September 2007
8 posts
Buy Old Movies WC Fields Biography
Buy Old Movies WC Fields Biography - Part 1 - Video Clip I remember watching the broadcast of “Strait Up” - the biography of WC Fields - narrated by Dudley Moore on TV a number of years ago. In my last post there was an embedded link to a YouTube video clip showing WC Fields Juggling. It’s funny because I had no idea that if I had clicked on the bottom of the screen (after the...
Buy Old Movies - WC Fields
Buy Old Movies WC Fields It’s hard to remember when I didn’t appreciate WC Field’s humor. A couple his tongue in cheek quotes come to mind… “Anyone who hates kids and dogs can’t be all bad.” and another… How do you like children Bill? “Fried or parboiled.” There’s an embedded video link further down (that I found on You Tube) where...
Really Fun Japanese Movies
Really fun Japanese movies… by Gwyer Maitland I’m a big Kurosawa fan but over the course of my Hollywood Video rental rampage in Seattle, I discovered a bunch of really fun Japanese movies. Today is incredibly busy for me so here is a quick note about my two favorites: “Tampopo” The first - and my favorite - is called “Tampopo” - a comedy about a Japanese...
Why I Buy Old Movies
Why I Buy Old Movies… It dawned on me as I awoke this morning where my love for old movies started. And I had completely forgotten about this for over 45 years… In 2nd grade, I used to ride an AC Transit bus from College and Ashby in Berkeley to University and Shattuck. It was the 51 line. From there I walked about half a block and went into the restaurant where my mom was a waitress....
Laurel and Hardy Film Clips
Here are a series of Laurel and Hardy Film Clips from the official Laurel and Hardy website. It was really fun finding these old clips. I hadn’t seen these guys in about 20 years. This one is from the 1932 classic County Hospital. County Hospital ========================================== Here are two Laurel and Hardy film clips from: “The Music Box”… These are both under a...
August 2007
8 posts
The Quiet Man
by Gwyer Matiland The Quiet Man is a story about an American boxer who returns to his grandparents old home in Ireland to settle down and live a quiet life. This picture was nominated for best picture in 1952. John Houston wanted to make this film, but Republic pictures told him that nobody wanted to see a movie about Ireland. So they struck a deal. If Houston could produce a western film...
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If I Had A Million
by Gwyer Maitland If I Had A Million is a very funny look at the common man. It was made in the midst of the great depression in 1932. The story is about a dying millionaire who decides to give his millions away to strangers rather than the rotten people in his family. He chooses people randomly to each receive a million dollars. The story unfolds a series of film shorts where we meet each of the...
Kurosawa Films
Kurosawa Films are some of the best movies of any era or genre. There are so many good titles, it’ll take some time to discuss them all. Akira Kurosawa is one of my all time favorite film makers - and that’s saying something because I like a bunch of them. Just today I wrote an article about Kurosawa Films on ezinearticles.com that will be live a few days. Of the top of my head, my...
Buy Old Movies
When you buy old movies you can watch a piece of history before your eyes, literally. We love old movies - it’s more than a hobby, it’s an artistic aspect of who we are. The medium has always been fascinating to me because it’s more interactive than books - although we’re big readers too. I’ve never understood how we can experience the actual energy of the actors -...