“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)”
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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)”
Days O’Horror #17: Phantom of the Opera (1925)
“You are in no peril as long as you do not touch my mask.” Phantom of the Opera might have been a silent film, but its release in November of 1925 sounded the coming of a new era. It introduced moviegoers to Universal’s run of horror films that would eventually become some of the mostContinue reading “Days O’Horror #17: Phantom of the Opera (1925)”
Ken's Alternate Universe! 