The photo caption beneath Einar Hanson's photograph Picture Play Magazine read, "Einar Hanson, who, made his debut in Corinne Griffith's Into her Kingdom is romantic adventurous, much more l… Read More

 Photoplay magazine reviewed Love, "Anna Karenina? Not so's you could notice it. But John Gilbert and Greta Garbo melt the Russian snow with their love scenes. Will it be popular? Don'… Read More

Just over 30 years ago, director Mark Rappaport in his playful deconstructionist essay Rock Hudson’s Home Movies, cleverly mined the queer subtext in the midcentury Hollywood super… Read More

Did Best-Sellers Make Best Movies in 1939?Heard of 1939’s Disputed Passage? Based on a best-selling novel from that year, it went largely unseen till recent when Kino issued a Blu-Ray… Read More

Our reverence towards stars and celebrities was not borne of the 19th century’s cinematic revolution, but rather has been a resilient aspect of our culture for millennia. Ancient tales… Read More

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The Everson Want-To-Watches of 1954All Hail Films in Review, around and prominent from early 1950 until print publication ended in 1997 (web presence still). They sold comparative lots, as n… Read More

Hi crafty friends. It’s Kristine and I’m back today with a sweet scrapbook layout made with PhotoPlay’s Belle Fleur collection. For this layout, I will use only one of the… Read More

Words and images that tell us what the film was about. Lost Films and Found Magazines The article on Dartmouth professor Mark Williams was relevant, pertinent and succinct enought to require… Read More

Each person alive on Earth is now coping with the consequences of existing during 'The Devil' 'God Alter Ego' phase of existence on our planet.  Each one of us must do everything possib… Read More

Swedish Film 1909-1917 In part one of the Swedish Silent Film The Outlaw and His Wife (Berg Ejvind och hans hustru, 1918) Victor Sjostrom on screen portays a character that is introdu… Read More

Hi crafty friends. It’s Kristine and today’s post is a gift bag tutorial. Also, I will show you how to make a matching tag. It’s a two-for-one tutorial! And the best part … Read More

It is difficult to find notice that Victor Sjostrom had been originally slated to direct Greta Garbo and yet it is unlikely that Marcus Loew would have been in error. It is only by flash fo… Read More

Based on the book and Smithsonian Associates lecture by author Stephen Galloway Larry Olivier- not yet Laurence or Sir Laurence, “the finest actor of our age” first saw Vivien… Read More

Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 223, in which I interview Dan Abella about his new book, The Theater of the Mind. Among the topics we discuss: Marshall McLuhan, Julian Jaynes, Ges… Read More

These gorgeous photos of Marilyn Monroe were taken by Gene Kornman. She wore a gold lamé dress designed by William Travilla for Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953).This dress, at the time… Read More

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