Showing posts with label Romance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Romance. Show all posts
Saturday, April 27, 2013

Mary Pickford: Dorothy Vernon Of Haddon Hall (1924)

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At first blush, Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall is a radical departure for its star Mary Pickford. Based on a popular novel by Charles Ma...
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Thursday, November 17, 2011

A Pola Negri Double Feature: The Eyes Of The Mummy And Carmen

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Before Marlene Dietrich, before Ingrid Bergman, Sophia Loren or even Greta Garbo, Polish film star Pola Negri made the journey from Europe t...
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Tuesday, May 31, 2011

That's Typing Tuesday #5: Bull Durham

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"That's Typing" Tuesday, in which I share unpolished, unpublished writings from my vast store of unpolished, unpublished writi...
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Sunday, May 29, 2011

Sold For Marriage (1916)

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While preparing for my essay on the well-known and not-so-well-known movies of 1916 , I stumbled across a rather obscure Lillian Gish featur...
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Tuesday, May 17, 2011

That's Typing Tuesday #3: Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day

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"That's Typing" Tuesday, in which I share unpolished, unpublished writings from my vast store of unpolished, unpublished writi...
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Tuesday, April 12, 2011

The Silent Oscars: 1915—Part One

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The Birth Of A Nation — A Deeply Flawed, Would-Be Masterpiece Introduction Not entirely by coincidence, my series on the early silent era ha...
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Thursday, June 24, 2010

Best Director Of 1932-33 (Comedy/Musical): Ernst Lubitsch (Trouble In Paradise and Design For Living), Part Four

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[To read Part One of this essay, click here . To read Part Two of this essay, click here . To read Part Three of this essay, click here .]...
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Best Director Of 1932-33 (Comedy/Musical): Ernst Lubitsch (Trouble In Paradise and Design For Living), Part Three

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[To read Part One of this essay, click here . To read Part Two of this essay, click here .] III. Trouble In Paradise : Champagne and Moonli...
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Friday, May 7, 2010

King Kong and Jewel Robbery On The Air

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If you're a devotee, as I am, of both Turner Classic Movies and the Katie-Bar-The-Door Awards, you'll be glad to know that a pair of...
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