Film History Lover Gifts

Gloria Swanson

Screenwriters pitch movie to studio boss: 'It's a reinterpretation of Bicycle Thieves, that classic of Italian neo-realism. We're calling it, Dude, Where's My Chopper?'

Herman Mankiewicz

King Kong uses fly spray against the pesky planes on top of the Empire State Building

"I hurt a lot of people during my last twelve steps."

"Death Star? Is that in the Valley?"

"Housekeeping?!"

"Gone with the wind with cats" "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn." "Me neither, who cares—let's take a nap."

Now that you have a heart, you really should switch to polyunsaturated oil.

'I have a feeling we are not in Kansas anymore.'

Buster Keaton

Jimmy Cagney.

Kirsten Johnson

Marilyn's Rushmore

Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, in all the solar systems, in all the galaxies, in all the universe, she walks into mine.

Movies vs. Films

A 1920's film director with hand-cranked camera and megaphone.

Harriet Walter

Movie Monster Exhibit: Unavailable due to much needed repair work.

'They're alright if you like Charlie Chaplin inflight movies.'

Stan Laural & Oliver Hardy.

Jack Nicholson

Ennio Morricone

Movies through the decades.

'...tonights main feature is silent and in black and white.'

Lumiere brothers caricature

Cary Grant

Charlotte Rampling

Laurel and Hardy

Ask Sadie! I just read an article where Daisy Ridley said J.J. Abrams wrote drafts for Episode VIII and Episode IX. And then Rian Johnson THREW THAT OUT and went a whole different direction. This makes me lose all faith in Star Wars. Am I overreacting? **Actual reader question. Excellent question. This reminds me of the time I saw Gone with the Wind on opening day. I was the invited guest of an elderly veteran of the Civil War. He couldn't stop yammering about how seceding from the union didn't

"I'm just gonna reach in my back pocket real slow-like and turn off my ringer."

Interesting encounters in history.

Publishing Inc. It's a serious history of horror films, with an occasional pop-up page when you least expect it!

Janet Leigh

Ronald Reagan