11,726 stories by "Trav S.D."
Today is the anniversary of the release date of the Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle comedy Brewster’s Millions (1921). Most contemporary people know only the 1985 remake star…
Today marks the 100th anniversary of the Keystone comedy Mabel, Fatty and the Law, a.k.a Fatty’s Spooing Days, starring Mabel Normand and Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle.�…
Today is the anniversary of the release date of the silent Laurel and Hardy short Liberty (1929), directed by Leo McCarey. This is one of the team’s most finely crafted films. The b…
Today marks the anniversary pf the release date of the Mack Swain comedy A Movie Star (1916). Swain (often billed as “Ambrose”) was a very funny, capable comedian, but this…
By now the world has heard the news, but I was at the theatre last night and at rehearsal this morning so this is the first moment I’ve had to blog about the fact that the great Joe Fr…
Tonight at 8pm Turner Classic Movies will be showing the Burt Lancaster vanity project Trapeze (1956). Why do I call it a vanity project? Well, it was produced by Lancaster’s produc…
Today is the anniversary of the release date of the Eddie Cantor comedy Strike Me Pink (1936), directed by Norman Taurog. The early 30s magic is waning by the time Cantor made this pictu…
Tomorrow morning at 6am (EST) Turner Classic Movies will be showing the 1940 “Eastern Western” chestnut Northwest Passage, directed by King Vidor. Based on (part of) a popula…
 Today is the anniversary of the release date of the the hilarious Laurel and Hardy comedy short Helpmates (1932), directed by Paul Parrott. The plot of this one is deceptively sim…
Today marks the 100th anniversary of the release date of the Keystone comedy Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition, starring Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle, and Mabel Normand.�…
Today is the birthday of George Gordon, Lord Byron (1788-1824). Two years ago we wrote about his comical epic poem Don Juan, which is now one of our favorite pieces of literature. Toda…
 Today is D.W. Griffith’s birthday. What I typically do on this day is to try and strike a balance, by celebrating the pioneer film-maker’s contributions while condemning his…
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Today is the anniversary of the release date of one of Charlie Chaplin’s best known and best loved comedy shorts Easy Street (1917). Easy Street was made and released at the p…
Today is the birthday of one of at least three distinguished Felix Adlers (1884-1963). This one, it just so happens, was not the Founder of the Ethical Culture Movement, nor was he the circu…
Tomorrow at 9:30am (EST) Turner Movie Classics will be showing the Mae West classic She Done Him Wrong  (1933). I think most people agree that She Done Him Wrong, West’s fi…
There’s a reason I’m a repeat offender on  the Halli Casser-Jayne show. I love it! Today the subject is the great Sophie Tucker, Last of the Red Hot Mamas, and the guests will…
Today is the anniversary of the release date of the Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle silent comedy short Out West (1918), also featuring Buster Keaton and Al St. John (and written by Nata…
The Mad Marchioness and I had an unseemly amount of jollity at Medicine Show’s revival of the 1923 musical Helen of Troy, New York. This show has long been a missing puzzle piece in…
Today marks the 100th anniversary of the release date of the rollicking Keystone silent comedy short Love, Speed and Thrills. I love such such movie titles, don’t you?  It…
Tonight at 10:15pm (EST), as part of its evening of Gregory Peck films, Turner Classic Movies will be screening that over-the-top masterpiece Duel in the Sun (1946). Duel in the SunÂ�…
Today marks the 100th anniversary of the release date of the Keystone silent comedy short Fatty and Mabel’s Simple Life, starring Mabel Normand and Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuck…
Tonight (tomorrow really) at 12:45am Eastern, Turner Classic Movies will be showing the Buster Keaton classic Our Hospitality (1923). Our Hospitality may be called Keaton's fi…
Today is the anniversary of the release date of David O. Selznick’s all-star 1935 Hollywood adaptation of Dickens’ David Copperfield. Today this film is best remembe…
