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Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:18:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://www.gravatar.com/blavatar/a35881d17fa8a3e64963a4acaf224853?s=96&d=http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png http://moviemorlocks.com http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/06/17/talking-with-trina-an-interview-with-trina-parks/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/06/17/talking-with-trina-an-interview-with-trina-parks/#comments Thu, 17 Jun 2010 18:30:31 +0000 Kimberly Lindbergs http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=23766 ]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/06/17/talking-with-trina-an-interview-with-trina-parks/feed/ 6 cinebeats trinap4 byd trinap1 tp6 trinap5 trinap2 tp http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/06/13/secret-messages/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/06/13/secret-messages/#comments Sun, 13 Jun 2010 14:50:48 +0000 woodjb http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=23640 ]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/06/13/secret-messages/feed/ 11 woodjb "Eat Popcorn." advertising_age persuaders FIGURE FIGURE date_onesheet tachisto_intro kill skull date_stiletto it_trailer media_ploit http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/06/07/summer-fun-at-facets-guest-hosts-for-the-midnight-movie-series/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/06/07/summer-fun-at-facets-guest-hosts-for-the-midnight-movie-series/#comments Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:11:44 +0000 suzidoll http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=23349 ]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/06/07/summer-fun-at-facets-guest-hosts-for-the-midnight-movie-series/feed/ 8 suzidoll facetsnightschool2 guesthostspiderbaby guesthostcherry guesthosttheodora guesthostdjango guesthostslightlyscarlet guesthostreform http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/05/17/its-crash-meets-in-bruges-and-juno-in-prague/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/05/17/its-crash-meets-in-bruges-and-juno-in-prague/#comments Mon, 17 May 2010 16:33:01 +0000 suzidoll http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=22618 ]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/05/17/its-crash-meets-in-bruges-and-juno-in-prague/feed/ 10 suzidoll badmarketingborn badmarketingcurse badmarketingbuffalo badmarketingsupra badmarketingzombies http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/05/12/elliot-lavine-still-dreams-in-black-and-white/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/05/12/elliot-lavine-still-dreams-in-black-and-white/#comments Wed, 12 May 2010 05:23:57 +0000 moirafinnie http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=22397 ]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/05/12/elliot-lavine-still-dreams-in-black-and-white/feed/ 8 moirafinnie A scene from 99 River Street (1953-Phil Karlson) The Roxie Theater Richard Dix in The Whistler Evelyn Keyes and John Payne find that life throws them one unpleasant curve after another in 99 River Street (1953) The Roxie Theater in the cold light of day The shadow of the Whistler High Tide poster Monogram Studios in the late 1940s Behind Locked Doors (1948) 42nd Street Movie Houses that would feature Poverty Row movies An ominous John Alton interior in The Lady and the Monster (1944) A Franz Planer exterior at night in 99 River Street (1953) Cinematography by John Alton on a shoestring: Erich von Stroheim in The Lady and the Monster (1944) Janis Carter, one of the best and least known femmes fatales of film noir. Dark Waters (1944), the first American movie directed by Andre de Toth The Power of the Whistler g Johnny Cool clip with Henry Silva and Elizabeth Montgomery g Shield for Murder (1954) trailer http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/04/19/it-came-from-kuchar/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/04/19/it-came-from-kuchar/#comments Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:54:52 +0000 suzidoll http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=21634 ]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/04/19/it-came-from-kuchar/feed/ 9 suzidoll kucharposter kucharsnow kucharrumpot kucharfleshapoids kuchar_buck http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/02/17/hattie-mcdaniels-path-to-her-oscar/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/02/17/hattie-mcdaniels-path-to-her-oscar/#comments Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:25:28 +0000 moirafinnie http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=19305 ]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/02/17/hattie-mcdaniels-path-to-her-oscar/feed/ 20 moirafinnie Hattie McDaniel in a 1941 portrait Hattie McDaniel as Mammy Hattie McDaniel as a young girl, around the time of her entry into show biz Hattie McDaniel with Shirley Temple and Evelyn Venable in The Little Colonel (1937) Hattie McDaniel greeting Henry Fonda in The Mad Miss Manton (1938) Hattie McDaniel in 1941 wearing a typically beautiful tailored outfit that she wore in private life Hattie in her Oscar winning scene opposite Olivia de Havilland in GWTW Hattie McDaniel posting with an Academy Award with Fay Bainter on the night of the Oscars in 1940 A few days after the award show, Hattie McDaniel is seen posing with the smaller statuette that was issued to Best Supporing Oscar winners in those days by the Academy Hattie McDaniel's actual grave in Rosedale cemetery Hattie McDaniel's cenotaph memorial at Hollywood Forever Hattie McDaniel and Mo'Nique on the nights of their Oscar triumphs g Hattie McDaniel singing Ice Cold Katie http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/02/10/captured-1933-by-the-past/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/02/10/captured-1933-by-the-past/#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:31:29 +0000 moirafinnie http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=19047 ]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/02/10/captured-1933-by-the-past/feed/ 7 moirafinnie Captured with Leslie Howard as an action hero...or gallant loser Sir Philip Gibbs cigarette card image (courtesy of the New York Public Library Archives) Roy Del Ruth A poster for Captured (1933) that emphasizes the peripheral love story of this grim little POW drama The shower scene in Captured! (1933), which Warner Brothers thought should be enshrined in a lobby card Douglas Fairbanks Jr. condemning himself for his disloyalty to his friend in Captured! leslie-howard-struggling-to-control-his-jealousy Captured (1933) Paul Lukas salutes a fallen comrade Leslie Howard and Margaret Lindsay in one of the romantic flashbacks that hampers Captured! (1933) http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/02/01/time-for-more-midnight-madness/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/02/01/time-for-more-midnight-madness/#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:51:51 +0000 suzidoll http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=18732 ]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/02/01/time-for-more-midnight-madness/feed/ 12 suzidoll facetsnightschool2 nightschool2lt nightschool2tr nightschool2dead nightschoolsave untitled nightschool2fuego http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/01/13/beware-of-the-unfinished-dance-1947/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/01/13/beware-of-the-unfinished-dance-1947/#comments Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:11:05 +0000 moirafinnie http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=18120 ]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/01/13/beware-of-the-unfinished-dance-1947/feed/ 8 moirafinnie Margaret O'Brien as the sociopath-ballet student in The Unfinished Dance (1948) Margaret O'Brien with Judy Garland in Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) A word of praise from her idol (Cyd Charisse) inspires Margaret O'Brien in The Unfinished Dance (1947) Henry Koster, the director of child actors from Deanna Durbin to Margaret O'Brien (along with several challenging adults too--among them Marlon Brando in Desiree, Richard Burton in The Robe, and Harvey in Harvey!) Margaret O'Brien preparing to dance in The Unfinished Dance (1947) The otherworldly Karin Booth as La Darina Margaret O'Brien becoming one of Terpsichore's willing puppets Cyd Charisse engaged in pursuing her art in The Unfinished Dance (1947) Margaret O'Brien brooding about the injustices in her small world. Meg Merlin (Margaret O'Brien) suffering terribly in The Unfinished Dance (1947) Meg (Margaret O'Brien) realizing her responsibility for her actions with Karin Booth