Mark Of The Vampire
Filmmaker Tod Browning famously conceived of Mark Of The Vampire (1935) as a way to re-make or salvage his now lost silent feature London After Midnight (1927) starring Lon Chaney…. Read more »
Tag: Lionel Barrymore
Since You Went Away
David O. Selznick’s production Since You Went Away (1944) is the essential wartime “weepie”. Selznick based the film on Since You Went Away: Letters to a Soldier from His Wife… Read more »
Rasputin & The Empress
Rasputin & The Empress (1932) was something of a coup for MGM. It’s the only film to feature all three of the Barrymores; John, Ethel and Lionel. Each of them… Read more »
It’s A Wonderful Life
Frank Capra is arguably the quintessential American director of the thirties and forties. His films, particularly those he made with James Stewart, succeed in presenting a superficial environment reminiscent of… Read more »
