Category Archives: Golden Age of Cinema

The Black Sleep (USA, 1956)

Posted on March 19, 2011 by jlmicek

Name: The Black Sleep Release Date: 1956 Director: Reginald Le Borg Writers: Gerald Drayson Adams (story); John C. Higgins (screenplay) Cast: Basil Rathbone: Sir Joel Cadman Akim Tamiroff: Odo the Gypsy Lon Chaney Jr.: Mungo (aka Dr. Monroe) John Carradine: … Continue reading →

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The March Of Time (USA, 1935-67)

Posted on September 8, 2010 by jlmicek

Title: The March of Time Release Date: 1935-1967 Writers: Richard and Louis de Rochemont Created By: Roy Edward Larsen Run-Time: 30 mins. When I was kid growing up in Connecticut, our local PBS station used to run a show called … Continue reading →

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Another Fine Mess (USA, 1930)

Posted on September 1, 2010 by jlmicek

Title: Another Fine Mess Release Date: 1930 Director: James Parrott Writer: H.M. Walker Cast: Stan Laurel: Stan Oliver Hardy: Ollie Thelma Todd: Lady Plumtree James Finlayson: Colonel Wilburforce Buckshot Charles K. Gerrard: Lord Leopold Ambrose Plumtree Run-Time: 30 mins. Studio:Hal … Continue reading →

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Confidential Agent (1945, USA)

Posted on August 30, 2010 by jlmicek

So here’s a movie that historical amnesiacs and social-realists can both adore.

Based on a Graham Greene novel of the same name (“The Confidential Agent” — why Warners chose to drop the definite article is something of a mystery) is an odd film that sits somewhere between romance, thriller and war movie. Continue reading →

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