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"Among Sinister Shadows" 30 Mar 2009 | 01:53 am
In March of 1929, Paramount sought to entice newspaper readers into theaters with the following prepared review of William Wellman's "Chinatown Nights" --- "There is more mystery on one Chinese stand...
A Yuletide Frolic III - "Cheer Up and Smile!" 21 Dec 2008 | 11:10 am
Happy Holidays! For this third annual Yuletide Frolic edition of "Vitaphone Varieties," we'll acknowledge the disconcerting notion that the less romantic and fanciful aspects of the late 20's and earl...
A Temple of Synchronization 10 Nov 2008 | 07:25 am
No, "Vitaphone Varieties" hasn't fallen by the wayside --- nor has this writer! True enough, recent posts have been scattered and erratic at best, and gone are the days of new additions that appeared ...
The Grand Parade 13 Jul 2008 | 04:31 am
Seeming as though he wants nothing more than to break free of his creators, we see one of Coney Island's Luna Park lions at what amounts to his birth --- with largely Italian artisan hands forming and...
Length Not Wearying 23 Jun 2008 | 11:26 am
While I'd be hard pressed to come up with any obvious similarities between the lone figure looking straight at you from the left --- a Coney Island sideshow performer of 1910 --- and this blog, the fa...
Mountains of Manhattan 7 Apr 2008 | 01:27 am
From a May 1927 press release for the Gotham production "Mountains of Manhattan" --- "There is nothing more spectacular or fascinating than the world famous skyline of New York City and the producers...
"The Talkie Is Improving" 27 Feb 2008 | 01:30 pm
"Before the picture business went talkie," said actress Betty Compson in late 1929, "its players seldom gave a great deal of study to their roles. They arrived at the studio in the morning, made up an...
"Not Quite Decent" 4 Feb 2008 | 08:49 am
Joan Blondell (left) will figure in the feature item for this entry, a casual examination of the inexplicably lost 1933 Warner Bros. pre-code potboiler "Convention City," --- but we'll open this post ...
"The Midnight Taxi" 15 Jan 2008 | 02:30 pm
Although the approach of midnight meant quite something else to actor Ralph Graves and co-star Helene Costello in the 1929 Nat Levine produced silent serial "The Fatal Warning," the poster art detail ...
"Ill-Assorted Companions" 31 Dec 2007 | 12:55 pm
As whatever celestial clockwork mechanism that propelled 2007 is about to wind down to a sputtering and decidedly anticlimactic halt, this lull seems an opportune time to explore items old and new ---...
