🎭 Yul Brynner Biography: A Bold Portrait of Hollywood Authority Yul Brynner did not look or sound like anyone else who rose to Hollywood stardom in the mid-twentieth century. With his shaved head, steady gaze, and clipped delivery, he projected…
🍀 Irish Stereotypes in Early Film: Charm, Trouble, and Myth The Irish appeared on screen almost as soon as cameras started rolling. From the 1890s through the 1920s, filmmakers in America and Britain created a visual vocabulary for Irishness that…
Collecting Punchboards and the Hidden World of Store Gambling What Is a Punchboard Collecting Punchboards begins with understanding the object itself. A punchboard is a flat board, most often made of heavy cardboard, filled with hundreds or sometimes thousands of…
🎬 The King And I DVD Review Front cover art for The King And I DVD My Rating: ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ☆ 4.8 / 5 Released during the height of large-format studio musicals, The King and I reflects a…
🎬 The Robe DVD Review Front cover art for The Robe DVD My Rating: ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ☆ 4.7 / 5 Released in 1953, The Robe occupies a distinct place in Hollywood history as the first feature filmed in…
🎬 The Greatest Story Ever Told DVD Review Front cover art for The Greatest Story Ever Told DVD My Rating: ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ☆ 4.6 / 5 Released in the mid-1960s, George Stevens’s The Greatest Story Ever Told arrived…