ONE OF THE MOST INNOVATIVE HOLLYWOOD CLASSIC OF THE 1920s By Anthony Martinez RosalesThe Stanford Daily – “20/20 Vision” – May 2023 “Wings” (1927) felt like just another war movie until I found out that it used real planes to film the aerial shots. The fact that filmmakers bore the
The Illusion and Reality of War – A Classic Anti-War Movie ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT: Still Disquieting, 93 Years Later by Victoria Thomas (@Miss_Vickums) In 1914, English author and social commentator H.G. Wells coined the phrase “the war to end all wars,” referencing the first World War without
WHO KNEW? by Victoria Thomas (@Miss_Vickums) In his 1990 biography, “How I Made a Hundred Movies in Hollywood and Never Lost a Dime” Corman wrote: “My film budgets have always been notoriously lean, while the waste and excess built into the major studios’ productions have tended to appall me.” Corman’s
Alfred Hitchcock Presents Written by Victoria Thomas (@Miss_Vickums) America was increasingly strange place in 1955. The afterglow of the Allied victory quickly faded as new international anxieties surfaced. Although Russia had been a powerful cooperative force in crushing the Axis, dealings between the superpowers quickly cooled, leading author George Orwell
JACK NICHOLSON – THE ANATOMY OF A SUPERSTAR Although Jack Nicholson has often described himself as a studio method actor, his screen alchemy defies mere technique. Directors, producers, co-stars and critics often compare his suave swagger to that of Cagney and Bogart, praising the leading-man charisma that has carried the
5 Classic Films that Were Based on Books One of the most famous inspirations for creating movies or TV series has always been literature. Many famous movies or TV shows have been shot according to various literary sources. Often, when we watch movies and TV series, we do not even
All Quiet on the Western Front – 1930 Classic Movie “All Quiet on the Western Front” is a powerful anti-war film that was released in 1930. The movie was based on the 1929 novel of the same name by Erich Maria Remarque. This epic pre-Code war film directed by Lewis
Midnight (original title) and re-released with title “Call it Murder” Overview of movie with Plot and Cast (from Wikipedia) OVERVIEW Midnight is a 1934 American drama film, the first directed by Chester Erskine, and starring Sidney Fox, O.P. Heggie, Henry Hull and Margaret Wycherly. It was based on a Theatre
Angel and the Bad Man (John Wayne, Gail Russell) “Angel and the Bad Man” is a 1947 Western film starring John Wayne and Gail Russell. The movie was directed by James Edward Grant and was released by Republic Pictures. The film is a classic Western that tells the story of
TheLastPicture.Show’s 2021 top 10 Independent Movies. Hard choice since there are so many more great independent movies.