I have to confess that seeing CITIZEN KANE was one of the main reasons I got into the newspaper business. Later on, I met many more people working in various media (not only newspapers, but radio, TV, and yes, even the Internet) who were also influenced by KANE. One reason is that the film, through ...

Mick, this is probably as much a suggestion as a question, but have you considered doing a book about the WRITERS of the pre-code era? (You might call it Scandalous Scribes or something like that.) This is a much-neglected field that someone needs to cover. For example, I recently read Grace Perkins...

jondaris wrote:IIRC, The Godfather was rated "M" when it came out.

Actually, THE GODFATHER was one of the first movies to get an "R" rating. It was even part of the 10-second TV spots:

(Big voice booming) "The Godfather is now a movie. Rated R."

Greetings, Mick! Thanks for stopping by . . .

I've done some extensive research on John Gilbert, and I was intrigued by your comment in Dangerous Men that you like Gilbert's talking films better than his silents. Care to explain this more fully?

There's at least a couple of easy choices for me, but MAN, am I going to sweat during this next round!

It could be Clara Bow. I have several 1924 stills of her and they look very much like this one.

I missed about the first 10 minutes of THE WOMEN IN HIS LIFE, but stayed around for the rest. Pretty good potboiler with a nail-biting finale. Otto Kruger is one actor I'll watch any time, any place. Such an assured actor, and such a great voice! Funny thing is, my perception of Kruger is the opposi...

Boy, there's some good match-ups this time around! However, I think the choices are going to get harder and harder with each round, but that's not going to diminish the fun factor for me. I missed a few votes the last time around because I was preparing for a vacation trip on Friday. I am now postin...

That's a historical fact, Klondike. Lincoln's bodyguard was named John Kennedy.

Even weirder is the fact that John F. Kennedy had a personal assistant named Evelyn Lincoln! (No relation to the one-time president, though.)

SUNRISE.

Chris, I can tell from these initial match-ups that the voting is is going to be either very easy or very difficult, and not much in between. But it should yield a lot of food for thought.

Likewise, Lynn. I'm just getting back here after months of computer and Internet access problems, and I just now read about you losing your dad. You've been good to me in the past, and it's hard for me see such a classy lady as you go through this pain. My prayers and thoughts go out to you, along w...

Earlier this year, I picked up a VHS copy of STRANGER at Cinevent. It was obviously taped off AMC at least 10 years ago, and this print still had the old C&C Movietime titles at the open and close. So I taped this on Saturday with a little trepidation. But when I finally watched it yesterday, lo...

I was going to bring this up if no one else did. I've seen him post under that username in the Yahoo silent movie group, and on a couple of other classic film boards I frequent. David Shepard is one of the true angels of film preservation and appreciation. It's an honor and privilege to have you her...

Since work has been slow this week, I decided to spend a few nights working on my Top 25. This was a more agonizing exercise than I thought -- I had to leave off so many of my favorites! Then I decided to limit it to films I have watched repeatedly, with delight, and that feature most of my favorite...