Okay, I admit defeat. As I've mentioned more than once, I've been working on an essay about achievements in the use of sound in mov...

If you want to see silent film star Lillian Gish in the performance that won her a Katie, tune in Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at 12:45 p.m....

She's now remembered as "what's her name, the one James Cagney hit with a grapefruit," but for a couple of years in 1930 a...

My good friend Mister Muleboy on his blog The Mouth O' The Mule has been somewhat critical of my lack of productivity recently: I'l...

Today would have been Buster Keaton's 114th birthday if he had taken better care of himself. I recommend you celebrate by going to your...

While I'm working on another essay about René Clair's Le Million , here's a look at the nominees for best supporting actress of ...

If choosing the best screenplay of the year were simply a question of counting up the quotable lines, Animal Crackers would be the hands-do...

Gladys Brockwell is another of those names I confess I didn't know until I started working on this blog but now that I know it, I think ...

Katie-Bar-The-Door and I went to TCM's screening of the new hi-def print of The Wizard of Oz at one of our local theaters last night. ...