EM: For more sophisticated film watchers, I think the thing that is so appealing about B movies is that once you know that’s the terrain you’re in, that it’s impoverished to begin with, then you start to really appreciate the creativity that the filmmakers bring to it. It’s also...
Here is an alphabetical listing of all the movies (so far) that have been certified as among the 366 weirdest ever made, along with links to films reviewed in capsule form only. (You may need to use your browser’s search function, often CTRL-F, to locate a specific movie). Our short...
damaged by the racism of his fellow platoon members during World War II, Edwards becomes a sort of transitional figure – situated between the traditional subservient roles of the Hollywood movies of the 1920s and 1930s and the Sidney Poitier and Harry Belafonte roles of the 1950s and 1960s....
(1945-1950) Philo Vance is a fictional American amateur detective who appeared in twelve novels written by S. S. Van Dine (the pen name of Willard Huntington Wright) published in the 1920s and 1930s. During that time, Vance was immensely popular in books, movies, and on the radio. He...
And they loved his voice when he became angry with Mickey’s eight nephews. Soon Donald was more popular than Mickey Mouse himself probably because he wasn’t a goody-goody like Mickey. In the 1930s 1940s and 1950s Donald and his friends Mickey Goofy and Pluto made hundreds of Disney ...
“Oh now children,” says their mother. “Stop acting as if he’s a foreign correspondent in the movies.” The man in question replies, modestly enough, “It’s just a job. You know, kids, we’re not heroes. The men I admire are the scientists, working behind the scenes in all so...
Murray’s films raked in money, showing the woman was critic-proof. Had Rotten Tomatoes been around during the silent era, the gulf between the critic and audience scores for Murray’s movies would surpass any ocean. (If you need a good example of a typical Murray vehicle, go watchThe De...
Jean Cocteau: mythopoeic movies – La Belle et la Bete 1946 Jean Cocteau: La Belle et la Bete 1946. Josette Day as Belle and Jean Marais as the Beast. The costumes, by Christian Berard and Marcel Escoffier, (and with an uncredited Pierre Cardin as costume-maker); with production-design ...
This Rayolite of gun game was made mostly during the 1930s and 1940s, and the Ray-o-lite gun was "free form" and not attached to the game (other than with an electrical cord, and the gun housed in a free form gun stand). Usually these game are very mechanical (for example, in ...
Sherry wine is not infrequently used as a substitute for the stronger liquors. Put into a large tumbler, quarter full of broken ice, a tablespoonful of white sugar; break an egg on the rim of the glass and turn in the yolk; fill it up with milk; shake well. Grate on top a ...