Tomorrow morning Im leaving Stockholm to attend Cinefest in Syracuse NY where Mamba will see its US premiere Saturday, March 17. Paul and I have been invited to present the film at the fest...
There is an ongoing debate surrounding the choice of music in the French Oscar-nominated silent film The Artist. Legendary actress Kim Novak is accusing the French director Michel Hazanavicius of mus...
This post is continued from last weeks post about the Mamba world premiere at The Astor in Melbourne on Nov 21 at 8pm.In the first post I wrote about Mambas and Tiffany Pictures historical background...
Its not without pride I can announce that Tiffany Pictures 1930 all color triumph Mamba will be shown in public for the first time in about 80 years. This very special event will take place at The As...
Just before the holidays I heard about a new film that had had its premiere at the Cannes festival in May. Normally I dont comment on movies made after 1935 but in this case I have to make an excepti...
In 1929, when the talkies flooded the world, all the musicals produced had to be filled with songs. Naturally all these musicals became a fantastic opportunity for aspiring songwriters to get recogni...
This summer I have been away on paternal leave for almost three months. Most of the time was spent in the south of France. Most French cities have a public médiateque, a library not only for books bu...
The additive color processes were many and all fairly alike. The basic principle of an additive color system consisted of black and white film stock that was treated with some sort of filters or sequ...
Since my second child, my beautiful daughter Juni was born January 22 there has been little time left for writing. Now things are slowly finding their tracks and new routines are being created. Unint...
Hot off the press! Heres a four minute snippet from the newly restored original version of Metropolis which will premiere friday night at the Berlin Film Festival. For those of you who have access to...
Newsflash!The restoration of Fritz Langs Metropolis is well under way. Please read some info and see a short example of the work at the Algosoft website.Fritz Lang’s original cut of Metropolis from 1...
80 years ago, in January 1930 a huge movie revue was in mid production at the Paramount lot. Paramount on Parade was their contribution to the revue craze that was going on at the time. The movie was...
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