The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on April 22, 2023

Kino continues to release notable silent features on Blu-ray. This time it's a disc featuring Lon Chaney and his 1922 film THE TRAP. Chaney plays Gaspard, an earnest, if somewhat naive, French-Canadian trapper. Gaspard is a bit of a country bumpkin, and his mine is taken over by city slicker...   read more

Caftan Woman Posted by on May 6, 2018

Maddy of Maddy Loves Her Classic Films and Ruth of Silver Screenings are our hosts for a blogathon salute to LON CHANEY "MAN OF 1000 FACES" on May 5th and 6th. Day One Contributions / Day Two Contributions Yosemite National Park locations were used for this story set in the...   read more

Caftan Woman Posted by on May 6, 2018

Maddy of Maddy Loves Her Classic Films and Ruth of Silver Screenings are our hosts for a blogathon salute to LON CHANEY "MAN OF 1000 FACES" on May 5th and 6th. Day One Contributions / Day Two Contributions Yosemite National Park locations were used for this story set in the...   read more

Phantom Empires Posted by Clayton on January 26, 2016

The Trap (1966) 1/26/2016 0 Comments I'm one of those people that, if a movie is still bad after twenty minutes, I will shut it off, walk away, and never look back. Once it passes that point, having managed to ho   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on January 3, 2015

Welcome back! It’s Saturday morning again which means it’s time for the next chapter of our ongoing serial The Crimson Ghost and more movie serial history. (Previous Chapters: 1  2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) A few weeks ago in this space I wrote about Louis Feuillade‘s Fantomas....   read more