Before I get to the meat of the post, I want to do tell you that “Cabin in the Cotton” will be on TCM on June 7th at 4:30 AM Eastern time. This is a very hard to find movie, one that was released on VHS years ago but hasn’t been seen much since. I…
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3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain (1998)
This post contains adult language inappropriate for kids and spoilers for the movie “3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain.” Parents, do not let your children read this post. I tell you this because I am your friend. “3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain” is the fourth and last movie in the “3 Ninja”…
Birthday: Gloria Swanson, March 27, 1899
Gloria Swansonborn March 27, 1899 (or 1897) portrait by Ernest Bachrachmore about Gloria can be found at Glorious Gloria and Gloria Swanson
Birthday: Alan Arkin, March 26, 1934
Alan Arkinborn March 26, 1934Arkin is famous for being my husband’s favorite actoroh yeah and I guess other people like him too, what with him being so damned awesome and alland will someone release “Simon” on DVD already for the love of cornphoto is a promotional still from “Catch-22”tons about Alan can be found at…
Birthday: El Brendel, March 25, 1891
El Brendelborn March 25, 1891El is the patron saint of She Blogged By Nightmore about El can be found at Give Me the Good Old Days! and, of course, herepictured are El Brendel and Greta Nissen from “Women of All Nations”
Birthday: Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, March 24, 1887
Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckleborn March 24, 1887 publicity still for the lost 1921 film “Brewster’s Millions”more about Roscoe can be found at Call Me Fatty! A Tribute to Roscoe Arbuckle
Birthday: Joan Crawford, March 23, 1908
Joan Crawfordborn March 23, 1908 (allegedly) portrait by Ruth Harriet Louisemore Joan can be found at Legendary Joan Crawford
Attention TCM: "The Brain That Wouldn’t Die" also comes in a lemon fresh unedited version!
Today I realized TCM was going to show the 1962 cult (and MST3K) classic “The Brain That Wouldn’t Die” tonight, and spent most of my day rubbing my hands together in the internationally recognized oh-boy-this-is-gonna-be-great fashion. You can imagine my glee when I realized immediately that the film had been edited. Unless I’m mistaken, there’s…
The Locked Door (1929)
“The Locked Door” is an early talkie and one of Barbara Stanwyck’s first film roles. The story was originally a stage play called “The Sign on the Door”, a melodrama by Channing Pollock that ran from 1919-1920 and which garnered very good reviews. It was spiced up for film by C. Gardner Sullivan, who added…
The Twenty Actors Meme
I decided to consider myself technically tagged after Princess Fire and Music’s post. Note that she is a better blogger than me: she didn’t cheat. This is Dean Treadway of filmicability’s meme, not the other similar memes going about, which means I have chosen my 20 favorites. Not best, not most admired, just favorite. This…