The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on January 12, 2014

The 1954 film "Executive Suite" begins with an ending: The man lying dead on the Wall Street sidewalk, shot from a POV perspective by director Robert Wise, is Avery Bullard, CEO of the Tredway Corporation of Millburgh, Pennsylvania. Tredway makes furniture, and until about two minutes ago Bulla   read more

The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on January 7, 2014

Of all the actors and actresses who appeared in 1930s movies, Eddie Quillan (1907-1990) was certainly one of them. He began in vaudeville as part of a family act called "A Little Bit of Everything," which included his parents, his sister and two brothers. He made his film debut as...   read more

The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on January 7, 2014

Of all the actors and actresses who appeared in 1930s movies, Eddie Quillan (1907-1990) was certainly one of them. He began in vaudeville as part of a family act called "A Little Bit of Everything," which included his parents, his sister and two brothers. He made his film debut as...   read more

The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on January 2, 2014

If you had the world's smallest bottle, and put into it the combined talents of Sue Carol and Arthur Lake, there still would be space for the tears of boredom you would shed while watching them lurch their way through the 1930 film "She's My Weakness." This movie has everything,...   read more

The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on January 2, 2014

If you had the world's smallest bottle, and put into it the combined talents of Sue Carol and Arthur Lake, there still would be space for the tears of boredom you would shed while watching them lurch their way through the 1930 film "She's My Weakness." This movie has everything,...   read more

The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on December 28, 2013

Sacrificing itself this time around to Motion Pictures Told Through Still Pictures with Goofy Captions is the 1950 film ... ... as opposed to slowsand, or even kind-of-fast sand. Our hero is Mickey Rooney, as a short-but-honest auto mechanic. It's the perfect job for him -- he doesn't need a   read more

The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on December 28, 2013

Sacrificing itself this time around to Motion Pictures Told Through Still Pictures with Goofy Captions is the 1950 film ... ... as opposed to slowsand, or even kind-of-fast sand. Our hero is Mickey Rooney, as a short-but-honest auto mechanic. It's the perfect job for him -- he doesn't need a   read more

The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on December 23, 2013

The 1941 film "Dive Bomber" was released a month or so before the attack on Pearl Harbor. America wasn't yet formally involved in World War II, and it would be a few more months before Jack Warner started strutting around the Warner lot in the Army officer's dress uniform he'd...   read more

The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on December 23, 2013

The 1941 film "Dive Bomber" was released a month or so before the attack on Pearl Harbor. America wasn't yet formally involved in World War II, and it would be a few more months before Jack Warner started strutting around the Warner lot in the Army officer's dress uniform he'd...   read more

The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on December 18, 2013

The 1930 film "The Life of the Party" begins in Times Square, where there are massive crowds even though there's no TGI Friday's or Olive Garden. Right in the middle of this teeming humanity is the Acme Music Store, where Flo (Winnie Lightner) and Dot (Irene Delroy) charm the customers...   read more

The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on December 18, 2013

The 1930 film "The Life of the Party" begins in Times Square, where there are massive crowds even though there's no TGI Friday's or Olive Garden. Right in the middle of this teeming humanity is the Acme Music Store, where Flo (Winnie Lightner) and Dot (Irene Delroy) charm the customers...   read more

The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on December 13, 2013

"Whatcha watching?" Old movie. "Not really." Yes. And to anticipate your next question, it's called "Kept Husbands," and it was released in 1931. "Starring, from the looks of things, Hunky McHunkerson." You mean Joel McCrea. "If you say so." I say so. Yes, he is the male lead. He is...   read more

The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on December 13, 2013

"Whatcha watching?" Old movie. "Not really." Yes. And to anticipate your next question, it's called "Kept Husbands," and it was released in 1931. "Starring, from the looks of things, Hunky McHunkerson." You mean Joel McCrea. "If you say so." I say so. Yes, he is the male lead. He is...   read more

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

This time around, Motion Pictures Told Through Still Pictures with Goofy Captions brings you the 1961 opus "The George Raft Story." We open in a nightclub, with 1960s people dancing they way they think people danced in the 1920s. In fact, the entire movie is full of 1960s people acting...   read more

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

This time around, Motion Pictures Told Through Still Pictures with Goofy Captions brings you the 1961 opus "The George Raft Story." We open in a nightclub, with 1960s people dancing they way they think people danced in the 1920s. In fact, the entire movie is full of 1960s people acting...   read more

The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on December 3, 2013

I was 10 years old when I remember seeing Gene Kelly for the first time, and I was not impressed. It was 1967, and Kelly was the star of a musical TV version of "Jack and the Beanstalk," and he was just so ... so ...smarmy. I felt like he...   read more

The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on December 3, 2013

I was 10 years old when I remember seeing Gene Kelly for the first time, and I was not impressed. It was 1967, and Kelly was the star of a musical TV version of "Jack and the Beanstalk," and he was just so ... so ...smarmy. I felt like he...   read more

The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on November 30, 2013

On this edition of Neglected Post Theatre, we take a look at Philip Barry's "The Animal Kingdom," wherein Leslie Howard is married to Myrna Loy but tempted by Ann Harding.   read more

The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on November 30, 2013

On this edition of Neglected Post Theatre, we take a look at Philip Barry's "The Animal Kingdom," wherein Leslie Howard is married to Myrna Loy but tempted by Ann Harding.   read more

The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on November 25, 2013

A year before she won an Oscar as a madcap heiress in "It Happened One Night," Claudette Colbert played a not-so-madcap, not-so-much-of-an-heiress in "Three Cornered Moon." This 1933 film is an offbeat little gem, a kind of screwball ensemble drama that showcases just about everyone -- Colbert, Ma   read more