Archive: November 2013

  • Silent Cinema: Louis Feuillade - Hitchcock before Hitchcock

    Almost from cinema's beginning, recurring characters were popular with filmmakers and theatergoers alike. With the actor's persona—Chaplin's Tramp, for example—clearly established before the film had even begun, audiences knew what to expect and could make their choices with some confidence. Directors meanwhile could dispense with character exposition, which ate up precious film time, and get right to the action. And theater owners, who drove the development of film much more than people reali...

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  • Delayed Again: Cry Danger, Young at Heart & Bamboo Saucer

    Originally scheduled for release in October, then delayed until January 21st, Olive films has announced the delay of Cry Danger (1951), Young at Heart (1954) and The Bamboo Saucer (1968) until April 8th. No word was given as to why, but we can assume there are mastering and/or restoration issues.

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  • Here's Edie - The Edie Adams Television Collection in November

    The Edie Adams estate, via its label 'Ediad,' is releasing Here's Edie - The Edie Adams Television Collection on November 19th. The over 12 hour 4-disc set contains all 21 of her Here's Edie variety show that originally aired between 1962 and 1964 -- and haven't been seen since! Great guest stars abound and are listed below (as well as a promo video). Retail will be 49.95, but it is available at ClassicFlix.com for only...

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  • The Hitchcock Century

    2020 will mark the true centenary of Alfred Hitchcock's entrance into the British film industry, as a title card illustrator. But to honor a man who often compressed and distorted time in his films, we can celebrate the Hitchcock century now. Hitch is with us as much as when he was alive and active, crafting his whimsical celebrity as the master of the macabre. Now we see him in the round, and there are few reputations as secure. He would savor the acclaim and the critical r...

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  • Animation Craze: A Brief History of UPA - McBoing-Boing, Magoo, and a Rooty-Toot-Toot to You

    In 1941, a number of animators at the Walt Disney studios walked out on the job, effectively going on strike. At issue was the question of unionization, which some employees demanded as a way to guarantee their rights and fair pay. Disney, who had long propagated the notion of his shop as one big, happy family, was infuriated by the strike, and stubbornly held out for more than a month. By the time the strike ended, the Disney studio lost nearly half its workforce. The artists who ...

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