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Showing posts with label Universal Studios. Show all posts
Thursday, October 13, 2022

October 13: The Black Box (serial)

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  Here is what is left of the 1915 serial The Black Box . The entire serial is lost to us and, for a series that had 15 chapters and a total...
Tuesday, October 4, 2022

October 4: Brief Notes on The Man Who Laughs (1928)

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  As far as silent horror films go, The Man Who Laughs  is one of the most widely known, it's popular recognition falls only behind the ...
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Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Born Today May 30: Irving Thalberg

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1899-1936 Famed and highly influential early movie producer Irving Grant Thalberg was born on this day in Brooklyn, New York.  At ...
Wednesday, February 1, 2017

Born Today February 1: Germaine Delavigne

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1790-1868 French poet and librettist Louis Marie Germaine Delavigne was born on this date in Giveny (Eure) France.  He was the son...
Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Born Today May 18: Frank Capra

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1897-1991 One of the giants of American cinema was born Francesco Rosario Capra (who later translated his name into English as Fra...
Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Born Today February 10: Lon Chaney Jr.

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1906-1973 The man who would become a major fixture in the Universal Horror canon, was actually born Creighton Tull Chaney, the son...
Friday, January 29, 2016

Born Today January 29: W. C. Fields

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1880-1946 Born William Claude Dukenfield (hence the "W. C.") in Darby, Pennsylvania; for most of his early life, he was ...