by Dale Dalenberg | Nov 28, 2019 | 100 Years, 100 Films
A comedy trick film from the makers of Rescued by Rover. Lewin Fitzhamon (1869-1961) was producer Cecil Hepworth’s favorite director until “Fitz” broke away to form his own film company in 1912. Like many early film-makers, they played a lot with...
by Dale Dalenberg | Nov 24, 2019 | Reviews
Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino are kindred cinematic spirits. They both had their directorial debuts in 1992. Rodriguez made one of the 3 or 4 most celebrated independent films of all times with El Mariachi, which produced the miracle of $2 million from a...
by Dale Dalenberg | Nov 17, 2019 | 100 Years, 100 Films
Winsor McCay’s comic strip “Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend” ran in the Evening Telegram (a sister newspaper to The New York Herald) from 1904-1911. Pictured here is the Dover Books facsimile edition of a 1905 Frederick A. Stokes publication collecting...
by Dale Dalenberg | Nov 15, 2019 | Reviews, Silents
Two orphan girls are sent to live with their uncle in the wild West. They bring along two puppies in a picnic basket as companions. When the puppies run off, they are picked up by Native Americans (depicted as broad stereotypes with Griffith’s usual ham-handed...
by Dale Dalenberg | Nov 10, 2019 | 100 Years, 100 Films
This delightful film is the template for all hero dog movies to follow, especially the Lassie films. Maybe it is an urban legend, but allegedly the surge in popularity of the name Rover for pet dogs started with this movie. When a baby is kidnapped, the family dog...
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