Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on May 8, 2013

More DVD news coming your way in this week’s Lake Update.  We’ll check out to add to your Amazon wishlist courtesy of TCM, Kino, Olive Films, Warner Archive, and Twentieth Century Fox. TCM is set to release a box set devoted to Boris Karloff detailing his criminal roles.  Karloff: Crim   read more

Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Silentfilmfanatic on June 28, 2010

“The Flapper” (1920) is a silent romantic comedy starring Olive Thomas, Warren Cook, Theodore Westman, Jr., and William P. Carlton, Jr. Directed by Alan Crosland and adapted from the story by Frances Marion, this film is about an innocent teenage school girl who pretends to be a flapper   read more

Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on June 28, 2010

Olive Thomas, was an silent film actress and socialite. She was a Ziegfeld girl and the original flapper. She is best remembered for her marriage to Jack Pickford and her death. Olive's film "Everybody's Sweetheart" was released after her death. Surprisingly today many of her films exist (about 12   read more