Lone Pine Locations It’s hard to believe, but it’s been a full year since this column last spent time looking at Western locations outside Lone Pine, California. As many readers will be aware, hundreds of Westerns were filmed in the Alabama Hills and other areas surrounding the small town of Lone Pine, California, located on Highway 395 a couple...
A Closer Look At: The Big Parade (1925) Renée Adorée and John GilbertIn 1928, the great star John Gilbert wrote in an article for Photoplay: “Have any of you ever gone through an experience at school, or at college, or while in love, or while on a farm, or in the mountains, or exploring, or on a...
Ripped From the Headlines – While the City Sleeps (1956) Most classic movie fans are well acquainted with the Barrymore acting clan, which began with Maurice Barrymore and Georgiana Drew, and continued down the line to Drew Barrymore. Sandwiched somewhere in there was John Drew Barrymore – John Barrymore’s son and Drew’s father – who had a...
Silver Screen Standards: Storms and Silence in The Spiral Staircase (1946) Gothic atmosphere churns tempestuously in Robert Siodmak’s 1946 mystery, The Spiral Staircase, with a terrific storm in the natural world that mirrors the psychological turbulence experienced by both heroine and killer. This moody, tense thriller teems with menace as an elusive murderer stalks women with disabilities,...
In a bit of news that just might get that "I Love You" song stuck in your head, Barney the Dinosaur will be explored in an upcoming documentary series about the iconic children's character. Set for a premiere on Peacock in 2022, the docuseries will consist of three parts and has already begun production. It's said to...
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957) This month it’s back to Tombstone with a look at Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957). Gunfight at the O.K. Corral was a first-time watch for me, part of my ongoing series of reviews of Wyatt Earp films. Five years ago I covered a trio of Earp movies, Frontier Marshal (1939), Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die (1942), and Wichita (1955)....
An Under Siege reboot is in development. While there's no word at this time of original star Steven Segal returning, either in front or behind the camera, Deadline reports that movement has begun on a reboot of the 1992 action movie. The project is in the works at Warner Bros. with Timo Tjahjanto on board to direct...
Jessica Borthwick, A Forgotten Front Lines Filmmaker We’re all familiar with the adventurous silent era cameramen who coolly took their equipment into dangerous situations, whether by trekking Arctic tundras or crossing broiling deserts. The excitement of capturing actual life led many to take greater and greater risks to find the most fascinating footage. Soon the most intrepid...
Noir Nook: No Femme Fatale Required Film noir movies have numerous characteristics in common – voiceover narration, flashbacks, use of shadows and light, unusual camera angles, anti-heroes, and, of course, the ever-popular femmes fatales. All noirs, of course, don’t have all of these traits – not even, contrary to popular belief, the femme fatale. In this month’s...
The House on Telegraph Hill (1951) Set in its own modern day in the wake of World War II, The House on Telegraph Hill (1951) merges elements of the female Gothic and film noir to present a gripping story about survival, deception, and maternal devotion with a rich subtext for viewers to ponder after the final scene...
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