Classic Movies Posted by KC on December 10, 2019

I don’t know how I got decades into classic film fandom without seeing The Bells of St. Mary’s (1945). Yes, I thought it seemed like it could be excessively sentimental or cutesy (two things which happen to not be true), but I also love Ingrid Bergman in anything and Bing...   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on October 6, 2019

The Bells at Cockaigne plays it very safe. It’s an inspirational “play for television” about lovable old Irishman in the U.S. Gene Lockhart daydreaming about winning an apparently still legal in 1953 numbers racket the newspapers run. Lockhart’s going to use the money to go home to Ireland and his   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on October 6, 2019

The Bells at Cockaigne plays it very safe. It’s an inspirational “play for television” about lovable old Irishman in the U.S. Gene Lockhart daydreaming about winning an apparently still legal in 1953 numbers racket the newspapers run. Lockhart’s going to use the money to go home to Ireland and his   read more

The Stop Button Posted by on October 6, 2019

The Bells at Cockaigne plays it very safe. It’s an inspirational “play for television” about lovable old Irishman in the U.S. Gene Lockhart daydreaming about winning an apparently still legal in 1953 numbers racket the newspapers run. Lockhart’s going to use the money to go home to Ireland and his   read more

The Stop Button Posted by on October 6, 2019

The Bells at Cockaigne plays it very safe. It’s an inspirational “play for television” about lovable old Irishman in the U.S. Gene Lockhart daydreaming about winning an apparently still legal in 1953 numbers racket the newspapers run. Lockhart’s going to use the money to go home to Ireland and his   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on June 15, 2018

Penelope Lively's ghostly children's novel "Astercote" ( 1970 ) was brought to the small screen in 1980 as a one-hour television movie that aired the evening of December 23, following in the BBC tradition of airing ghost stories for the Yuletide season. The Bells of Astercote, as it was renamed,...   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on January 23, 2017

I'm currently reading TOME OF THE TERROR: HORROR FILMS OF THE SILENT ERA, the latest entry in Chris Workman & Troy Howarth's series of books on the history of horror films. Many of the films covered in this volume are unavailable in any form, which is frustrating, particularly since it...   read more

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on December 24, 2014

The Bells of St. Mary’s Directed by Leo McCarey Written by Dudley Nichols from a story by Leo McCarey 1945/USA Rainbow Productions Repeat viewing/Netflix Instant I seem to be building up some Christmas-themed viewing without even trying. My favorite part of this movie is the first-grader&   read more

Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on March 20, 2014

By Fritzi Kramer on March 20, 2014 in Blog, Fun Size Review Not based on any work by Edgar Allan Poe (despite what DVD cases may tell you) but a suspenseful tale of madness and murder. Heavily influenced by German cinema. Lionel Barrymore is a tormented murderer while a pre-fame...   read more

Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on May 25, 2013

Lionel Barrymore is Mathias, a kindly Alsatian innkeeper who is being crushed by debt. Unable to deny his friends loans or his loving daughter small luxuries, Mathias is on the edge of destitution. When a rich man stops briefly at the inn (with a fortune in gold on his person), Mathias...   read more

Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on May 17, 2013

You know when you are going along minding your own business, thinking of cake or butterflies or something, and someone tells you this: It takes more muscles to frown than to smile. This annoys me. I’m sorry but I don’t like my emotions and facial expressions dictated by strangers. And,   read more

Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on October 10, 2012

I didn’t know anything about The Bells (1926) until I was browsing the catalogue at reelclassicdvd.com. But when I see silent + Lionel Barrymore + Boris Karloff – well, sign me up! Directed by James Young and based on the stage play Le Juif Polonaise (The Polish Jew), the movie...   read more

The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on December 18, 2010

There’s always been a soft spot in my heart for nuns and Catholic schools.  All those stereotypes about nuns being the strictest teachers armed with rulers was just a myth in my experience.  And though my Catholic school of the early ‘90s had no air conditioning at the time, which...   read more

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

Timing is everything. My father passed away in August and since that time I have been in charge of his settling his affairs. Recently I took a day off to get a few errands done including delivering my parents' tax forms and paperwork to their lawyer. He's been in the...   read more

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

Timing is everything. My father passed away in August and since that time I have been in charge of his settling his affairs. Recently I took a day off to get a few errands done including delivering my parents' tax forms and paperwork to their lawyer. He's been in the...   read more

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

Here's a holiday treat! Listen to the latest episode of The Movie Palace Podcast where host Carl Sweeney and I discuss two classics: Going My Way (1944) and The Bells of St. Mary's (1945).Happy holidays! Listen to "Going My Way/The Bells of St. Mary's" on Spreaker.   read more

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

Here's a holiday treat! Listen to the latest episode of The Movie Palace Podcast where host Carl Sweeney and I discuss two classics: Going My Way (1944) and The Bells of St. Mary's (1945).Happy holidays! Listen to "Going My Way/The Bells of St. Mary's" on Spreaker.   read more