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5d ago
Witness for the Prosecution (1957) On my most recent visit to London, I went to see a stage production of Agatha Christie’s 1953 play, Witness for the Prosecution, and of course I had to rewatch the 1957 film adaptation again ..read more
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1w ago
Her lips are as red as a rose, her skin as white as snow and though we can’t see her hair, the dark wimple wrapped around her head and throat is as black as ebony. In the 90 years since ..read more
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1w ago
Classic Movie Travels: Frank Morgan Francis Phillip Wuppermann was born on June 1, 1890, in New York, New York, to Josephine Wright and George Diogracia Wuppermann. His father was born in Venezuela and of Spanish and German descent, while his ..read more
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2w ago
More Western Filmmakers Final Resting Places This month it’s time for another of my periodic tributes to Western filmmakers as we visit their final resting places throughout the Los Angeles area. During my visits to these sites over the years ..read more
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3w ago
A Closer Look At: True Heart Susie (1919) Some of the best films of the silent era weren’t necessarily grand epics, experimental dramas, or high-budget adventures. Some were simple, quiet stories, focusing on just a few carefully-sketched characters. One film ..read more
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3w ago
75th Anniversary Noir – 2025 Edition If it’s February at the Noir Nook, it’s time to take a look at the 75th anniversary release of some of my favorite noirs. And 1950 served up a veritable smorgasbord of first-rate shadowy ..read more
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3w ago
The Major and the Minor (1942) I’m not sure you could make a picture like The Major and the Minor (1942) today, and given the Lolita undertones of the story that might be a good thing, although writer and director ..read more
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1M ago
Classic Movie Travels: Louise Fazenda Louise Fazenda was born on June 17, 1895, in Lafayette, Indiana. She was the daughter of Joseph Fazenda and Nelda Schilling Fazenda. Louise was born in the ground floor northwest room of her maternal grandparents ..read more
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Monsters, by their very name, are supposed to be monstrous. Perhaps hideous like The Hideous Sun Demon, or beastly like Beast from 20,000 Fathoms. Just throw an exclamation point on a film title like Them! or Tarantula! so we know ..read more
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The Lonely Man (1957) It’s been a few months since my last full-length film Western review, so in this month’s column I’m reviewing The Lonely Man (1957), which was just released on Blu-ray by Kino Lorber Studio Classics. I had no previous familiarity ..read more