The Classic Film Show

Hi everyone, I’ve been pretty quiet on this blog for a while now. This has been mainly due to a number of other projects I’ve been working on, one of which has been an iPhone app of movie loc...

https://classicfilmshow.com/2013/04/18/movie-map-london-for-iphone-by-christian-hayes/

at the Tate Modern 28 May  –  3 October 2010 Exposed: Voyeurism, Surveillance and the Camera surveys voyeuristic photography from the 19th Century until the present day, juxtaposing images fr...

https://classicfilmshow.com/2010/06/15/exposed-voyeurism-surveillance-and-the-camera-photography-at-the-tate-modern/

Chinese-American detective Charlie Chan was created by novelist Earl Derr Biggers in 1923 and went on to feature in fiction, comics, radio, television and cinema, with a total of 57 film adaptati...

https://classicfilmshow.com/2010/06/06/tcm-spotlight-the-charlie-chan-collection-starring-sidney-toler/

Release Date: 19 May 2010 Louis L’Amour (1908-1988) is still the most successful western writer of all time. His prolific output of over ninety novels and six short story collections continue t...

https://classicfilmshow.com/2010/05/21/the-louis-lamour-western-collection/

David Leans’s stunning epic Doctor Zhivago comes to Blu-Ray on Monday 4th May. If the masterful Blu-Ray editions of films such as The Wizard of Oz, Gone With the Wind, North by Northwest and 20...

https://classicfilmshow.com/2010/05/02/doctor-zhivago-on-blu-ray/

On the first page of The Catcher in the Rye Holden Caulfield announces: If there’s one thing I hate, it’s the movies. Don’t even mention them to me. Holden Caulfield was one of the few peop...

https://classicfilmshow.com/2010/01/28/holden-caulfield-goes-to-the-movies/

In an occasional series I will be publishing images of stars found in contemporary cities. Here we have an image of Marlene Dietrich in Berlin. You can see Charlie Chaplin, John Wayne and James ...

https://classicfilmshow.com/2010/01/26/stars-in-the-city-dietrich-in-berlin/

By looking at early and silent cinema you are investigating primal questions about cinema. What is cinema, where did it come from and how does it actually function? Your understanding of silent c...

https://classicfilmshow.com/2010/01/24/5-essential-books-on-silent-film/

all about old movies

https://classicfilmshow.com/2010/01/23/rip-jean-simmons-1929-2010/

I’ve received a lot of emails on my post about Why 3D Does Not Work. Many agree, but some others seem to have problems with it. For those left scratching their heads, here are five simple point...

https://classicfilmshow.com/2010/01/23/5-reasons-why-3d-really-does-not-work/

My post on Why 3D Doesn’t Work has proved to be both popular and contentious, so I thought I’d follow it up by making it clear that 3D is not the sole domain of multi-million dollar movies. ...

https://classicfilmshow.com/2010/01/21/where-did-3d-begin/

Louise Brooks in Overland Stage Raiders (1938) The only thing tragic about Louise Brooks’s appearance in Overland Stage Raiders (1938) is that it was her final film. No longer the icon of the s...

https://classicfilmshow.com/2010/01/20/5-tragic-final-films-of-hollywood-beauties/

I was recently asked by the BBC to comment on whether Avatar would herald in a new revolutionary kind of cinema, and whether its CGI and 3D effects meant that it would be far more immersive and s...

https://classicfilmshow.com/2010/01/19/why-3d-doesnt-work/

Here’s a secret: I watch new movies. I even like some new movies. But truthfully it’s becoming more and more difficult to care about any new releases. With all the recent Top 10 lists of the ...

https://classicfilmshow.com/2010/01/18/not-the-top-10-films-of-2009/

Rarely seen, this is a welcome release of master French comic Jacques Tati’s final film as both director and performer. Made for television, Parade is a live compendium of circus, music hall an...

https://classicfilmshow.com/2009/06/15/jacques-tati-parade/