Ginger Rogers (L) offers fake sympathy to Gene Tierney. Image IMDb We're here to make a case for black and white movies. We know our position makes us sound like a Luddite, which we are, let's face it. The whole thing started when we saw Black Widow (1954), a mystery/thriller filmed in sumptuous DeLuxe Color.…

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27.09.2024

Love & Finance in “The Rage of Paris” (1938) | Silver Screenings

Helen Broderick (L) tells Danielle Darrieux to find a husband. Image: Alamy Here's a line you don't often hear in a classic movie. A man greets a friend with, "How's everything in Winnipeg?" You heard that right: Winnipeg. And why not? There was a time when Winnipeg was touted as the "Chicago of the North"…

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10.11.2024

Pitts & Todd: 1930s Female Comedy Team | Silver Screenings

ZaSu Pitts (L) and Thelma Todd in a publicity still for Asleep in the Feet (1933). Image: Films in Review Our latest binge-watching obsession is a female comedy team from the early 1930s. Comedic actresses ZaSu* Pitts and Thelma Todd made 17 comedic shorts between 1931-1933, drawing on a popular theme of the day: Women…

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14.11.2024

American Soldiers vs. an Aristocratic Ghost | Silver Screenings

Margaret O'Brien with the ghostly Charles Laughton. Image: Cinema for all Tastes In 1944, before the D-Day landing and while WWII was still grinding on, MGM made a heartwarming movie about American soldiers successfully diffusing a notorious British ghost. The Canterville Ghost (1944) stars Robert Young, as an affable US soldier, and Charles Laughton as…

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