"That's Typing" Tuesday, in which I share unpolished, unpublished writings from my vast store of unpolished, unpublished writi...

Some of the biggest names of movie history have already fallen—Chaplin, Keaton, Fairbanks, Astaire—and the list is down to two in the Silent...

107 years old today, and more highly regarded now as an actor than he ever was during his lifetime. The forty-five years that have passed ...

If you don't already follow The Marx Brothers Council of Britain, you should. Matthew Coniam has just posted not one, but two, essays o...

This is what makes blogging all worthwhile: our good friend Who Am Us of the blog Who Am Us Anyway (check it out here ) wrote in the comment...

Today is Katie-Bar-The-Door's birthday, she of the world famous Katie Awards. She's a movie fan from way back—when Katie was a kid,...

Of all the posts I've worked on over the past year and a half, the most popular turns out to be one I knocked off in about five minutes—...

The Monkey will be busy with family matters for the rest of the week. Rather than rush the essay on the best actress of 1932-33 (comedy/mus...

In case you're having trouble remembering where you've seen May Robson before, here's another picture of her, in this case from ...

Some quick facts about Kay Francis, star of the Ernst Lubitsch classic, Trouble In Paradise . ● Born in Oklahoma City to an actress mother a...

[To read Part One of this essay, click here . To read Part Two, click here . For Part Three, click here , and for Part Four, click here .]...

[To read Part One of this essay, click here ] II. The Lubitsch Touch Ernst Lubitsch arrived at Paramount Pictures in 1928. Like Warner Brot...

Next up was supposed to be Part Two of my essay on Ernst Lubitsch, which is well in hand and maybe you'll still get it today if I can sq...