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Tuesday, November 9, 2010

The Monkey's In The House #2

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I'm back from my long, long road trip with my brother and three nephews (Huey, Dewey and Louie, or perhaps Moe, Larry and Curly), and a...
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Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Fritz Lang Night On TCM, Sunday November 7, 2010

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And don't forget, Turner Classic Movies will be broadcasting the newly-restored print of Fritz Lang's Metropolis this weekend, alon...
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A Bit Of A Haitus, Don't You Know

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Obviously I've hit a bit of a snag, blog-wise. Too much going on—brothers, ballgames and builders, more or less in that order. I'm...
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Friday, October 29, 2010

For Your Viewing Pleasure: Vampyr

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For a while at least, the good folks at Hulu.com have made Carl Theodor Dreyer's horror classic Vampyr available for viewing. And how ...
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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Nominees For Best Picture Of 1932-33 (Comedy/Musical)

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Dinner At Eight (prod. David O. Selznick) Duck Soup (prod. Herman J. Mankiewicz) 42nd Street (prod. Darryl F. Zanuck) Gold Diggers Of 193...
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Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Best Picture Of 1932-33 (Foreign Language): Zero For Conduct (prod. Jean Vigo)

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Considering that by the end of 1933 the Nazis had all but shuttered the German film industry and that the Depression had crippled the rest o...
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Saturday, October 23, 2010

Apropos Of Nothing #4: The Beatles In Bournemouth

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My post on the best foreign language picture of 1932-33 is well in hand—1300 words and a public domain copy of the film so far with more to ...
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Thursday, October 21, 2010

Chaplin's Leading Leading Lady, Edna Purviance

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KC over at Classic Movies tells me that today is Edna Purviance's birthday. Well, so it is! Edna would have been 115 today if she hadn...
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Solve For X

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1933 + 3x = 2010 + x ... where x equals the number of years, at my current pace of covering three movie years every calendar year, to reach ...
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Monday, October 18, 2010

Nominees For Best Picture Of 1932-33 (Foreign Language)

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Boudu Saved From Drowning (prod. Michel Simon) Liebelei (prod. Herman Millakowsky) The Testament Of Dr. Mabuse (prod. Fritz Lang and Seym...
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Look at me—Joe College, with a touch of arthritis. Are my eyes really brown? Uh, no, they're green. Would we have the nerve to dive into the icy water and save a person from drowning? That's a key question. I, of course, can't swim, so I never have to face it. Say, haven't you anything better to do than to keep popping in here early every morning and asking a lot of fool questions?
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