“I’ve found it! I’ve found it! A mountain of gold!” Charles Chaplin’s early film career, nearly a decade, was spent writing, producing, directing, appearing in, and/or, occasionally, composing music for over seventy silent short films. In 1919 he co-founded United Artists and began using the company to release his first feature length films in 1923.Continue reading “Classic Cinema: The Gold Rush (1925)”
Category Archives: classic cinema
Throwback Thursday: The Batwoman (1968)
With the campy Batman television series ending fourteen days before its March 28, 1968 release, The Batwoman (La Mujer Murcielago) hit the silver screen in Mexico. The film blended action, camp, and lucha libre into a science fiction/superhero film featuring the Batwoman, a crime fighter who is inspired by but not an official adaptation ofContinue reading “Throwback Thursday: The Batwoman (1968)”
Calcasieu SerialFest Chapter 8!
Welcome To The Jungle! Calcasieu SerialFest made its triumphant return to Sulphur, LA on July 30th! After a small event in 2020 due to COVID-19 restrictions and no event at all last year due to the total destruction of the Brimstone Museum in Sulphur after Hurricane Laura hit southwest Louisiana, retro film fans were hungryContinue reading “Calcasieu SerialFest Chapter 8!”
Classic Cinema: Perils Of Nyoka (1942)
Adventure For A Cure Considered by many to be the best “jungle adventure” serial ever produced, 1942’s Perils of Nyoka gives us two female leads, a gorilla named Satan, and a journey to find a cure for cancer. The Republic Pictures fifteen chapter serial also featured a cast loaded with serial legends, future superstars, andContinue reading “Classic Cinema: Perils Of Nyoka (1942)”
Classic Cinema: Pay Day (1922)
“You’re Working By The Hour, Not The Ounce!” Welcome to the first entry in my new series, Classic Cinema. This series will sporadically appear and will focus on classic films from the years prior to 1980. I’ll continue posting horror film reviews in my Classic Horror series and will utilize Throwback Thursday for any filmsContinue reading “Classic Cinema: Pay Day (1922)”
Ken's Alternate Universe! 