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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,...

Adam Williams
Nov 24, 20237 min read


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...

Samantha Glasser
Nov 17, 20235 min read


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...

Samantha Glasser
Nov 10, 20236 min read


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...

Samantha Glasser
Nov 3, 20236 min read


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,...

Adam Williams
Oct 27, 20239 min read


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...

Samantha Glasser
Oct 20, 20235 min read


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....

Samantha Glasser
Oct 13, 20234 min read


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...

Samantha Glasser
Oct 6, 20235 min read


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...

Adam Williams
Sep 29, 20237 min read


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...

Samantha Glasser
Sep 22, 20235 min read


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...

Samantha Glasser
Sep 15, 20235 min read


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...

Samantha Glasser
Sep 8, 20235 min read


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...

Samantha Glasser
Sep 1, 20235 min read


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...

Adam Williams
Aug 25, 20234 min read


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...

Samantha Glasser
Aug 18, 20235 min read


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...

Samantha Glasser
Aug 11, 20236 min read


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...

Samantha Glasser
Aug 4, 20235 min read


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...

Adam Williams
Jul 28, 20236 min read


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...

Samantha Glasser
Jul 21, 20235 min read


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...

Samantha Glasser
Jul 14, 20235 min read
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