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Jamaica Inn (1939) at the Pacific Design Center!

This is a little off my usual beat, but, hell, you live only once. Recently I was invited to attend a screening of Jamaica Inn at the Pacific Design Center in Beverly Hills. It was a 3 hour drive for me and– get this– it was raining in L.A., but Read more…

By Danny, 6 yearsMarch 24, 2017 ago
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On Having Seen ~8,000 Films

I get irritable when I go a day without watching a movie. It’s not something I’m proud of, but with a wife who prefers cooking shows and a baby who shouldn’t have her head pointed at a screen at all, those days where my one major relief in the world Read more…

By Danny, 6 yearsSeptember 28, 2016 ago
Pre-Code Companion

Thanks for the eBook Buys!

Hey everyone! Because I’m extraordinarily bad at planning, I will be doing a few new posts this week to wrap up the year before taking a two week break. (You’d think I’d plan it so I had Christmas off, but… nah…) The first one is an update about the many Read more…

By Danny, 7 yearsDecember 21, 2015 ago
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Summer Vacation!

Hey everyone! Every year I take the time around my birthday off, and I’m doing it again. No updates here on Friday or Monday (besides this), but, if you’re desperate to read something, I’ve been writing about some beach movies over at The Black Maria. There you can read my Read more…

By Danny, 8 yearsJuly 3, 2015 ago
Real Life Stuff

Check Out My New Book– Murder on Celluloid: The Cinematic Puzzles of Hildegarde Withers

Hi, everyone. You’re probably getting sick of these sorts of announcements, so I’ll make this one brief: I have written a book. You’re probably shaking your heads at this point since I was talking about two different books just last week, so let me explain. Murder on Celluloid: A Companion Read more…

By Danny, 8 yearsMay 6, 2015 ago
Real Life Stuff

Taste the Blood of Monster Serial Contest Winner!

Hi everyone! In case you weren’t paying attention, last week I announced a contest to win a copy of Taste the Blood of Monster Serial. I got a half dozen responses with some excellent choices. Check ’em out: From Tom: My favorite vampire movie is “Nosferatu”, because Max Schreck’s character Read more…

By Danny, 8 years ago
Real Life Stuff

Take a Look! Win a Book!

Doing something a little different around here today. Some of you may remember last year when I was published in The Bride of Monster Serial, a compilation of essays on horror movies. Recently the follow-up has come out, Taste the Blood of Monster Serial, and it’s all about vampire movies, Read more…

By Danny, 8 yearsApril 22, 2015 ago
Real Life Stuff

It’s Been a Busy Week!

A brief roundup since, as you’ve no doubt noticed, the last couple of days have been crazy between TCMFF, the blogathon, and my own travels around the country (I left LA on Sunday and have been in Atlanta, NYC, and Denver since!). Apologies for all the cool cats who regularly Read more…

By Danny, 8 yearsApril 4, 2015 ago
Night Nurse pre-Code Hollywood lecture
Film Festivals and Screenings

My Talk at UNKNOWN HOLLYWOOD, 2/8/15

As mentioned last week, I gave a talk about the history of pre-Code Hollywood at a screening of Night Nurse outside Sendagaya on February 8th. The screening is run by a group of Tokyo cinephiles hoping to expand knowledge of Hollywood cinema inside the country past the usual suspects– you Read more…

By Danny, 8 yearsFebruary 16, 2015 ago
Night Nurse pre-Code Hollywood Barbara Stanwyck Joan Blondell Clark Gable
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NIGHT NURSE Screening In Tokyo on February 8th– And I’m Talking, Too!

Since this was put up at the official site and a date and time have been picked finalized, I should probably invite all of you, too: I will be speaking at Unknown Film in Harajuku, Tokyo on February 8th at 5:00 PM. The talk will be after a screening of Read more…

By Danny, 8 yearsJanuary 2, 2015 ago

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