Laughter kills fear, and without fear there can be no faith. For without fear of the devil there is no need for God. – Sean Connery
Category: Silver Screen
Movies, Movie Posters, and the stars that propelled them into the spotlight.
Darkman, 1990
When Sam Raimi was unable to acquire the rights to produce a film of the pulp character The Shadow, he created a hero based on a short story he wrote that was an homage classic universal monsters.
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You Can Leave Your Hat On
Lilian Bond and a very large hat in a 1934 studio glamour shot.
Dick Tracy Vs Cueball
The second Dick Tracy Movie by RKO and the last with Morgan Conway in the lead
Shadows
SHADOWS. (Below) Mystery emphasized by pictoral contrasts, and the ominous symbolism of the spider. A dramatization of the theme of the “shocker” melodrama, “The Limping Man,” a Powers production, with Percy Parsons in the title role. The story is by Will Scott.
Hot Saturday, 1932
Flaming story of a girl who played hard-to-get- who led men on in a game she wouldn’t play! (New York Sun, November 3rd, 1932) Continue reading “Hot Saturday, 1932”
Dick Tracy, Detective
In what was the first of 4 RKO releases based on Chester Gould’s comic strip character we find Dick Tracy on the trail of a serial killer called Splitface.
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Fox Films, 1930
Trade advertisement for Fox Film Corporation 1930
With Byrd at the South Pole
Real-life docudrama about Admiral Byrd’s 1928 expedition to the south pole.
Playing Ball
Myrna Loy and Leila Hyams playing ball with Rin-Tin-Tin at the beach, 1928
