By Paul J. Bradley
A likeable young woman lives with her family in a small American town, has fallen in love with the boy next door, has a death-obsessed kid sister and dreads a family move to the big city.
This may be an odd …
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The Essential Films of Orson Welles
By Paul J. Bradley
(Once again, Professor Paul is here to fill in all the details! This time he takes on the formidable — and long — career of the late great Orson Welles. We’d love for you to chime in on our Facebook page
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PART TWO: CLASSIC HOLLYWOOD SCIENCE FICTION FILMS FROM THE 50S
By: Paul J. Bradley
The Day the Earth Stood Still
One of the finest films of the science fiction genre is The Day the Earth Stood Still, produced and distributed by Twentieth Century Fox and released on September 18, 1951.
Based on the …
Classic Hollywood Science Fiction Films from the 50s: PART ONE
In the 1950s, Cold War paranoia met the first wave of visual effects, and a genre was born! Enjoy Part One of Professor Paul’s series this month on the Hollywood sci-fi classics that captured the world’s imagination!
Fair Warning: Paul’s Irish and not afraid of …
The Sunrise and Sunset of German Expressionist Cinema
By Paul J. Bradley, CMR Contributor
Often ranked as one of the great American movies, Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans has been praised for its visual expressive style. Released in 1927, Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans was not only heavily influenced by the …
THE GREAT FRANCES MARION: EARLY HOLLYWOOD’S PIONEERING SCREENWRITER (Part 1)
By Paul J. Bradley
One of the most successful and acclaimed screenwriters before and during Hollywood’s Golden Age was Frances Marion, who is cited frequently as one of the most important screenwriters in the development of the motion picture. Many today forget that talented female
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Peter O’Toole, The Irish and British Acting Legend
By Paul J. Bradley, CMR Contributor
The late great Lawrence of Arabia star Peter O’Toole spent his whole life claiming to be born in Connemara in Ireland, but in the book Peter O’Toole: The Definite Biography, author Robert Sellers informs us that he was …
Captain Blood (1935): The Star-making, Breath-taking and Ground-breaking Swashbuckler
By: Paul J. Bradley
Michael Curtiz’s celebrated 1935 pirate film Captain Blood (1935) became hugely popular with the depression weary audiences of the thirties. With its generous helpings of romance, action and adventure, Captain Blood proved to be the ultimate classic tale of derring-do on …