Mary Pickford and director Marshall Neilan on the set of Stella Maris (1918)
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Colleen Moore-Larry Kent "Her wild oat" 1927, de Marshall Neilan.
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Dread by the Decade: Chloe, Love is Calling You
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Year: 1934
Genre: Occult
Rating: UR (Recommended: PG-13)
Country: USA
Language: English
Runtime: 1 hour 2 minutes
Director: Marshall Neilan
Cinematographer: Mack Stengler
Editors: Joseph Josephson, Helene Turner
Composer: George Henninger
Writer: Marshall Neilan
Cast: Olive Borden, Reed Howes, Molly O'Day, Philip Ober, Georgette Harvey
Plot: The biracial daughter of a voodoo priestess returns home to exact revenge on a plantation owner.
Review: This film is a glimpse into the true evil of 1930s American racism and the manner in which Hollywood kept it alive. It is irredeemable, with every inch of it having been infected by antiblackness.
Overall Rating: 0/5
Story: 0/5 - Though it is boring and barely coherent, its biggest sin is that it came from a place of pure hatred. It was clearly designed to reinforce the evil idea that white plantation owners were noble heroes and black people were lazy, stupid, evil predators.
Performances: 1.5/5 - Some performances are fine but generic, some are bad, and some are so offensive it's hard to watch.
Cinematography: 2.5/5 - Almost entirely composed of boring medium and long shots.
Editing: 1.5/5 - Stilted and often abrupt.
Music: 2/5 - Generic.
Sets: 2.5/5 - It's all very cheap but some are sufficient enough.
Costumes, Hair, & Make-Up: 2/5 - Unmemorable costumes that don't change.
Trigger Warnings:
The entire story is propaganda designed to reinforce the idea that black people are dangerous and stupid, Voodoo is murderous devil worship, white southerners are pure heroes, and ending slavery was bad
A biracial lead character and a black character are both played by white actors--there isn't blackface make-up, but they are still performing blackface
Mild violence
Attempted rape (not graphic)
Real animal cruelty and murder (a snake is bludgeoned to death, an alligator is wrestled)
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Let's meander down Skid Row for the horror adjacent Roger Corman flick THE LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (1960)! Your hosts discuss this movie's placement in Corman's filmography, and the pros and cons of filming an entire movie over a weekend.
Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 36:10; Discussion 48:48
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27 ottobre … ricordiamo …
27 ottobre … ricordiamo …
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2019: Guido Lauri, è stato un danzatore, coreografo e maestro di danza italiano. Sposò Anna Maria Paganini, ballerina classica. La loro figlia è la ballerina Tiziana Lauri. I danzatori Augusto, Alfonso, Fabrizio e Raffaele Paganini sono suoi nipoti. Lauri fu inoltre cognato di Giulio Neri, cantante lirico. (n. 1922)
2015: Betsy Drake, è stata un’attrice e scrittrice americana di origine…
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Daddy-Long-Legs (Marshall Neilan, 1919)
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Stella Maris - Marshall Neilan - 1918 - USA
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Sally Blane-Rudy Vallee "The vagabond lover" 1929, de Marshall Neilan.
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On Some Other Whitings and Others of Vaudeville
On Some Other Whitings and Others of Vaudeville
The title of this post is devised because its core subject is no apparent relation to either George Whiting or Jack Whiting, each of whom we have profiled, and it will concern not only songwriter Richard A. Whiting (1891-1938) but also many of his partners and relations who also figure in show biz history. The photo above is from the official Richard Whiting website. And if you do not know the…
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