http://silentandclassic.groups.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ The Old Times always come back en Vox Tue, 01 Apr 2008 08:53:25 -0700 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://silentandclassic.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00f48cde5919000300f48cea538f0003.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Cantara Christopher) http://silentandclassic.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00f48cde5919000300f48cea538f0003.html?_c=feed-rss http://silentandclassic.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00f48cde5919000300f48cea538f0003.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 01 Apr 2008 08:53:25 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://silentandclassic.groups.vox.com/library/video/6a00f48cde5919000300e398ebd8640004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00f48cde5919000300e398ebd8640004-50si" alt="Jake Gyllenhaal in Homicide: Life on the Street" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Not a film but a wildly (especially in Baltimore, where it was shot) popular television show, Homicide: Life on the Streets featured Robin Williams in an episode directed by my beloved Stephen Gyllenhaal, who cast his young son in a guest role. Th... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://silentandclassic.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00f48cde5919000300f48cea538f0003.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00f48cde5919000300f48cea538f0003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> television directors gyllenhaal http://silentandclassic.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00f48cde5919000300f48ce7ff270002.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Cantara Christopher) http://silentandclassic.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00f48cde5919000300f48ce7ff270002.html?_c=feed-rss http://silentandclassic.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00f48cde5919000300f48ce7ff270002.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:01:31 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://silentandclassic.groups.vox.com/library/photo/6a00f48cde5919000300e398e9982c0004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00f48cde5919000300e398e9982c0004-50si" alt="Im-trulymadlydeeply" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> About the one thing that makes me bless the memory of director-writer Anthony Minghella, who died today at the age of 54, is this film. Like other low-key but quirky love stories (Untamed Heart springs to mind), TMD is a secret favorite of women,... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://silentandclassic.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00f48cde5919000300f48ce7ff270002.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00f48cde5919000300f48ce7ff270002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> films love stories http://silentandclassic.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00f48cded879000200f48cfef6a40001.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Flora F. Amour) http://silentandclassic.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00f48cded879000200f48cfef6a40001.html?_c=feed-rss http://silentandclassic.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00f48cded879000200f48cfef6a40001.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 01 Mar 2008 18:37:29 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://silentandclassic.groups.vox.com/library/photo/6a00f48cded879000200e398e3cba50005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00f48cded879000200e398e3cba50005-50si" alt="Alla Nazimova (b.1879-d.1945)" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> The beginning of films, a "new freedom" for women, Hollywood was begining to become "on the rage", and everyone wanted a "piece" of that fame. Celebraties started to become popular, and magazines like PicturePlay, PhotoPlay among others, took no... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://silentandclassic.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00f48cded879000200f48cfef6a40001.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00f48cded879000200f48cfef6a40001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> relationships lesbian non-fiction favorite actress http://silentandclassic.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00f48cde5919000300e398e466260004.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Cantara Christopher) http://silentandclassic.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00f48cde5919000300e398e466260004.html?_c=feed-rss http://silentandclassic.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00f48cde5919000300e398e466260004.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 09 Mar 2008 21:09:59 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://silentandclassic.groups.vox.com/library/audio/6a00f48cde5919000300e398e465c90004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00f48cde5919000300e398e465c90004-50si" alt="Boum" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Here's a Charles Trenet standard that's been heard in at least three films. Name one. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://silentandclassic.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00f48cde5919000300e398e466260004.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00f48cde5919000300e398e466260004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> films songs french films http://silentandclassic.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00f48cde5919000300e398e375fc0005.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Cantara Christopher) http://silentandclassic.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00f48cde5919000300e398e375fc0005.html?_c=feed-rss http://silentandclassic.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00f48cde5919000300e398e375fc0005.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:50:16 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://silentandclassic.groups.vox.com/library/video/6a00f48cde5919000300f48d00912d0001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00f48cde5919000300f48d00912d0001-50si" alt="The cigarette scene" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Name the only film in the list below in which Garbo dies: 1. The Temptress 2. Flesh and the Devil 3. The Mysterious Lady <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://silentandclassic.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00f48cde5919000300e398e375fc0005.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00f48cde5919000300e398e375fc0005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> films classic films http://silentandclassic.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00f48cde5919000300f48ce0d7d60002.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Cantara Christopher) http://silentandclassic.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00f48cde5919000300f48ce0d7d60002.html?_c=feed-rss http://silentandclassic.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00f48cde5919000300f48ce0d7d60002.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:55:21 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://silentandclassic.groups.vox.com/library/photo/6a00f48cde5919000300e398e27e9b0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00f48cde5919000300e398e27e9b0005-50si" alt="Im-stephenwithms" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Exercising the prerogative given to me by Leap Year Day, I have proposed marriage to Stephen Gyllenhaal. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://silentandclassic.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00f48cde5919000300f48ce0d7d60002.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00f48cde5919000300f48ce0d7d60002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> directors http://silentandclassic.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00f48cde5919000300f48cdf60c50003.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Cantara Christopher) http://silentandclassic.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00f48cde5919000300f48cdf60c50003.html?_c=feed-rss http://silentandclassic.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00f48cde5919000300f48cdf60c50003.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:26:02 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://silentandclassic.groups.vox.com/library/photo/6a00f48cde5919000300f48cfe0d290001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00f48cde5919000300f48cfe0d290001-50si" alt="Im-lovemetonight" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> And then there's Love Me Tonight (1932), a pre-Code classic from Mamoulian and one of the best musicals ever. Jeanette MacDonald, Maurice Chevalier, Myrna Loy, C. Aubrey Smith, Charles Ruggles, even Gabby Hayes(!) when he was still just plain ol'... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://silentandclassic.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00f48cde5919000300f48cdf60c50003.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00f48cde5919000300f48cdf60c50003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> films musicals classic films love stories pre-code http://silentandclassic.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00f48cde5919000300e398e0417e0005.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Cantara Christopher) http://silentandclassic.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00f48cde5919000300e398e0417e0005.html?_c=feed-rss http://silentandclassic.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00f48cde5919000300e398e0417e0005.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:55:59 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://silentandclassic.groups.vox.com/library/photo/6a00f48cde5919000300f48cde99550002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00f48cde5919000300f48cde99550002-50si" alt="Im-setofqueenchristina" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Publicity shot from the set of Queen Christina (1933). From left to right: Greta Garbo as the cross-dressing queen of Sweden, John Gilbert as her Spanish lover, and Rouben (stress on the second syllable) Mamoulian, director. Personal connections... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://silentandclassic.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00f48cde5919000300e398e0417e0005.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00f48cde5919000300e398e0417e0005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> films classic films love stories http://silentandclassic.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00f48cde5919000300f48cde4e890002.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Cantara Christopher) http://silentandclassic.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00f48cde5919000300f48cde4e890002.html?_c=feed-rss http://silentandclassic.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00f48cde5919000300f48cde4e890002.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 24 Feb 2008 16:18:46 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://silentandclassic.groups.vox.com/library/audio/6a00f48cde5919000300f48cde5e550003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00f48cde5919000300f48cde5e550003-50si" alt="I&#39;m In Love Again" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Here's an offering from 1987's winner for Best Original Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress. Name the movie, the singer, and the singer's best-known Manhattan venue. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://silentandclassic.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00f48cde5919000300f48cde4e890002.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00f48cde5919000300f48cde4e890002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> oscars films film music http://silentandclassic.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d414291430685e00f30f59e0960001.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Valley Girl Intelligentsia) http://silentandclassic.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d414291430685e00f30f59e0960001.html?_c=feed-rss http://silentandclassic.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d414291430685e00f30f59e0960001.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 08 Feb 2008 10:22:56 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://silentandclassic.groups.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d414291430685e00e398daa5850003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00d414291430685e00e398daa5850003-50si" alt="On the count of three, EMOTE!!" /></a> <a href="http://silentandclassic.groups.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d414291430685e00e398daa5910003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00d414291430685e00e398daa5910003-50si" alt="Gwenyth and Robert Downing Jr. I liked you both more in 90&#39;s" /></a> <a href="http://silentandclassic.groups.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d414291430685e00e398da8f550002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00d414291430685e00e398da8f550002-50si" alt="While you&#39;re still a fuckable chubby dude YOU ARE NO CARY GRANT SIR!" /></a> <a href="http://silentandclassic.groups.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d414291430685e00e398daa5880003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00d414291430685e00e398daa5880003-50si" alt="are these the kids from High School Musical?" /></a> <a href="http://silentandclassic.groups.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d414291430685e00e398da8fdf0002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00d414291430685e00e398da8fdf0002-50si" alt="Dial F: For Aeon Flux" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> So a couple of blogs and dozens of twitty commenters all over the internets are ejaculating all types of swoony praise over a Vanity Fair spread of current day mediocre actors posing as if they were in Alfred Hitchcock stills. If "Captivity" and ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://silentandclassic.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d414291430685e00f30f59e0960001.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d414291430685e00f30f59e0960001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> movies film criticism post cards from the isle of irrelevancy