Comments on: Here’s your headline!

By: cso

cso — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 15:34:47 +0000

I was just watching some recent movie (the name escapes me) and I couldn't believe in this day and age of DVD, they couldn't even attempt a proper mock-up. Under the headline, the attached article was a basketball article? If you are going to go to all the trouble to make one, why not go the extra half mile for realism?I have too much time on my hands obviously but viva la power of the still frame. It's also great for insights how they do those amazing stunts (head, head, head . . .Casaba melon)I

By: Brockmeyer's Girl

Brockmeyer's Girl — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 21:27:51 +0000

Ooh! I love reading the other articles on movie newspapers! Particularly with them on DVD and the ability to pause. I like to check out all paperwork they give closeups on, cuz there's some really funny stuff in them sometimes. Love the images you posted! All good ones!

By: RHS

RHS — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 20:43:23 +0000

A sub-headline I feel I used to see all the time in movie newspapers had to do with a circus menagerie getting loose but for the life of me I can't remember the movie(s).

By: DRM

DRM — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 18:06:16 +0000

The one I got a big kick out of was in the low budget horror The Horror of Party Beach. Two different headlines on two different days but the side stories beside the main story were exactly the same. Apparently nothing new happened except for the murders.

By: MDR

MDR — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 20:04:09 +0000

What a great topic! I too have found myself looking for the other stories on newspapers during these montages. Whether used to report the progress of a criminal trial, a war, or convey the passage of time in a multi-decade drama, there's always another interesting story or two on the page besides the headline. Sometimes they are really bizarre too, as if the original filmmakers didn't realize that (one day) the technology to stop and actually read the frame would be available to everyone. Another newspaper related (classic film) plot device is the speed at which the early morning edition hits the streets. For example, something that happens in the wee hours at a nightclub is reported and out in the first edition paper within a couple of hours (these days I can't get the results of any sporting event that ends after 10 PM). Also, in some movies, the newspaper's editor actually works with the police (imagine that!) by publishing a phony headline (e.g. to flush out the real bad guy from his hideout). I just saw this in Mad Miss Manton (1938).