Classic Movie Travels: Jack Benny Jack Benny Bejamin Kubelsky was born in Chicago, Illinois, on February 14, 1894, to Meyer and Naomi Kubelsky. Meyer worked as a saloon owner and haberdasher, emigrating to the United States from Poland; Naomi emigrated from Lithuania. Though Kubelsky was born in Chicago, he grew up in Waukegan, Illinois, adopting Waukegan as...
We have seen plenty of teasing stills and behind the scenes images of the upcoming Hulu series Pam & Tommy, with stars Lily James and Sebastian Stan posting frequent shots on their social media accounts of themselves in character, and now we have an official trailer for the show that will debut in February 2022. The footage...
Western RoundUp: Showdown (1963) Showdown (1963) is part of the new Audie Murphy Collection III from Kino Lorber Studio Classics. Showdown starring Audie Murphy, Kathleen Crowley, and Charles Drake I shared news of this summer’s Murphy Blu-ray releases here in July, and a few weeks ago I followed up with a review of Destry (1954) from Collection II. Collection III features...
Noir Nook: Stand By Your Man(or, The Smart Femme Saves The Day) Everybody knows about the femme fatale in film noir. You know, the dame who uses her wiles to get her way, often in the form of getting some hapless dude to either murder somebody, secure a stash of cash, or both. I love these dames,...
Silents are Golden: 12 French Silent Film Recommendations Thanks to pioneering inventors like the Lumière Brothers, who famously held the first public showing of motion pictures in Paris on December 28, 1895, France is often considered the birthplace of cinema. And beyond producing early cameras and projectors, France aso contributed a great deal to the artistic side...
Horror films can sometimes be too much even for the most fervent fan. Maybe it’s a scene so gross that you close your eyes. Or the minute you realize there’s a demon involved, and you change the channel (devil movies are a huge no for me). Perhaps there’s a scene so terrifying that you turn on the...
Silver Screen Standards: Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964) Although it’s more Gothic mystery than true horror, Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964) fits right in for spooky movie season. With its ghosts and gruesome past, the decaying Southern mansion where the story takes place is a perfect setting for tales of terror, and in spite of its more...
Classic Movie Travels October: Red Skelton Red Skelton Richard Red Skelton was born on July 18, 1913, in Vincennes, Indiana. He was the fourth son born to Joseph and Ida Skelton. Skelton had three older brothers named Denny, Christopher, and Paul. Skelton’s father, a grocer and former Hagenbeck-Wallace circus clown, passed away two months prior to Skelton’s...
The Lone Hand (1953) at McCrea Ranch A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to attend a wonderful event at McCrea Ranch. The ranch, located in Thousand Oaks, California, was the longtime home of Joel McCrea and his wife Frances Dee; I previously wrote about it and shared photos here in 2019 and again a few weeks ago. McCrea...
Silents are Golden: Silent Superstars: John Bunny and Flora Finch As a followup of sorts to my Vitagraph Studios piece, here’s a look at two of the company’s most popular stars, now considered icons of early 1910s screen comedy! Still from A Cure for Pokeritis (1912). It can be tempting to regard the silent era as a...
Don’t expect Oasis to drop a new album around their reunion tour. The band’s manager, Alec McKinlay, said that...
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