Silents are golden: eidoloscopes, praxinoscopes and other (very) early cinematic inventions The invention of the cinema was a fast-paced race. From the late 19th century onwards, dozens of inventors worked on machines to create moving images, from toys with optical illusions to cameras and projectors. Some of these machines, like Edison's Kinetoscope, were essentially wood and brass...
A season of free Christmas movies and giveaways courtesy of Best Classics Ever CMH is proud to announce that Best Classics Ever is giving away lots of BCE streaming subscriptions to celebrate the holiday season! Plus a couple of Amazon Fire TV sticks! There are many different (and very easy) ways to participate, and no purchase is...
Noir Nook: Cult moments in film noir With another Christmas season approaching, Noir Nook is dedicated to gift giving this month. Obviously, if you enjoy visiting this website, you are a classic movie lover, and one of the many great things about these movies are the moments that you just can't forget - the moments that you...
"Charles Boyer: The French Lover"We're giving away four books this month! CMH is excited to announce our next Classic Movie Book Giveaway as part of our partnership with University Press of Kentucky! This time we're giving away FOUR COPIES from "Charles Boyer: The French Lover " by John Baxter. To qualify for winning this book in this...
Western RoundUp: Filming locations for Lone Pine films In previous columns on Western RoundUp, I have written several times about westerns filmed in Lone Pine, California. Countless westerns have been filmed in the Alabama Hills of Lone Pine and other nearby areas. Previous columns include a look at Hop-a-Long Cassidy (1935) On Location in Lone Pine and...
Noir Nook: 75th anniversary of Noir There are so many noirs - some are good, some not so good. Some are great. And some are legendary. This month the Noir Nook celebrates the 75th anniversary of the release of five iconic films from the classic noir era. A generation has passed since these films were first seen...
Silents are golden: A closer look - greed (1924) With its deep, realistic story and large, almost operatic themes, Frank is Norris' novel from 1899 McTeague is one of the great American books of the late 19th century. While many critics disliked it at the time because it was too "vulgar", "depressing" or even "loathsome", its powerful...
"When was the last nuclear test in Vegas?" That question is never a good sign for people in a horror / science fiction film from the 1950s, but it's for the viewers who know they're watching. The atomic bomb, radiation etc were the catalyst for the favorite films of the era as they were the oversized ants...
Silver Screen Standards: Vincent Price Vincent Price, "The Threat Merchant" During the Halloween season, of course, we think of Vincent Price, the undisputed icon of horror whose many roles in the genre put him in the lofty company of Lon Chaney, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi and Christopher Lee. Price was so associated with horror that he got...
Travel classic: Agnes Ayres Agnes Ayres While many women worked by the side of the great Rudolph Valentino, Agnes Ayres was able to do so by his side in the remarkable silent film classic The sheikh (1921). Although best known for the role, she appeared in many other silent films of the era. Agnes Eyre Henkel was...
Peghead Nation co-founder Dan Gabel joins us this week to talk about the online lesson portal’s origin story,...
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