On the face of it, Kitty Foyle (1940) is an old-fashioned melodrama about a woman Torn Between two men. Ginger Rogers stars as the titular Foyle, a Philadelphia woman who treasures independence a...
https://silverscreenings.org/2024/05/15/ginger-rogers-and-relationship-jewellery/
Poor Groucho Marx. The famous comedian and member of the Marx Brothers once made the unfortunate decision to star in a musical comedy with the über-charismatic Brazilian actress and dancer, Carm...
https://silverscreenings.org/2024/05/02/why-you-should-never-star-in-a-movie-with-carmen-miranda/
If you’ve seen the 1931 drama, An American Tragedy, you’ve no doubt noticed it looks like a relic from a forgotten civilization. First, it can be a bit stilted at times, coming as it does fro...
https://silverscreenings.org/2024/04/26/a-tragedy-of-self-obsession/
Serious Question: Is there such a thing as a domestic film noir? And: Can a film noir take place in the bright California sunshine? Here’s our query: In the 1951 “B” movie, Cause for Alarm!...
https://silverscreenings.org/2024/04/12/a-domestic-film-noir/
We (yours truly) adore the on-screen Joan Crawford. Was she the single greatest actress of her generation? Nope. Was she remarkable? You bet. With a 47-year Hollywood career, she understood what ...
https://silverscreenings.org/2024/04/04/joan-crawfords-fierce-ambition/
Here’s an underrated “B” Crime Drama/Buddy Road Movie you might like: Johnny Stool Pigeon (1949). The film stars Howard Duff as a U.S. Treasury agent, and Dan Duryea as the criminal who Hat...
https://silverscreenings.org/2024/03/29/buddy-road-movie-1949-smart-convict-vs-dense-cop/
Actress Mary Pickford, wildly famous during the silent era, developed a pattern early in her career. The pattern first became evident at the Biograph studio in 1909, when a 17-year-old Pickford w...
https://silverscreenings.org/2024/03/16/the-restless-mary-pickford/
Civilization is a funny thing. When citizens cooperate and follow the Rules, society has a turbulence-free sheen. Even when a nation is embroiled in a foreign war, its society can, more or less, ...
https://silverscreenings.org/2024/03/03/buster-keaton-organic-chaos/
The misleading thing about the title of Earth vs. The Spider (1958) is this: A giant spider does not attack the entire planet. It attacks one American town. Naturally, it’s a relief to discover...
https://silverscreenings.org/2024/02/22/so-bad-its-good-earth-vs-the-spider-1958/
Well, just look at the things you find when you reorganize your movie collection. We (yours truly) had a burst of Organizational Efficiency last week and, as we sorted our DVDs – don’t laugh ...
https://silverscreenings.org/2024/02/06/the-james-cagney-movie-that-sank-a-studio/