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It s that time of year again, and I depart once more from my focus on Golden Age Hollywood to share my story The Sensible Christmas Wish , first published here in 2016 about this time. That first year s introduction can Continue reading
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Twinkle, Twinkle, Little “Star” (Republished)
With the Holiday Season upon us once again, I want to pause and pay tribute to a particular Christmas movie, one of the least known and one of the best. It distills the spirit of Christmas as well as Continue reading
Sixty-Six Years’ Worth of Oscars
It occurred to me that I ended my last post with a bit of a tease, asking Cinedrome readers how many people they could identify in the Oscar reunion photo from the 75th Academy Awards ceremony on March 23, 2003. Continue reading
A Visit with Jody Baxter, Chick Mallison, Trooper Jeff Yorke et al.
On March 3, 2017, Claude Jarman Jr. welcomed my friend Richard Glazier and me into his beautiful hillside home in Kentfield, Marin County, Calif., 17 miles north of San Francisco. There he sat down with us for a nice long Continue reading
Ave Atque Vale, Jody Baxter
I was dismayed and saddened by the passing of Claude Jarman Jr. last week. He lived a long, happy and memorable life, and he left this world peacefully in his sleep at the age of 90. But that s not really Continue reading
Picture Show No. 3 — Tying Off a Loose End
Day 1 Continued So Where was I? Oh Yes, Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928). As I said last time, Buster Keaton s last masterpiece would be a highlight of any weekend of classic movies, and so it was in Columbus this year. Continue reading
Picture Show No. 3 — Day 1, Part 1
Once again the Picture Show opened with a serial, with its once-weekly episodes (twelve of them this time) parceled out among the four days of the convention. So it was that Day 1 opened with Episodes 1-3 of Spy Smasher Continue reading
Picture Show No. 3 — Prelude
First, before I launch into my annual recap of this year s Columbus Moving Picture Show, a heads-up and an apology. I ve got quite a bit of vacation traveling to do in the next few weeks, and that will probably prolong Continue reading
MERRY CHRISTMAS from Cinedrome!
We re undergoing some major home renovations here at Cinedrome, so my creation and development of new posts has been on a back burner for a while. But today is December 25, and I didn t want to let the holiday pass Continue reading
The Annotated “Lydia the Tattooed Lady”
Introduction At the moment, I m in rehearsals for a stage production of Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen s 1813 romantic comedy of manners chronicling the romantic vicissitudes of five English sisters. The youngest and silliest of these sisters is named Lydia Continue reading