Saturday’s post was the start of my San Francisco Silent Film Festival coverage. I’m happy to announce Spellbound by Movies has received official press accreditation to the festival! In the coming days, look to this blog for an in-depth preview to the festival, an interview or two, and onsite write-ups. I’ll be live-tweeting the event here…
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- Anouncements
- Anthony Perkins
- Appreciations
- Archives
- Audrey Hepburn
- Authors
- Available on DVD
- Awards
- Back to Blogging
- Bebe Daniels
- Before They Were Stars
- Ben Model
- Bette Davis
- Bettie Page
- Betty Grable
- Beulah Annan
- Biographies & Memoirs
- Biopics
- Birthdays
- Blogathons
- 5 Movies on an Island
- Classic Movie Blog Association
- CMBA
- Criterion
- Fabulous Films of the 50s
- Fairy Tale
- Flicker Alley's Children of Divorce
- For the Love of Film
- Forgotten Stars
- Luso World Cinema Blogathon
- Pre-Code
- Romantic Comedy 2014
- The Caftan Woman Blogathon
- William Wellman
- World War One in Classic Film
- Book Reviews
- Books
- Booksellers on Film
- Business of Blogging
- Carmen Miranda
- Carole Lombard
- Cate Blanchett
- Caturday
- Channing Pollock
- Charles Laughton
- Clara Bow
- Classic Film
- Classic Hollywood
- Colleen Moore
- Comedians & Comediennes
- Comedies
- Conrad Veidt
- Contemporary Film
- Contests
- Costume Designers
- Costuming
- Cowboy Films
- Cyd Charisse
- Dance
- Dancers
- David Niven
- Debbie Reynolds
- Debra Paget
- Diane Lane
- Directors
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Alice Guy Blaché
- Cecil B. DeMille
- Charley Chase
- Claire Parker
- David Lynch
- Delmer Daves
- Dorothy Arzner
- Frank Urson
- Georges Franju
- Germaine Dulac
- Guy Maddin
- Jeffrey Schwarz
- John Cassavetes
- John Waters
- Leni Riefenstahl
- Lois Weber
- Lotte Reiniger
- Mabel Normand
- Madeline Brandeis
- Marie-Louise Iribe
- Mark Rappaport
- Mary Ellen Bute
- Mary Harron
- Matthew Weiner
- Maya Deren
- Mrs. Wallace Reid
- Olga Preobrazhenskaia
- Pablo Berger
- Roger Corman
- Rupert Hughes
- Segundo de Chomón
- Tim Burton
- William Castle
- William Wellman
- Women Film Directors
- Woody Allen
- Divine
- Divorce
- Documentaries
- Dolores Hart
- Dorothy Malone
- Drama
- Édith Scob
- Edna Purviance
- Einar Hanson
- Eleanor Boardman
- Elsa Lanchester
- Era
- Eric Campbell
- Esther Ralston
- Evelyn Brent
- Experimental
- Fairhaven Film History
- Fairy Tales
- Fan Art
- Fashion
- Fifi D'Orsay
- Film Community
- Film Essays
- Film Fanatic Gear
- Film Fanatics
- Film Festivals
- Film Music
- Film Music
- Film Noir
- Film Posters
- Film Preservation
- Films
- Foreign
- Found Footage
- Francine Bergé
- Friday Fun
- Funny Friday
- Gary Cooper
- George Sanders
- Ginger Rogers
- Glenda Farrell
- Glenda Jacksom
- Gretchen Mol
- Happy Birthday
- Harold Lloyd
- Hedda Hopper
- Herbert Marshall
- Hiatus
- Holiday Movies
- Holidays
- Hollywood Pets
- Horror
- Identify This Film
- Illeana Douglas
- Interviews
- Jack Lemmon
- Jean Arthur
- Jean Harlow
- Jessica Lange
- Joan Bennett
- Joan Crawford
- Joan Fontaine
- Judy Holliday
- Julienne Mathieu
- Kay Francis
- Kyle MacLachlan
- Laura Dern
- LBGTQ
- Length
- Lillian Gish
- Lillian Roth
- Louise Brooks
- Make-up
- Manifesta
- Margot Robbie
- Mark Gatiss
- Mary Pickford
- Maureen O'Hara
- Maurine Dallas Watkins
- Max von Sydow
- Memberships
- Memorials
- Mexico
- Mia Farrow
- Michel Vitold
- Miriam Hopkins
- Moira Shearer
- Movie Moguls
- Movie Podcasts
- Movie Reviews
- Movie Streams & Downloads
- Movie Studios
- Movies
- Behind the Door
- Bird of Paradise (1951)
- Chicago (1927)
- Children of Divorce (1927)
- Cry-Baby
- Filibus 1915
- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1928)
- Gold Diggers of 1933
- Jamaica Inn (1939)
- Ladies and Gentlemen
- Mary Queen of Scots (2018)
- Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
- Nightmare in Wax (1969)
- Of Human Bondage
- Pin Up Girl (1944)
- Star Wars (1977)
- The Fabulous Stains (1982)
- The Red Shoes (1948)
- The Solid Gold Cadillac (1956)
- Times Square (1980)
- What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
- Women He's Undressed
- Movies About Making Movies
- Musicals
- Musidora
- Must Watch List
- My Family & Film
- Myrna Loy
- Natalie Wood
- Noir Alley Ambassador 2020
- Norman Lloyd
- Novelty Films
- October Terrors
- Old Time Radio
- Oscars
- Out-of-Print-in-the-US
- Patsy Kelly
- Personal Recollections
- Peter Lawford
- Phyllis Haver
- Podcast Guest Appearance
- Pre-Code
- Preservationists
- Producers
- Quick Reviews
- Quotations
- Reel Life & Real Life
- Remakes
- Remembrances
- Revenge
- Rio Vista
- Robert Montgomery
- Romance
- Romance
- Roy Rogers
- Saoirse Ronan
- Science Fiction
- Screening Alert
- Screenings
- Screenwriters
- Seasonal Greetings
- Sherlock Holmes
- Silent Film
- Sisterhood
- Snub Pollard
- Sônia Braga
- Special Occasions
- Spellbound By Movies Events
- Spellbound Events
- Spy Films
- Summer Reading Challenge
- Susan Hayward
- Susan Sarandon
- Tab Hunter
- TCM Fans
- TCMFF 2017 Diary
- TCMFF 2018 Diary
- Television
- The Power of Costuming
- The Road to #TCMFF 2016
- The Road to TCMFF 2017
- The Road to TCMFF 2018
- The Road to TCMFF 2019
- Thelma Todd
- Throwback Thursday
- Traci Lords
- Trailers
- Trick Films
- Tune in or DVR
- Turner Classic Movies
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- Universal Monsters
- Unreleased to DVD
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- Victor Mature
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As part of my preparation for the San Francisco Silent Film Festival, I renewed my membership to it. As a film fanatic with a particular passion for silents, I recognize that many of the specialty screenings I frequent only occur because of the efforts of non-profit groups. Attending their events and buying tickets or passes are two…
Cinefest 35 Storifyed!
- Beth Ann Gallagher
- Cinefest, Comedies, Cowboy Films, Documentaries, Drama, Film Festivals, Musicals, Pre-Code, Romantic, Silent Film, War Films, Westerns
- Apr 7, 2015
- 2 Comments
In advance of my write-up of Cinefest 35, I’ve curated an account of the Syracuse Cinephile Society‘s final film festival from my and other attendees’ social media postings. You can read our shared excitement as the festival unfolded and all the great tidbits we shared about the films and our experiences. It was over much too…
The Silent Film Fanatic TCM Film Festival Preview!
- Beth Ann Gallagher
- Film Festivals, Silent Film, TCM Film Festival
- Feb 21, 2015
- 4 Comments
Classic film circles are abuzz about March’s Turner Classic Movies Film Festival. This year’s theme is History According to Hollywood, and many movie buffs are guessing what film favorites fitting that theme will screen. While the festival is only about a month away, its full schedule has not been announced yet. I’ve gone over what titles…
The San Francisco Silent Film Festival has gotten a little longer for its 20th anniversary. A day has been added to the festival! The event now runs Thursday, May 28, 2015 through Monday, June 1, 2015. Past years, programming ended on the Sunday evening. This is great news for attendees. An extra day of films…
Have a happy Fourth of July! Don’t be like Joan and get too close to fireworks. After the holiday, expect posts on recent Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum events, Charlie Chaplin Days and the 16th Annual Broncho Billy Silent Film Festival, the upcoming San Francisco Silent Film Festival, and the PFA’s Raoul Walsh film series….
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