Silverscreen standards: The wolf man (1941) Chaney's werewolf form makes him monstrous but retains enough of his humanity to be unsettling, especially since we can see his very human eyes in the monster's face. When asked to choose a favorite from among the classic Universal monster films, I always choose The wolf man (1941). As much as...
Silents are Golden: 8 Great Silent Movie Books for Your Library Maybe it's because of those title cards, but it's because of a love of silent movies and a love of reading around Silent films seem to go hand in hand. If you're new to early cinema books and would like to know where to start, I...
Let's face it creature feature fans. We may love the monsters, but we also enjoy hunting. Van Helsing, Hellboy, Solomon Kane, and yes, the Scooby Gang are some of the most well-known monster hunters of this particular breed, but at the top of my list is Carl Kolchak. If it weren't for this fictional newspaper reporter who...
"Rule 1 for private investigators: Always make an advance deposit before the client changes your mind." We all love Philip Marlowe. He's the essence of film noir distilled into a single character, and he's responsible for more classics than most on-screen detectives combined. The list of actors who have played him is mind-blowing as it is star-studded:...
Western RoundUp: Western Film Book Library – Part 6 It's been over a year since my last Western Film Book Library contribution, and I've made some interesting additions to my library in the meantime, so this seems like a good time for a fresh look at some Western genre books ! For those new to this topic,...
Silverscreen standards: bomb (1933) With her locks tousled, Lola wakes up to another day of chaos and early-morning studio calls. played differently bomb (1933) would be a tragic drama about the relentless pressure and manipulation faced by a young actress in 1930s Hollywood, and certainly that was a reality many stars, including Jean Harlow, knew all too...
Silence is golden: A closer look at it – the sheikh (1921) One of the big screen sensations of the early 1920s, the sheikh (1921) is the kind of silent film that is almost to easy to scoff at: it's melodramatic, it's cheesy, it's based on a flowery romance, and it contains a lot of the over-the-top...
Treffen Sie Professor George Edward Challenger, einen klugen und schroffen Mann mit einem abenteuerlichen Geist, aber unmöglichem Verhalten. Er macht seinem Namen alle Ehre, indem er eine Herausforderung für alle ist, denen er begegnet, während er gleichzeitig Kollegen und Feinde herausfordert. Er ist ein kräftiger Charakter, der eine „voll aufgeladene Batterie voller Kraft und Vitalität“ ist, wie...
Noir Nook: Femme Entrances - Part 2 Last month I offered four women who have given us some of the best performances in film noir: Cora Smith (Lana Turner) in When the postman rings twice (1946), Phyllis Dietrichson (Barbara Stanwyck) in double compensation (1944), Kathie Moffat (Jane Greer) in From the past (1947) and Alice Reed (Joan...
Marilyn Monroe - Her Life and Legacy Classic Movie Hub is pleased to share an exclusive interview - our friend and fellow film fan Nina Boski interviews Greg Schreiner, the founding member and President of Marilyn Remembered, the longest-running Marilyn Monroe fan club in existence today. In this interview, Greg talks about "Who is Marilyn Monroe?" Please...
This website may contain affiliate links and advertising so that we can provide recipes to you. Read my disclosure...
Read more
About US
Welcome to our stimulating blog and journal!
Hello! Let me introduce my wife and myself. I am Stephane and I was really lucky to meet my wife, Mariolis, 14 years ago in the beautiful Caribbean island of Cuba. For some time now we have dreamed to create an on-line ‘dairy’ and blog to share aspire our life’s passions
Read my full story.
English
العربية
Nederlands
Français
Deutsch
Italiano
日本語
한국어
Русский
Español
Svenska
Türkçe
اردو
Tiếng Việt