Melvin Van Peebles
Today on the final day of black history month, we close out our retrospective of black cinema. Ending on a high note, we turn our...
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Elizabeth S
- Feb 20, 2021
- 1 min
Birthday Wishes - Sydney Poitier
Wishing Sydney Poitier, a living legend, a very Happy 94th Birthday. In honor of this great actor, director, and ambassador, here is a...
Elizabeth S
- Feb 20, 2021
- 2 min
Harry Belafonte "The King of Calypso"
“Day-O. Day-O. Daylight coming and me want to go home.” On March 1, 1927, Harold George Belafonte, Jr. was born in Harlem, New York to...
Elizabeth S
- Feb 9, 2021
- 2 min
Cicely Tyson
Happy February 2021. This is the month to applaud black excellence. It is Black History Month and I would like to commence the...
Elizabeth S
- Jan 28, 2021
- 2 min
Adolph Zukor - Pioneer
Happy New Year, Classic Film Lovers. I trust that your holiday season was filled with love and joy. For this month, I wish to remember...
Elizabeth S
- Dec 24, 2020
- 1 min
A Little Girl Who Did Not Believe in Santa Claus/ The Night Before Christmas
Happy Christmas Eve, kiddies of all ages. I hope your holidays are shaping up to be the best celebration ever. To keep with the spirit of...
Elizabeth S
- Dec 15, 2020
- 1 min
Santa Claus
"Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. The stockings were hung by...
Elizabeth S
- Dec 5, 2020
- 1 min
Scrooge or Marley's Ghost
Ding! Dong! Ding! Dong! Christmas bells are ringing! Happy Holidays, kiddies of all ages. This is a time of peace, love, and hot...
Elizabeth S
- Nov 30, 2020
- 2 min
Oscar Micheaux - A Man Ahead of his Time
“Your self-image is so powerful it unwittingly becomes your destiny.” Oscar Devereaux Micheaux On January 2, 1884, Oscar Devereaux...
Elizabeth S
- Oct 31, 2020
- 1 min
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Spirit surrounds us on every side…. Happy All Hallows’ Evening, goblins and ghouls. I trust this night will be filled with many...
Elizabeth S
- Oct 24, 2020
- 1 min
Haxan
Grave Robbery. Magic Love Potions. Witch Trials. Torture. Demon Possession of Nuns. Welcome to our next eerie silent film of the week,...
Elizabeth S
- Oct 17, 2020
- 2 min
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde/The Haunted House
“Wouldn’t it be marvelous if two natures in man could be separated – housed in different bodies.” For this week, a hair-raising double...
Elizabeth S
- Oct 10, 2020
- 1 min
Faust
A wager between heaven and hell. A deadly plague racing through a little village and an old scholar, who after losing faith in God, makes...
Elizabeth S
- Oct 3, 2020
- 1 min
Nosferatu
“Beware, so that his shadow cannot burden your sleep with horrible nightmares.” Happy month of October! Where the ghosts, goblins, and...
Elizabeth S
- Aug 9, 2020
- 5 min
Anna May Wong – “The First Chinese American Star”
“I was so young when I began that I knew I still had youth if I failed, so I determined to give myself ten years to succeed as an...
Elizabeth S
- Aug 8, 2020
- 1 min
Farewell
To one of the last stars of the Golden Age of Hollywood, Olivia de Havilland, rest in eternal peace. You will be greatly missed.
Elizabeth S
- Aug 8, 2020
- 3 min
Cedric Gibbons - "Metro's Style"
“Cedric Gibbons was the grand cardinal of the art department.” - Vincente Minnelli Irish American film art director and production...
Elizabeth S
- Aug 8, 2020
- 1 min
Birthday Wishes
I just wanted to step away from the silent film era for a moment and send out a warm Birthday wish to Olivia Mary De Havilland, who...
Elizabeth S
- Aug 8, 2020
- 3 min
Clare West - "Studio Designer"
“I am more proud than ever of our own Unites States. Our designers, especially those whose work is reflected on our screen, are months...
Elizabeth S
- Aug 8, 2020
- 5 min
D.W. Griffith - The Father of Film
“To watch his work is like being witness to the beginning of melody, or the first conscious use of the lever or the wheel; the emergence,...
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