2016-11-06 07:55
George Burns and Gracie Allen are Fit To Be Tied (1930)Credits get this off to an interesting start, with two directors cited, one for dialogue, the other for "screen direction." This wasn't… Read More
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2016-11-06 07:55
George Burns and Gracie Allen are Fit To Be Tied (1930)Credits get this off to an interesting start, with two directors cited, one for dialogue, the other for "screen direction." This wasn't… Read More
2016-11-06 07:55
George Burns and Gracie Allen are Fit To Be Tied (1930)Credits get this off to an interesting start, with two directors cited, one for dialogue, the other for "screen direction." This wasn't… Read More
2016-11-06 07:55
George Burns and Gracie Allen are Fit To Be Tied (1930)Credits get this off to an interesting start, with two directors cited, one for dialogue, the other for "screen direction." This wasn't… Read More
2016-11-06 07:55
George Burns and Gracie Allen are Fit To Be Tied (1930)Credits get this off to an interesting start, with two directors cited, one for dialogue, the other for "screen direction." This wasn't… Read More
2016-11-06 07:55
George Burns and Gracie Allen are Fit To Be Tied (1930)Credits get this off to an interesting start, with two directors cited, one for dialogue, the other for "screen direction." This wasn't… Read More
2016-11-06 07:55
George Burns and Gracie Allen are Fit To Be Tied (1930)Credits get this off to an interesting start, with two directors cited, one for dialogue, the other for "screen direction." This wasn't… Read More
2016-11-06 07:55
George Burns and Gracie Allen are Fit To Be Tied (1930)Credits get this off to an interesting start, with two directors cited, one for dialogue, the other for "screen direction." This wasn't… Read More
2016-11-06 07:55
George Burns and Gracie Allen are Fit To Be Tied (1930)Credits get this off to an interesting start, with two directors cited, one for dialogue, the other for "screen direction." This wasn't… Read More
2016-11-06 07:55
George Burns and Gracie Allen are Fit To Be Tied (1930)Credits get this off to an interesting start, with two directors cited, one for dialogue, the other for "screen direction." This wasn't… Read More
2016-11-06 07:55
George Burns and Gracie Allen are Fit To Be Tied (1930)Credits get this off to an interesting start, with two directors cited, one for dialogue, the other for "screen direction." This wasn't… Read More
2016-11-06 07:55
George Burns and Gracie Allen are Fit To Be Tied (1930)Credits get this off to an interesting start, with two directors cited, one for dialogue, the other for "screen direction." This wasn't… Read More
2016-11-06 07:55
George Burns and Gracie Allen are Fit To Be Tied (1930)Credits get this off to an interesting start, with two directors cited, one for dialogue, the other for "screen direction." This wasn't… Read More
2016-11-06 07:55
George Burns and Gracie Allen are Fit To Be Tied (1930)Credits get this off to an interesting start, with two directors cited, one for dialogue, the other for "screen direction." This wasn't… Read More
2016-11-06 07:55
George Burns and Gracie Allen are Fit To Be Tied (1930)Credits get this off to an interesting start, with two directors cited, one for dialogue, the other for "screen direction." This wasn't… Read More
2016-11-06 07:55
George Burns and Gracie Allen are Fit To Be Tied (1930)Credits get this off to an interesting start, with two directors cited, one for dialogue, the other for "screen direction." This wasn't… Read More
2016-11-06 07:55
George Burns and Gracie Allen are Fit To Be Tied (1930)Credits get this off to an interesting start, with two directors cited, one for dialogue, the other for "screen direction." This wasn't… Read More
2016-11-06 07:55
George Burns and Gracie Allen are Fit To Be Tied (1930)Credits get this off to an interesting start, with two directors cited, one for dialogue, the other for "screen direction." This wasn't… Read More
2016-11-06 07:55
George Burns and Gracie Allen are Fit To Be Tied (1930)Credits get this off to an interesting start, with two directors cited, one for dialogue, the other for "screen direction." This wasn't… Read More
2016-11-06 07:55
George Burns and Gracie Allen are Fit To Be Tied (1930)Credits get this off to an interesting start, with two directors cited, one for dialogue, the other for "screen direction." This wasn't… Read More
2016-11-06 07:55
George Burns and Gracie Allen are Fit To Be Tied (1930)Credits get this off to an interesting start, with two directors cited, one for dialogue, the other for "screen direction." This wasn't… Read More
2016-11-06 07:55
George Burns and Gracie Allen are Fit To Be Tied (1930)Credits get this off to an interesting start, with two directors cited, one for dialogue, the other for "screen direction." This wasn't… Read More
2016-11-06 07:55
George Burns and Gracie Allen are Fit To Be Tied (1930)Credits get this off to an interesting start, with two directors cited, one for dialogue, the other for "screen direction." This wasn't… Read More
2016-11-06 07:55
George Burns and Gracie Allen are Fit To Be Tied (1930)Credits get this off to an interesting start, with two directors cited, one for dialogue, the other for "screen direction." This wasn't… Read More
2016-11-06 07:55
George Burns and Gracie Allen are Fit To Be Tied (1930)Credits get this off to an interesting start, with two directors cited, one for dialogue, the other for "screen direction." This wasn't… Read More
2016-11-06 07:55
George Burns and Gracie Allen are Fit To Be Tied (1930)Credits get this off to an interesting start, with two directors cited, one for dialogue, the other for "screen direction." This wasn't… Read More
2016-11-06 07:55
George Burns and Gracie Allen are Fit To Be Tied (1930)Credits get this off to an interesting start, with two directors cited, one for dialogue, the other for "screen direction." This wasn't… Read More
2016-11-03 09:01
Brit Cast Defends The Empire in The Sun Never Sets (1939)The British Empire upheld by Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Basil Rathbone, with encouragement from granddad C. Aubrey Smith. These alone… Read More
2016-11-03 08:57
Take Your Pick for Thanksgiving 1930Remote Control (1930) and Haines' Metro Act Getting Tired"Wisecracker" (his bio title) William Haines drags contract plow through another lousy vehicle. S… Read More
2016-10-27 11:52
Halloween Harvest 2016: Frankenstein/Dracula vs. The Lone RangerI admit fixation on the Frankenstein/Draculareissue of 1938. It's a long chapter in Showmen, Sell It Hot!, as search goes on f… Read More
2016-10-23 09:00
James Stewart's War Story Told From Pilot's SeatI didn't know a lot about James Stewart's World War Two service. That's been fixed now with Mission, a newest from Robert D. Matzen, who befor… Read More
2016-10-20 09:21
Kay Francis and Lilyan Tashman Show How In Girls About Town (1931)Serious question: Did gold-digging in movies inspire same conduct by viewers? They sure make it look easy, Kay Francis… Read More
2016-10-17 11:16
The Story On Page One Pushes 1959 EnvelopesJerry Wald's 1959 sizzler for 20th Fox release. He was a genius producer-writer-idea man who died too young (50) and early (1963) to be n… Read More
2016-10-13 11:42
Hathaway All-Outdoors For Nevada Smith (1966)L.A. Saturation RunProbably a biggest western Henry Hathaway directed during the 60's, outside of How The West Was Won (and not forgetting T… Read More
2016-10-10 08:40
Wicked Widmark Served Double For Revival BookingKiss Of Death (1947) Shoves Sadism Down StairsDarryl Zanuck regretted the title he'd given this crime thriller after receipts that barely… Read More
2016-10-06 15:06
Stop! Laugh! and Laugh! A 1960! Must! See!Some names that meant much fifty years ago could not be more forgotten now: Paul Winchell, Officer Joe Bolton, The Marquis Chimps, but not, of cours… Read More
2016-10-04 11:49
3-D Archive's Latest Avalanche Is It Came From Outer Space (1953)I'll bet majority of folks in 1953 at least wanted to believe flying saucers were real. No doubt all kids felt that way. One… Read More
2016-10-03 12:11
Redemption (1930) Won't Redeem Gilbert's BoxofficeI pushed myself through Redemption last night and tried to figure again what went so disastrously wrong for Jack Gilbert. Everyone (now) wan… Read More
2016-09-29 14:55
Elvis Adrift with Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962)Remember when you first began meeting people who'd never seen Elvis pics in a theatre? For me, it was coming of (middle) age, and now it's tough… Read More
2016-09-25 10:37
The Youngest Profession (1943) Is An All-Star Autograph HuntWhat was livelier escape from war news than MGM's teen scream about school girls hunting pic stars in the Big Apple? Junior Miss w… Read More
2016-09-22 10:09
First-Runs of Kronos Get a Bonus With She-DevilLippert and Crew Let Loose a She-Devil (1957)J.Archer Referees Catfight w/ Two She-DevilsGood enough ideas could sometimes rescue cheapest… Read More
2016-09-19 14:29
Darnell Places Bet With U-I and The Lady Pays Off (1951) Made back in day when actresses could be over-the-hill at 28, case here for Linda Darnell, free-lancing after career so far spe… Read More
2016-09-15 08:42
Technicolor The Topping On Song Of The Islands (1942)Vic and Betty Lounge Before Convenient Process Screen"All This ... and Grable Too!" said ads at the time, "All This" being island ge… Read More
2016-09-13 14:17
The Longest Yard: A Hit Then, Forgot Now?If anyone wants to know how in the world Burt Reynolds became such a big star in our misguided 70's, show them this. It was directed by Robert Aldric… Read More
2016-09-08 08:52
By Love Possessed (1961) Plows Familiar GroundThis melodrama gets a bad rap not altogether deserved, being directed by John Sturges between pictures better remembered (The Magnificent Seven… Read More
2016-09-05 13:26
Bad Cop Contagion Of 1954No doubt it was a random thing, but how to account for 1954's avalanche of crooked cop pics? Seemed for all the world that Hollywood was on joint attack against law… Read More
2016-08-31 11:18
Mack Swain and Chester Conklin are Cleaning Up (1930)Twilight teaming for old-timers Mack Swain and Chester Conklin as heroic-in-spite-of-themselves street sweepers, their outdoor talk mostl… Read More
2016-08-29 23:11
That Old Black Magic (1949) Comes BackShot For Spectacle, Sold For SpookyWildly lavish for an Edward Small production, this was made off frozen receipts of Small backlog distributed in Italy… Read More
2016-08-24 10:00
Torch Song (1953) A Would-Be Comeback for JCWas there ever so wide a gulf as that between Joan Crawford of Dancing Lady and the "Mannish Gorgon" (to quote current assessment) that emerged w… Read More
2016-08-22 09:06
Disney and RCA Create A Wonderful World Of Color TV SalesDateline December 1961: NBC execs and affiliates meet to celebrate 35 years of network success. Parent company RCA has a greater than… Read More
2016-08-19 14:49
Corman's Filmgroup Does The Wasp Woman (1959)Roger Corman takes initiative to do his own sci-fi cheapies outside Jim/Sam oversee. He was a maverick that way, tried same again with one of the… Read More
2016-08-17 08:21
Cowboy's Trailer Puts a Pox On Lousy Old WesternsTwilight Time recently got out a Blu-ray of 1958's Cowboy. Directed by Delmer Daves, Cowboy came of that period when studios drew thick line… Read More
2016-08-14 10:56
She Wore A Yellow Ribbon (1949) Is Like Being Back ThereHave we reached the point of maximum quality for home viewing? Warners' Blu-Ray of She Wore A Yellow Ribbon convinces me so. I can't i… Read More
2016-08-12 08:51
Ice Or Ice-Age Movies, Take Your PickI include both these ads to show vary of entertainment put before Washingtonpopulace on 11-18-52. Also there was Billy Eckstine performing live at the Na… Read More
2016-08-10 09:18
Primetime's Endless Marnie MarchLately re-watched this hugely unpleasant Hitchcock film, first view having been NBC's Saturday Night At The Movies. This was Marnie's TV premiere, November 4… Read More
2016-08-08 13:46
Road To Singapore (1940) Introduces Crosby-HopeWhose idea was it to combine Bing Crosby with Bob Hope? Several took credit, books have differed on the genius that plugged them in together, a… Read More
2016-08-05 08:50
Radio City's "New Roxy" at Left, and Auditorium at Above Right,with Opening Night's Cartoon Depiction on Lower Right Where Cubby Bear Met King KongLooking for the ideal short to pr… Read More
2016-08-03 11:22
Blood On The Sun (1945) Exposes Japan's "Tanaka Plan""Cagney --- With Both Fists Flying," said posters, and it was about time. Three years had gone since Jim threw a punch, then left Warners… Read More
2016-08-01 12:13
Warren William Is The Mouthpiece (1932)Crackerjack precode that I liked better in its first half before title character Warren William goes sappy for Sidney Fox ("She's jail-bait and dumb,"… Read More
2016-07-29 08:21
Cleveland's Hipp Theatre Mere Months Before Rock Arrived --- and Look At The Mob for U-I's Red Ball Express!Cleveland Crowds for Rock Hudson and The Lawless Breed (1953)What price stardom? R… Read More
2016-07-27 10:14
Bad Day At Black Rock Is 1954's Lean and MeanOf what-ifs connected with this, there is Don Siegel having been engaged at one point, holding the yarn awhile with hope of Joel McCrea for the l… Read More
2016-07-25 09:53
Found At Mostly Lost Is Goodies GaloreOne-man Blu-Ray and DVD labels have taken a lead in silent era rollout. Archives are swell, but I see none releasing titles for home delectation. The Li… Read More
2016-07-22 15:24
Would Night Flight (1932) Stay Aloft After So Long?An all-star Metro special produced by David Selznick and directed by Clarence Brown comes freighted with expectation, the fact Night Flight… Read More
2016-07-20 10:14
Betty Hutton Livens Incendiary Blonde (1945)A lot may wish I'd leave Betty Hutton off Greenbriar charts, but there's something about this Vesuvius of popular then, forgotten now. Some wish s… Read More
2016-07-18 13:08
Harold The Action Ace in Girl Shy (1924)Those who were there will remember word-of-mouth the Bullitt car chase inspired in 1968. That part alone made it a must-see. Did Girl Shy's race to th… Read More
2016-07-15 09:33
Two For The Seesaw (1962) Is Gotham As It Won't Be AgainA Broadway success brought to movies in 1962, tough translate from two-room setting on stage, but opened up by scope B/W shot on … Read More
2016-07-13 09:36
Going My Way (1944) A Historic Hit For ParamountIf you asked customers after 1944 to name the greatest of all movies, many would undoubtedly say Going My Way, or at least name it their all-t… Read More
2016-07-11 11:49
Depression Leads To Wild Boys Of The Road (1933)A programmer from Warners, and not to be confused with a "B" picture, Wild Boys Of The Roadsaves hardest thrust of its message until a courtro… Read More
2016-07-08 15:02
Dick Clark Shills Way Into MoviesHand-In-Hand w/ Columbia for Because They're YoungBecause I am inherently cynical (not really), I wanted to know why Dick Clark chose Gidget to be "The First… Read More
2016-07-06 08:26
The Man With The Golden Gun (1974) Is Uh-Oh Seven For Series FansThe James Bond that many called "cheap," that a relative term in view of money poured over the series to then. Maybe "tired"… Read More
2016-07-04 09:06
What's Cookin' (1942) Is A Juke JamboreeTypical Combo PlacementI call these Universal musicals a lost chapter of filmdom past. None are seen anywhere but booted discs or You Tube clips. They… Read More
2016-07-01 13:30
Marion Davies Is The Patsy (1928)Marion Davies in an MGM comedy directed by King Vidor. He was lately triumphant with The Big Parade and so welcomed into W.R. Hearst's inner social circle. T… Read More
2016-06-28 19:18
Clark Gable Produces The King and Four Queens (1956)Jane Russell, husband Bob Waterfield w/ Kay & Clark GableTo question of whether Clark Gable was able to trade on his "Kin… Read More
2016-06-26 19:53
Once Again --- Lon Chaney Shall Not Die!What we know of the great Lon Chaney sure wasn't gleaned from him. This was a silent man in more ways than characters he created on screen. Like any w… Read More
2016-06-23 23:49
Shall We Celebrate 50 Years of Munster Go Home?Advise for anyone who's been holding on to Munster Go Home posters or memorabilia --- sell now. Those there for the network run would have… Read More
2016-06-21 14:19
News To Me: Glenn Miller Had A Brother and His Name Was HerbHere was occasion to learn something new, an ad from 1943 touting Glenn Miller's brother as bandleading attraction at Clevela… Read More
2016-06-19 19:48
Citizen Kane Comes To TelevisionCitizen Kane Makes L.A. Art House Landing in May, 1956 First off, research for this piece was done primarily by writer/historian Russell Merritt, wh… Read More
2016-06-16 23:45
A 70's Club We Wanted To JoinOne upon a time there was a Book-Of-The Month club for movie lovers. The ad above is from 1973, which is close enough to when Movie Book Club started. This was a… Read More
2016-06-14 23:51
Novelty Act Writ LargeThose sweethearts from Freaks were a busy conjoined pair in years leading up to, and after, the Tod Browning classic of 1932. North Carolina had a stake, it seems, in S… Read More
2016-06-12 23:22
Sun Valley Serenade (1941) Is A Swing VacationFox Crew and Cameras On Location at Sun ValleyThe Sirius music service I subscribe to has a Christmas channel that each year uses It Happened In… Read More
2016-06-09 23:15
More Old Men Mount Up In Bandolero! (1968)A western Dad could take Junior to see, Bandolero! stood tall for what was left of establishment cowboys as closure of the range drew nigh. Whatever… Read More
2016-06-07 23:41
The Glass Key (1942) Arrives On Blu-RayA star who rose faster than his billing, Alan Ladd is here in a second featured part, The Glass Key inarguably his show even as Brian Donlevy and Veron… Read More
2016-06-05 19:44
This Is The Army (1943) A Historic Seat-FillerOut of circulation for years (bootlegs, most unwatchable), this was a Warner smash to make even Sergeant York and Casablanca go humble. But who… Read More
2016-06-01 08:51
RKO's Terry Turner Takes Snow White Over The TopRKO may have been on a slide by 1952, but they still had Terry Turner. He was merchandising genius behind socko King Kongbring-back in summer… Read More
2016-05-30 09:27
Lonelyhearts (1958) Samples Forbidden FruitRelaxation of the Code, limited to be sure, saw more adult content into films as the 50's wore on. MGM tentatively adapted Tea and Sympathy in 1956… Read More
2016-05-27 10:50
Women Of America Boycott George Sanders!A long-standing favorite, The Private Affairs Of Bel Ami was never easy to find, being independently made, distributed by UA, then let to TV among mix… Read More
2016-05-25 12:16
Washington Gets Side View of Strategic Air Command I'd like to know just how many US theatres played Strategic Air Command in true horizontal VistaVision. That experience must have been rive… Read More
2016-05-23 09:32
A Happy Ending Universal Took Away: House Of Dracula (1945)Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein is beloved, sacred, in fact, among those of a certain birth order. To criticize might be prof… Read More
2016-05-20 09:44
Precode Takes The Field in College Coach (1933)Precodes could be frankly amoral, part of their charm, as in this gritty forerunner on coaching job Pat O'Brien would reprise as Knute Roc… Read More
2016-05-18 10:30
They Warned Us: Don't Expect Too Much (2011)College students team with dissolute director Nicholas Ray to make what he hopes will be a comeback movie. That's thrust of this documentary that… Read More
2016-05-16 08:46
The Lady Gambles (1949) Is Better Than Ads LookUniversal by late 40's was back in cheese trade. Their try at prestige had gone a-flounder, thanks to frequent flops. 1949 would usher in… Read More
2016-05-12 09:47
Public Enemy (1931) A Spring Sensation at the StrandIt's been writ that Warner Bros. got back many a negative cost off bookings at Broadway's Strandalone. Here may be instance of that ... Pu… Read More
2016-05-09 09:37
Youngson/Metro's Big Parade Of Comedy ClipsWhat we now take so for granted ... TCM had a day of comedy last week that I'd have died for in the late 60's: Laurel-Hardy, The Marx Bros., Abbott… Read More
2016-05-07 08:42
Mark Vieira Brings Color Back To Bogie/BogeyHere's The Before ... After Is AboveAs footnote to a previous Greenbriar post that tendered Treasure Of The Sierra Madre in color (a candid from t… Read More
2016-05-05 09:42
Took Years, But I Finally Found Touch Of Evil at Low EndZugsmith Zooms as Welles WiltsI had for long time challenged the notion that Touch Of Evil was "dumped" by Universal to bottom of doub… Read More
2016-05-02 09:28
Ichabod and Mr. Toad for Fall Fun in '49Probably the best 16mm reel I ever had of Disney's was a cut-down for student/libraries, The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow, twenty minutes as opposed to thi… Read More
2016-04-29 19:16
The Stars Still Shine at Akron's Leading ShowplaceWhere The Boys Were Back ... and Back AgainThe 2,672-seat Loew's in Akron was an "atmospheric" showplace (still is). Clouds floated on… Read More
2016-04-29 19:16
2016-04-28 09:47
Flaming Youth (1923) But a One-Reel Flicker"Hot" novels were once the thing. As late as early 70's, they'd be snuck into schools and hidden from parents. I remember The Carpetbaggers and cer… Read More
2016-04-25 10:47
King Creole a Safest Wallis Bet For 1958For much of 1958, and certainly all of 1959, King Creole was so much gold deposit. This was the period in which Elvis Presley served as draftee in the… Read More
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