Before John Wayne began making low-budget Westerns in the 1930s, stunt performers were rarely, if ever, acknowledged or given credit for their work. Studios didn't want to break the illusion to reveal that it wasn't the main star on-screen performing their own stunts, so the practice became one of Hollywood's biggest secrets. Looking back on the history of stunts from the era, the British Action Academy noted that, during that time, studios and directors began demanding more dangerous stunts that resulted in a large increase in on-set fatalities.
The marquee star wasn't in mortal jeopardy and some actors like Harold Lloyd had it written into their contracts that it could never be revealed when a stuntman was utilized. Tom Mix, the first bonafide movie star, always claimed that he was the one who made the famous horse jump across the Beale's Cut ravine in John Ford's 1923 short film, "3 Jumps Ahead.
The marquee star wasn't in mortal jeopardy and some actors like Harold Lloyd had it written into their contracts that it could never be revealed when a stuntman was utilized. Tom Mix, the first bonafide movie star, always claimed that he was the one who made the famous horse jump across the Beale's Cut ravine in John Ford's 1923 short film, "3 Jumps Ahead.
- 1/3/2023
- by Drew Tinnin
- Slash Film
"Boardwalk Empire" is something of an outlier in the so-called "Golden Age of Television." The show premiered on September 19, 2010 and received robust critical praise. Despite the reviews, "Boardwalk Empire" did not find the audience enjoyed by its contemporaries and it has not yet matched the reputation of its predecessors. One way or another, the story of Enoch "Nucky" Thompson has been outflanked by "Breaking Bad," "Game of Thrones," "The Sopranos," and "The Wire." Consequently, eight years after its expedited fifth and final season, it's time for something of a retrospective.Set during the 13 years of Prohibition, "Boardwalk Empire" spins fact and fiction into an exquisite tapestry of family, greed, lust, and brutal gangster politics. Nucky Thompson's grip on Atlantic City may be the show's center of gravity, but it also captures the zeitgeist of American organized crime in the early 20th century. The real-life figures are too numerous to quantify here,...
- 9/14/2022
- by Jack Hawkins
- Slash Film
The Godfather, directed by Francis Ford Coppola from the bestselling novel by Mario Puzo, has just hit another historic milestone: its 50th anniversary. Released on March 24, 1972, it is a landmark film that made and remade history. The ultimate saga, which can be seen in the recently-released The Godfather Trilogy 4K Ultra HD edition, follows an immigrant family as they rise in American society. The Corleones reflect the vantage point of one of the Five Families of New York’s organized crime ruling commission.
While the words “mafia” and “cosa nostra” are never used in the film, many of the scenarios reflect specific points in the mob’s story. Some of these are strictly from Puzo’s imagination for the novel, like the horse’s head in a Hollywood producer’s bed scene. There is no evidence in gangland history to a corresponding incident like that. However, one of the most...
While the words “mafia” and “cosa nostra” are never used in the film, many of the scenarios reflect specific points in the mob’s story. Some of these are strictly from Puzo’s imagination for the novel, like the horse’s head in a Hollywood producer’s bed scene. There is no evidence in gangland history to a corresponding incident like that. However, one of the most...
- 3/28/2022
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
The Little Rascals Volume 4
Blu ray – The ClassicFlix Restorations
ClassicFlix
1933, ’34, ’35,/ 1.37:1 / 218 Min.
Starring George McFarland, Dorothy DeBorba, Dickie Moore
Written by H.W. Walker
Directed by Robert F. McGowan, Gus Meins
Often dismissed for their old-fashioned ways, classic films should be applauded for those very qualities. For better—and sometimes for a lot worse—movies operate as de facto documentaries of their generation, and none more so than the string of depression-era comedies produced under the most un-comical circumstances. Those two-reelers featured bankable stars at center stage but lingering on the sidelines were the dime a dozen extras who came to California looking for work and found it in, of all places, Hollywood. Brutalized by their circumstances, these migrants would not have been out of place in a Walker Evans photograph—instead those careworn faces would be documented by the likes of Mack Sennett and Hal Roach. One of Roach...
Blu ray – The ClassicFlix Restorations
ClassicFlix
1933, ’34, ’35,/ 1.37:1 / 218 Min.
Starring George McFarland, Dorothy DeBorba, Dickie Moore
Written by H.W. Walker
Directed by Robert F. McGowan, Gus Meins
Often dismissed for their old-fashioned ways, classic films should be applauded for those very qualities. For better—and sometimes for a lot worse—movies operate as de facto documentaries of their generation, and none more so than the string of depression-era comedies produced under the most un-comical circumstances. Those two-reelers featured bankable stars at center stage but lingering on the sidelines were the dime a dozen extras who came to California looking for work and found it in, of all places, Hollywood. Brutalized by their circumstances, these migrants would not have been out of place in a Walker Evans photograph—instead those careworn faces would be documented by the likes of Mack Sennett and Hal Roach. One of Roach...
- 3/12/2022
- by Charlie Largent
- Trailers from Hell
Exclusive: Anonymous Content’s Charlie Scully and Tara Timinsky have joined The Gotham Group as Managers, Deadline has learned first hand.
Scully will be a Manger in the Gotham Group’s literary division while Timinsky will be a Manager in the books/packaging division.
A University of Texas grad whose first job in the biz was interning for award-winning filmmaker Terrence Malick, Timinsky began her career as a trainee at Anonymous Content and subsequently worked in Business and Legal Affairs before moving over to help open up the company’s Media Rights Department, where she was promoted to Manager, working with a range of critically acclaimed and bestselling authors including Cecelia Ahern, Francisco Cantú, Ishmael Beah, Sebastian Junger and Nathaniel Rich, as well as publications including The New York Times. Coming over to Gotham with her is internationally bestselling author Lori Nelson Spielman.
Scully recently was at Anonymous Content for...
Scully will be a Manger in the Gotham Group’s literary division while Timinsky will be a Manager in the books/packaging division.
A University of Texas grad whose first job in the biz was interning for award-winning filmmaker Terrence Malick, Timinsky began her career as a trainee at Anonymous Content and subsequently worked in Business and Legal Affairs before moving over to help open up the company’s Media Rights Department, where she was promoted to Manager, working with a range of critically acclaimed and bestselling authors including Cecelia Ahern, Francisco Cantú, Ishmael Beah, Sebastian Junger and Nathaniel Rich, as well as publications including The New York Times. Coming over to Gotham with her is internationally bestselling author Lori Nelson Spielman.
Scully recently was at Anonymous Content for...
- 6/18/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
There’s a new Bonnie and Clyde film in development called Love is a Gun and the two legendary outlaws will be played by Chloë Grace Moretz (Kick-Ass) and Jack O’Connell (Unbroken).
This movie is is based on a book called Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story Of Bonnie And Clyde from author Jeff Guinn. The script for the movie is being written by Sheldon Turner (Up In The Air) with revisions by Johnny Newman (Narcos) and Kiké Maillo (Eva) is directing.
There hasn’t been a Bonnie and Clyde movie made since Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway’s classic 1967 film. I’m kinda surprised it’s taken so long to tell their story on the big screed again.
Bonnie Elizabeth Parker and Clyde Chestnut Barrow were notorious criminals who traveled central U.S. with their gang during the Great Depression, robbing banks and killing when cornered or confronted.
This movie is is based on a book called Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story Of Bonnie And Clyde from author Jeff Guinn. The script for the movie is being written by Sheldon Turner (Up In The Air) with revisions by Johnny Newman (Narcos) and Kiké Maillo (Eva) is directing.
There hasn’t been a Bonnie and Clyde movie made since Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway’s classic 1967 film. I’m kinda surprised it’s taken so long to tell their story on the big screed again.
Bonnie Elizabeth Parker and Clyde Chestnut Barrow were notorious criminals who traveled central U.S. with their gang during the Great Depression, robbing banks and killing when cornered or confronted.
- 10/31/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
She was known for her elegant perfection and attention to detail, but there were some things even Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis couldn’t control.
In a new memoir Jackie’s Girl by Kathy McKeon, who worked as the former first lady’s assistant and nanny between 1964 and 1977, Onassis once discovered marijuana growing in the garden of her home on the famous Hyannis Port Kennedy compound in Massachusetts.
In the book, McKeon described noticing some of Onassis’ teenage cousins rendezvousing in her flower patch. Although she thought little of it at first, McKeon became curious after they returned to the same spot day after day.
In a new memoir Jackie’s Girl by Kathy McKeon, who worked as the former first lady’s assistant and nanny between 1964 and 1977, Onassis once discovered marijuana growing in the garden of her home on the famous Hyannis Port Kennedy compound in Massachusetts.
In the book, McKeon described noticing some of Onassis’ teenage cousins rendezvousing in her flower patch. Although she thought little of it at first, McKeon became curious after they returned to the same spot day after day.
- 5/14/2017
- by Stephanie Petit
- PEOPLE.com
I was recently alerted to the fact that Frank Borzage's 1937 masterpiece Big City is finally available on DVD in the Us, thanks to Warner Archive's Luis Rainer Collection. As such, I've pulled from Notebook's Archive of the Unpublished an unfinished piece I worked on some time ago on this terrific film, gleaned, as you will see from the images, from Turner Classic Movies in France (ignore the subtitles—the images were chosen for the images, not the words on them). It's not particularly finished or even unified and it's more description than anything else, but I hope it inspires you to see this film.
A fan of director Frank Borzage has to be a bit of a patient crate-digger, finding his films as they pop up in rare retrospectives (7th Heaven, not-so-rare on the Old Film Circuit, but the rest are sporadic) or unexpectedly on Turner Classic Movies, which...
A fan of director Frank Borzage has to be a bit of a patient crate-digger, finding his films as they pop up in rare retrospectives (7th Heaven, not-so-rare on the Old Film Circuit, but the rest are sporadic) or unexpectedly on Turner Classic Movies, which...
- 3/28/2012
- MUBI
Here I present a work-in-progress lexicon of depressed speak. Sadly and magnificently, the tell offs and witticisms are almost entirely specific to the time when automats, dances and Dempsey were tradable cultural vernacular—but nevertheless! I encourage you to adapt these to make them your own in our time and bring them out to the streets again.
Care to dance?: "How about you and me steppin' on each other's feet?" —Docks of San Francisco (1932)
I could eat: “It’s gettin’ so my stomach does nip-ups every time it hears a nickel drop in the automat slot.” —Parachute Jumper (1933)
Greetings: "H'llo Jack Dempsey—how's fightin'?" —Docks of San Francisco (1932)
Agreed: "That suits me down to the ground." —Docks of San Francisco (1932)
I need new shoes: "Worn so thin I could stand on a dime and tell you whether it was heads or tails." —Central Park (1932)
Putting on airs: "Say listen brother,...
Care to dance?: "How about you and me steppin' on each other's feet?" —Docks of San Francisco (1932)
I could eat: “It’s gettin’ so my stomach does nip-ups every time it hears a nickel drop in the automat slot.” —Parachute Jumper (1933)
Greetings: "H'llo Jack Dempsey—how's fightin'?" —Docks of San Francisco (1932)
Agreed: "That suits me down to the ground." —Docks of San Francisco (1932)
I need new shoes: "Worn so thin I could stand on a dime and tell you whether it was heads or tails." —Central Park (1932)
Putting on airs: "Say listen brother,...
- 11/23/2011
- MUBI
"Fight Night Champion" hit like a lights-dimming haymaker earlier this month, releasing on March 1 to rave reviews from fans and critics alike. The series typically outstanding visuals were praised, along with the abundance of content and the story-driven Champion Mode. After almost an entire month of roaming free in the world however, players are likely starting to feel antsy for more. Good news, then. Electronic Arts has you covered with some new downloadable content that is coming to Xbox Live and PlayStation Network next week, detailed after the jump.
There are three packs in all, though some added promotions make everything a bit more complicated. The star of the show is the Heavyweight Legends Pack, which adds Jack Johnson, Jack Dempsey, Rocky Marciano, Joe Louis and Floyd Patterson to your roster of fighters. Buying this pack, which costs 800 Ms Points/$10 also gets you the Bare Knuckles Boxing pack for free,...
There are three packs in all, though some added promotions make everything a bit more complicated. The star of the show is the Heavyweight Legends Pack, which adds Jack Johnson, Jack Dempsey, Rocky Marciano, Joe Louis and Floyd Patterson to your roster of fighters. Buying this pack, which costs 800 Ms Points/$10 also gets you the Bare Knuckles Boxing pack for free,...
- 3/25/2011
- by Adam Rosenberg
- MTV Multiplayer
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