The transition from silent films to the “talkies” was difficult for many in the motion picture industry. For many (particularly those in front of the camera), it would result in the death of their ...

There's a whole world under the surface and only Ron has any idea about it.

In the popular imagination, the director Josef von Sternberg (1894-1969) will forever be linked with Marlene Dietrich. He made her an international star with “The Blue Angel” (1930) and worked with ...

The years 1927 and 1928 were significant for the cinema, and for Austrian-born director Josef von Sternberg. Silent films were at their zenith - F.W. Murnau's Sunrise, Carl Dreyer's The Passion of ...

A good story, plus good direction, plus a great cast and minus dumb supervision, is responsible for another great underworld film. A good story, plus good direction, plus a great cast and minus dumb ...

“Les Miséra-bles” has finally come out of the vaults and is showing at the Central Theatre. How closely it follows the novel I cannot say for certain, but some of my literate friends assure me that it ...