Film Title: Gilda Year: 1946 Studio: Columbia Pictures Silent or Talkie: Talkie Genre: Film Noir Starring: Rita Hayworth Glenn Ford George Macready Joseph Calleia Rita Hayworth didn’t earn her nickname of “The Love Goddess” for nothing. Gilda is perhaps one of her best known performances and a film in which she would become immortalized as […]
Film Title: Freaks Year: 1932 Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Silent or Talkie: Talkie Genre: Horror Starring: Wallace Ford Leila Hyams Olga Baclanova Roscoe Ates Henry Victor Harry Earles Daisy Earles In 1932, one of the most captivating films of all time emerged on the scene. “Freaks” was the brainchild of Director Tod Browning, whose prior work […]
Film Title: Forever, Darling Year: 1956 Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Silent or Talkie: Talkie Genre: Comedy Starring: Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz James Mason Louis Calhern Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz met on the set of their first movie together, Too Many Girls in 1940. This was many years prior to their success as a couple on […]
Film Title: City Girl Year: 1930 Studio: Fox Film Corporation Silent or Talkie: Silent Genre: Drama Starring: Charles Farrell Mary Duncan David Torrence Edith Yorke Anne Shirley By all rights, F.W. Murnau’s third and final American film, City Girl, shouldn’t even exist. Murnau walked out on this production when his champion William Fox was badly […]
Film Title: Christmas in Connecticut Year: 1945 Studio: Warner Brothers Silent or Talkie: Talkie Genre: Comedy Starring: Barbara Stanwyck Dennis Morgan Sydney Greenstreet S.Z. Sakall It’s getting to the point where Barbara Stanwyck should be considered a synonym for “excellent”. Her roles, no matter how varied, always leave a lasting impression. When you combine her […]
