Columbia Cavalcade of 1940
I present to you a sample study of Columbia’s B movies released in 1940: an onslaught of one-hour wonders. Let’s dive right in— Wait,...
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Samantha Glasser
- Nov 17
- 5 min
Neurotic November: The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001)
Woody Allen is a polarizing figure, a sought-after writer and director with an abiding love for old Hollywood, but with a controversial...
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Samantha Glasser
- Nov 10
- 6 min
Neurotic November: Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
Woody Allen is a polarizing figure, a sought-after writer and director with an abiding love for old Hollywood, but with a controversial...
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Samantha Glasser
- Nov 3
- 6 min
Neurotic November: Play It Again, Sam (1972)
Woody Allen is a polarizing figure, a sought-after writer and director with an abiding love for old Hollywood, but with a controversial...
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Adam Williams
- Oct 27
- 9 min
Whatever Happened to Pierre Gendron?
The Monster Maker has all the ingredients for a throwaway camp chiller: a Svengali-like mad scientist, experiments with a dread disease,...
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Samantha Glasser
- Oct 20
- 5 min
Ominous October: The Golem (1920)
It's October and you know what that means, spooky-themed movies! SAMANTHA GLASSER: In medieval Prague, a Jewish ghetto is threatened with...
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Samantha Glasser
- Oct 13
- 4 min
Ominous October: One Body Too Many (1944)
It's October and you know what that means, spooky-themed movies! RODNEY BOWCOCK: Jack Haley stars as Albert Tuttle, insurance salesman....
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Samantha Glasser
- Oct 6
- 5 min
Ominous October: Earth vs. The Spider (1958)
It's October and you know what that means, spooky-themed movies! SAMANTHA GLASSER: Earth vs. The Spider (1958) AKA The Spider, not to be...
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Adam Williams
- Sep 29
- 7 min
Who Needs Hollywood? The Cincinnati Cine Club Makes a Movie
If you head east on Hollywood Boulevard and go for approximately 2,000 miles, you’ll find yourself in the middle of the Ohio Valley in a...
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Samantha Glasser
- Sep 22
- 5 min
Shemptember: Arabian Nights (1942)
Shemp, the stooge who went on from the comedy group to have a minor movie career as a solo talent, and then returned when his brother...
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Samantha Glasser
- Sep 15
- 5 min
Shemptember: Strictly in the Groove (1942)
Shemp, the stooge who went on from the comedy group to have a minor movie career as a solo talent, and then returned when his brother...
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Samantha Glasser
- Sep 8
- 5 min
Shemptember: The Strange Case of Dr. Rx (1942)
Shemp, the stooge who went on from the comedy group to have a minor movie career as a solo talent, and then returned when his brother...
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Samantha Glasser
- Sep 1
- 5 min
Shemptember: Convention Girl (1934)
Shemp, the stooge who went on from the comedy group to have a minor movie career as a solo talent, and then returned when his brother...
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Adam Williams
- Aug 25
- 4 min
Roy Rogers, King of the Cowboys & Gustav Machatý, the Prague Kid
Welcome. Before the show begins, please visit our concession stand and grab an ice-cold Coca-Cola. It’s August; it’s hot. As I mop the...
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Samantha Glasser
- Aug 18
- 5 min
Pre-Code August: Blonde Crazy (1931)
Pre-code films, movies made before the production code was enforced, are among the favorite screenings of attendees of the Picture Show...
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Samantha Glasser
- Aug 11
- 6 min
Pre-Code August: She Had to Say Yes (1933)
Pre-code films, movies made before the production code was enforced, are among the favorite screenings of attendees of the Picture Show...
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Samantha Glasser
- Aug 4
- 5 min
Pre-Code August: Frisco Jenny (1932)
Pre-code films, movies made before the production code was enforced, are among the favorite screenings of attendees of the Picture Show...
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Adam Williams
- Jul 28
- 6 min
Fraudulent Cases: A Double Dose of Don Martin
Whoever wrote the TV blurbs for Akron’s Beacon Journal was a regular Henny Youngman. When local WAKR scheduled the 1947 crime film The...
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Samantha Glasser
- Jul 21
- 5 min
Sporting July: It Happened in Flatbush (1942)
Sports have been a popular recreational activity since ancient times. They develop and show-off physical prowess as well as foster...
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Samantha Glasser
- Jul 14
- 5 min
Sporting July: The Cowboy Quarterback (1939)
Sports have been a popular recreational activity since ancient times. They develop and show-off physical prowess as well as foster...
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