peter Jackson's Middle-Earth saga finally lumbers to a halt in THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES. More 21st Century generic film making than J.R.R. Tolkien, this movie isn't any worse--or better--than the first two HOBBIT entries. If you loved the other HOBBIT films, you'll love this one; i   read more

Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pam on October 25, 2013

Director/writer/star Jeremy Gardner hasn’t just made a totally solid zombie movie called The Battery. He made it in two weeks for a measly $6,000. I am excessively impressed. Set in a world where zombies roam the earth, professional baseball players Ben and Mickey travel around the countrysid   read more

Pretty Clever Films Posted by Toyiah Murry on June 27, 2013

My introduction to The Battleship Potemkin was in film school. As an undergrad, learning about director Sergei Eisenstein and his association with the Kuleshov School of film theory was imperative, elementary knowledge. The Kuleshov effect, or a montage, is a form of editing believed by proponents   read more

Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on July 20, 2012

Look, I have an abiding love for the Batman. Really I do. I love all of his comic book iterations, his slightly suspect relationship with Robin, and – c’mon – the B-Man has the most amazing rogues gallery of villains. I even loved the idea of a Christopher Nolan directed...   read more

Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on July 20, 2012

Look, I have an abiding love for the Batman. Really I do. I love all of his comic book iterations, his slightly suspect relationship with Robin, and – c’mon – the B-Man has the most amazing rogues gallery of villains. I even loved the idea of a Christopher Nolan directed...   read more

Comet Over Hollywood Posted by Jnpickens on March 6, 2011

Carroll Baker, Jean Harlow, Carol Lynley I just finished the worst movie ever.  So what better thing to do than write a blog about it while the disgust is still fresh! As a last minute contribution to the Jean Harlow Blogathon,  I decided to watch the 1965 Carroll Baker version of the movie...   read more

Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Silentfilmfanatic on February 2, 2010

"The Battle of the Sexes" (1928) is a silent romantic comedy starring Jean Hersholt, Phyllis Haver, Belle Bennett, Sally O' Neil, and Don Alvarado. Directed by pioneer filmmaker D. W. Griffith and based on the novel by Daniel Carson Goodman, this film is a "Jazz Age" sex farce. Phyllis Haver...   read more