Old-school Cinephile Gifts

"The following film has been formatted to fir the screen of the newer and more expensive television set."

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?'

'Believing any filming experience may help launch acting careers, some even stage their appearances before closed circuit cameras.'

"Don't get strung out by the way I look, don't judge a book by its cover."

Herman Mankiewicz

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

Comedy Cafe

"I thought they were cracking down on jaywalking."

Star Wars vs Star Trek

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

"Housekeeping?!"

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

Jimmy Cagney.

"Citizen Kane first draft... Citizen Kane By Orson Welles & Herman J. Mankiewicz Int. Kane's bedroom Kane's old voice Call a freaking ambulance! Rosebud..."

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.

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

'Because it was there, Dave, because it was there.'

"Homes on Holmes"

"How can anyone remember Cheech and not remember Chong?"

David Niven caricature

I'm Spartacus.

Queen Kong

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

Movies through the decades.

Fred Astaire

"Whatcha watching, Dad?"

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

King Kong

To paraphrase Humphrey Bogart in "Casablanca," "Of all the comic strips in all the newspapers in all the world, you walk into mine." ? ? ?

After selling his life story, with movie and merchandising rights, Zorro had a new mark.

Jack Nicholson

'Business was slow, slower than a fat tortoise with a limp. The phone hadn't rung for so long I thought it must be out of order. The new competition was good, very good. Who was this 'Google' guy?'

Interesting encounters in history.

Robert Mitchum

An early turning-point in old Hollywood...