Movies
THEY LIVE BY NIGHT Has a Life of Its Own
From the moment the RKO logo fades out, 1948’s They Live By Night doesn’t display the typical Noir trappings its title would lead you to believe. We see a prologue of our leads, Bowie & […]
RKO
Movies
The Cancerous Sh*ts show: John Wayne in THE CONQUEROR
Ok, first a quick disclaimer: today is John Wayne’s birthday so, before actually diving into what our creative director calls “one of the most cancerous shit shows of all time”, understand that I’m actually a fan of […]
Photographic Evidence
QUIET ON THE SET! GUNGA DIN (1939) and the Hollywood Mirage
Quiet on the Set! is a unique behind-the-scenes look into the making of films big and small from Hollywood’s golden age. The picture-perfect profile of Douglas Fairbanks Jr. was silhouetted by the crimson flames that […]
Movies
DVD Review: Kitty Foyle (1940) from Warner Archive
Kitty Foyle (Ginger Rogers)–a working-class girl born and raised in Philadelphia, where the lines between the classes are distinctly drawn and adhered to rigidly–does the unthinkable: she falls in love with a “Main Line” boy, […]