Charlie Chaplin was a genius. Nobody can make you laugh and cry at the same time the way he could.
(Originally posted on Channel Awesome on July 28, 2014)
Charlie Chaplin was a genius. Nobody can make you laugh and cry at the same time the way he could.
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(Originally posted on Channel Awesome on July 21, 2014) The Dark Knight makes his big-screen debut in Columbia Pictures's Batman, the first of two 1940s serials starring the Caped Crusader. In my review of The Adventures of Captain Marvel, I gave a brief overview of the serial genre as a whole, so I'm not going to do that here. Although a number of studios were involved in the production of serials, the three most prominent were Republic, Universal, and Columbia, each with their own claim to fame. Republic's tended to have the best scripts and fight scenes, Universal's were more plot driven and boasted impressive production values, and Columbia's are...infamous for their really low budgets and quality. Columbia's two Batman serials had the misfortune to be made after the studio's corner-cutting policy was instituted, but it didn't stop them from being quite popular.
(Originally posted on Channel Awesome on July 14, 2014)
Even though I'm a huge fan of swashbuckler films, The Spanish Main was one that took me a long time to finally get around to seeing. I went into it with low expectations, but I have to admit, it was pretty decent. Not great, but entertaining. Plus, the star was Paul Henreid, who most people know primarily from his role as Victor Laszlo in Casablanca (1942), so it was interesting to see him in this sort of role. (Originally posted on Channel Awesome on July 7th, 2014)
The Black Legion is noteworthy not only as an indictment of hate groups in America, but also as one of the first films to feature Humphrey Bogart in a leading role. |
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