Monday, April 27, 2015

Too Much TV: THE ABBOTT & COSTELLO SHOW (1952-4)

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A s a rule I don't seek out TV comedy but around the turn of the year I needed something to lighten my mood and I was feeling nostalgic....
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Saturday, April 25, 2015

THE PIRATES (2014)

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T he idea was probably more like The Good, The Bad, The Weird at sea than Pirates of the Caribbean Korean style but whatever the motive ...
Tuesday, April 21, 2015

On the Big Screen: OUR DANCING DAUGHTERS (1928)

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H arry Beaumont's flaming-youth film was billed as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's first sound film -- the studio's first with a pre-recor...
Saturday, April 18, 2015

On the Big Screen: THE WILD PARTY (1929)

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I magine, if you're a film buff, The Blue Angel if Marlene Dietrich was a student in Emil Jannings' class, and Jannings was more of...
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Tuesday, April 14, 2015

On the Big Screen: FOLLOW THRU (1930)

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M ovies have always been capable of making art of its absences. Silent film is recognized now as a distinct style rather than the mere abs...
Sunday, April 12, 2015

On the Big Screen: THE CRUISE OF THE JASPER B (1926)

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I n the mid-1920s Cecil B DeMille became a sort of movie mogul as the mastermind behind the Producers Distribution Corporation, which late...
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Saturday, April 11, 2015

Pre-Code Parade on the Big Screen

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I' m just back from the Madison Theater here in Albany, where today the Pine Hills Film Colony hosted a one-day film festival called Los...