Monsters Meet in Universal’s Shared Cinematic Universe What’s better than seeing your favorite movie characters in a film? Seeing them together in multiple films of course! That’s the idea of the “shared universe” in modern filmmaking where endless Star Wars spinoffs and the Marvel Cinematic Universe fill streaming services and movie theaters with endless product. But let’s...
Silents are Golden: What were movies like in the Nickelodeon era? - Part 2! Last month we started exploring the many genres of 19th Century Nickelodeon films by taking a look at travelogues, military films, the different categories of comic shorts etc. offered in exhibitors' catalogues became. Let's dive back in for Part 2 and see what...
Five Fun Facts: And Then There Were None (1945) ….. 1) Can you say bestseller? And Then There Was None, Agatha Christie's detective novel was not only one of Christie's own favorite books, but also one of the most popular books in the world! In fact, And Then There Were None is the #5 best-selling book of...
Silverscreen standards: Sylvia Sharlett (1935) Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant starred together in four films, two of which raise baby (1938) and The Philadelphia Story (1940), are now widely acclaimed classics, but their first pairing did so poorly at the box office that it's somewhat surprising they were able to do the rest at all. Sylvia Sharlett...
Classic Movie Journeys: Lola Lane Lola Lane Lola Lane was born Dorothy H. Mulligan on May 21, 1906 in Macy, Indiana, to Lorenzo and Cora Mulligan. Her father worked as a dentist and rented parts of their 22-room home to Simpson College students. Her mother was a former reporter who dreamed of becoming an actress, but her...
"Outside is a good world." No actor represents American decency better than James Stewart. In both his military and film careers, Stewart was the everyman, the humble hero who managed to get the job done through sheer willpower. He was someone you naturally rooted for, and his most iconic roles emphasize that special connection. That said, sympathy...
Five fun facts about dad's small dividend Like many classic film fans, I just love discovering interesting connections and fun little tidbits while watching my classic film favorites. Nonetheless, each month I'll be sharing some quick and fun facts about some of my classic movie selections available to stream at Best Classics Ever. Father's Little Dividend (1951)...
Silents are Golden: What were movies like in the Nickelodeon era? We're all at least a little familiar with nickelodeons, those tiny theaters from the early 1900s where patrons paid a nickel each to see a few movies. And we all know that these quaint little storefronts have become the well-known neighborhood theaters and “movie palaces” of...
Kreaturen-Feature-Fans sind „The Beast from 20.000 Fathoms“ etwas schuldig Mit seinen dicken Beinen, schützenden Schuppen, dem stacheligen Rücken und den laserscharfen Zähnen ist der 200 Fuß lange fiktive Rhedosaurus eine furchteinflößende Kreatur. Als Titelfigur von Das Biest aus 20.000 Faden (1953) trägt es einen der unterhaltsamsten und wichtigsten Filme der Horror-/Science-Fiction-Geschichte. Wie wichtig? Es ist der Film,...
Silverscreen standards: The egg and I (1947) Based on Betty MacDonald's 1945 bestseller, The egg and I (1947) chronicles the misadventures of newlyweds Betty and Bob (Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray) as they struggle to turn a run-down farm into a successful chicken business. It's a hilarious, if problematic, comedy about city folk who move to the...
Cristóbal Tapia de Veer is checking out of The White Lotus. The Emmy-winning composer, who created the score and...
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