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+ fun 'n games
the pulp marquee
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 200 posts · 25 views
last updated Aug 16, 2025 02:37PM
studio Trope soundings
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 118 posts · 20 views
last updated Aug 09, 2025 10:38AM
Son of Photo Challenge
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 627 posts · 13 views
last updated Jul 29, 2025 07:41PM
name the henchman
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 4 posts · 6 views
last updated May 14, 2025 12:34PM
strange bedfellows
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 25 posts · 7 views
last updated May 05, 2025 07:06AM
Photo Challenge
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 1814 posts · 55 views
last updated May 03, 2025 01:44PM
Last Year at Marienbad
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 100 posts · 10 views
last updated Mar 07, 2025 06:22AM
REVERSE Photo Challenge
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 14 posts · 11 views
last updated Feb 17, 2025 12:46PM
Saratoga Trunk
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 5 posts · 8 views
last updated Jan 13, 2025 01:14PM
Last Seen Wearing Challenge
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 14 posts · 13 views
last updated Oct 26, 2024 07:27PM
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+ Hot Topics
* Say hello!
By Jamie · 149 posts · 108 views
last updated Apr 02, 2025 01:38PM
recent film finds
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 134 posts · 18 views
last updated 11 hours, 26 min ago
on your radar
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 211 posts · 22 views
last updated Sep 09, 2025 10:24AM
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+ Hob Nob
quaint customs
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 395 posts · 42 views
last updated Sep 09, 2025 09:42PM
loose talk
By Jamie · 1033 posts · 92 views
last updated Aug 30, 2025 10:38AM
the 'Casablanca' thread
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 99 posts · 24 views
last updated Jul 27, 2025 10:27AM
public statuary
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 6 posts · 7 views
last updated Jul 27, 2025 10:21AM
epic flops!
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 92 posts · 29 views
last updated Jul 26, 2025 07:23PM
mem'rable 'lines'
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 159 posts · 29 views
last updated Jul 26, 2025 09:17AM
your own guilty pleasure picks
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 349 posts · 57 views
last updated Jun 17, 2025 06:49AM
you bad girl!
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 107 posts · 36 views
last updated May 31, 2025 07:13PM
war (& anti-war) films
By W · 337 posts · 43 views
last updated Feb 05, 2025 10:34AM
'sleepers'
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 68 posts · 25 views
last updated Jan 10, 2025 04:14PM
henchmen attrition
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 24 posts · 10 views
last updated Jan 08, 2025 06:14PM
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+ Pre-Talkie
Silents!
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 973 posts · 63 views
last updated Aug 29, 2025 10:22PM
James Agee's essay: slapstick
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 4 posts · 5 views
last updated Jul 28, 2025 11:31AM
The Heart of Lincoln
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 2 posts · 8 views
last updated Jul 28, 2025 09:36AM
Harry Langdon
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 3 posts · 3 views
last updated Jul 27, 2025 07:34PM
Dr. Mabuse
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 5 posts · 6 views
last updated Apr 20, 2025 09:44PM
Pre-Code Commendations
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 46 posts · 12 views
last updated Mar 09, 2025 08:29AM
experimental cinema
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 24 posts · 15 views
last updated Feb 23, 2020 02:02PM
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+ 'To Do' Lists
Scorcese's List: 130 guilty pleasures
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 19 posts · 14 views
last updated Jun 07, 2025 09:04PM
Scorcese's 39 Essential Foreign Films
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 26 posts · 11 views
last updated Jun 07, 2025 02:46PM
Kurosawa's fave films
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 4 posts · 4 views
last updated May 13, 2025 09:44AM
experimental cinema
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 2 posts · 5 views
last updated Apr 28, 2025 09:47PM
fun w\ double-features
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 4 posts · 8 views
last updated Apr 22, 2025 01:54PM
the brit crime list
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 3 posts · 6 views
last updated Apr 22, 2025 01:30PM
the french crime list
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 2 posts · 5 views
last updated Apr 21, 2025 05:40PM
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+ films by genre
'Cult' films
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 105 posts · 32 views
last updated Sep 09, 2025 09:44PM
top comedies
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 200 posts · 44 views
last updated Jul 08, 2025 12:07PM
movies about dancing
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 260 posts · 33 views
last updated Jun 17, 2025 11:03AM
sports movies
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last updated Feb 18, 2025 12:28PM
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+ Industry watch
scores, soundtracks, & themes
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 113 posts · 18 views
last updated Jul 10, 2025 04:34PM
How'd they do that?
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 62 posts · 17 views
last updated Jun 09, 2025 08:06PM
Gaumont Studios
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 2 posts · 5 views
last updated May 16, 2025 09:29AM
development of 'talkies' & movie sound
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 6 posts · 13 views
last updated Jan 22, 2025 01:03PM
current industry woes
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 75 posts · 27 views
last updated Jan 08, 2025 02:04PM
books-to-movies
By Jamie · 40 posts · 46 views
last updated Oct 18, 2024 09:00AM
classic cinematographers
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 7 posts · 18 views
last updated Aug 27, 2024 12:27AM
Vitagraph Studios
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 1 post · 8 views
last updated Mar 24, 2024 09:45PM
SAG (actor's guild) & WGA (writer's guild) combined strike
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 1 post · 7 views
last updated Jul 13, 2023 02:40PM
famous stuntmen
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 7 posts · 12 views
last updated Mar 16, 2020 12:20PM
screenwriters
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last updated Mar 08, 2020 07:36PM
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+ int'l cine ind
Ealing, Pinewood, Rank ...Brit prods
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 34 posts · 10 views
last updated Aug 10, 2025 08:45PM
Il Sorpasso (1962)
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 1 post · 4 views
last updated Jun 07, 2025 07:26PM
recent Antonioni
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 7 posts · 6 views
last updated Mar 07, 2025 10:14AM
viva Roma! - Fellini films
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 1 post · 5 views
last updated Jan 09, 2025 10:49PM
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+ Interviews
Dennis Hopper
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 1 post · 3 views
last updated Jul 25, 2025 10:07PM
Oliver Reed
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 1 post · 5 views
last updated Apr 24, 2025 04:43AM
Sidney Lumet - Inside the Actor's Studio
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 1 post · 4 views
last updated Mar 25, 2025 09:42PM
Richard Burton
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last updated Oct 27, 2024 12:29PM
Maximillian Schell
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last updated Oct 08, 2024 08:39PM
Orson Welles & Peter O'Toole
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last updated Oct 05, 2024 08:21PM
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+ rumor, hearsay, gossip
matter of biography
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last updated Sep 02, 2025 05:49PM
matter of anecdote
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last updated Sep 02, 2025 10:52AM
matter of allegations
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last updated Jun 10, 2025 10:10AM
matter of principle
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last updated Apr 24, 2025 05:43PM
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+ the star system
fave male star?
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 336 posts · 59 views
last updated Jul 27, 2025 10:15AM
Tracy, Fonda, Stewart, March vs Gable, Coop, Peck, Bogie, Cagney
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 41 posts · 10 views
last updated Apr 21, 2025 10:35AM
map of the heavens
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 2 posts · 8 views
last updated Aug 11, 2024 05:19AM
'sex appeal' only
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 82 posts · 34 views
last updated Mar 03, 2024 09:39PM
star power failure
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 149 posts · 36 views
last updated Nov 19, 2023 01:14PM
supporting casts
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 298 posts · 36 views
last updated Oct 06, 2023 05:57PM
fave female star?
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 210 posts · 49 views
last updated Apr 27, 2022 07:07PM
Gregory Peck Makes the Best War Movies
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 10 posts · 13 views
last updated Dec 19, 2019 08:47AM
Frank Sinatra
By Spencer · 9 posts · 7 views
last updated Dec 09, 2019 02:27PM
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+ Old Hob
memorabilia & collecting
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 42 posts · 27 views
last updated Aug 11, 2025 11:28PM
Is d'er a classic pic set in ev'ry major US city/state?
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 8 posts · 9 views
last updated Apr 07, 2025 09:42AM
This topic has been closed to new comments. What'dja see d'is week?
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last updated Mar 31, 2025 10:35AM
quote unquote
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last updated Mar 13, 2025 10:30PM
Hest-Fest!
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last updated Mar 07, 2025 12:10PM
Billy Wilder vs Howard Hawks
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last updated Mar 03, 2025 05:55AM
PBS picks
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 2 posts · 8 views
last updated Feb 22, 2025 11:07AM
Edith Headgear
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 17 posts · 11 views
last updated Feb 14, 2025 09:52PM
the under - appreciated ...
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 205 posts · 42 views
last updated Jan 19, 2025 10:38AM
Stars ..on Parade!
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 5 posts · 8 views
last updated Jan 11, 2025 11:15AM
Erich von Stroheim vs Josef von Sternberg
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 18 posts · 9 views
last updated Nov 09, 2024 09:47AM
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+ little-known directors
Rex Ingram
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 1 post · 2 views
last updated Apr 22, 2025 06:51AM
Tay Garnett
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 2 posts · 7 views
last updated Feb 24, 2025 12:12PM
John Cromwell
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 4 posts · 6 views
last updated Feb 21, 2025 08:53PM
William Dieterle
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 1 post · 3 views
last updated Jan 22, 2025 12:11PM
Mervyn LeRoy
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 1 post · 5 views
last updated Jan 14, 2025 01:18PM
Richard Thorpe
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 1 post · 3 views
last updated Oct 25, 2024 08:04PM
directors we watch for
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last updated Dec 21, 2023 11:54PM
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+ Title hunt
set in a mysterious European hotel
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 3 posts · 7 views
last updated Jul 24, 2023 01:37PM
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+ Book recs, read-alongs, etc
'spoken word' recs
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 9 posts · 6 views
last updated Apr 07, 2025 10:24AM
Any rec's?
By Jamie · 38 posts · 82 views
last updated Feb 27, 2025 01:49PM
Shane
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 1 post · 6 views
last updated Jan 12, 2025 06:14PM
group bookshelf
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 1 post · 4 views
last updated Dec 24, 2024 12:46AM
great film books
By Anthony · 5 posts · 11 views
last updated Oct 16, 2023 03:17PM
Killing John Wayne
By Ryan · 1 post · 9 views
last updated Jan 19, 2022 09:49AM
Book Nominations (Open!!!)
By Jamie · 12 posts · 51 views
last updated Jan 06, 2022 11:44AM
Worst book made into a film.
By Kerstin · 23 posts · 22 views
last updated Oct 03, 2020 09:20AM
Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini
By Jamie · 9 posts · 25 views
last updated Dec 11, 2019 08:16PM
Library Challenge!!!
By Jamie · 1 post · 10 views
last updated Jun 01, 2014 11:02AM
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+ external sites & links
classic movie magazines
By Mollie · 4 posts · 8 views
last updated May 18, 2025 03:18PM
Allmovie.com
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 1 post · 5 views
last updated Feb 08, 2023 11:40PM
Autumn Sonata (1978)
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 1 post · 5 views
last updated Feb 08, 2023 11:32PM
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+ Author Promo
Columbus Moving Picture Show
By Samantha · 2 posts · 4 views
last updated Apr 18, 2025 10:28AM
Lorrefic! original Peter Lorre fanfic - E.A. Diamond
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last updated Apr 02, 2025 02:57PM
This topic has been closed to new comments. Current Goodreads Giveaway
By Jamie · 2 posts · 12 views
last updated Mar 18, 2015 01:39AM
This topic has been closed to new comments. Giveaway of Moments That Made the Movies by David Thomson
By Jamie · 1 post · 9 views
last updated Nov 03, 2014 12:29AM
This topic has been closed to new comments. Giveaway of Charlie Chaplin: A Brief Life by Peter Ackroyd
By Jamie · 1 post · 4 views
last updated Nov 03, 2014 12:22AM
This topic has been closed to new comments. Giveaway of American Titan: Searching for John Wayne by Marc Eliot
By Jamie · 1 post · 5 views
last updated Aug 15, 2014 09:56PM
This topic has been closed to new comments. Giveaway of Dance Floor Democracy: The Social Geography of Memory at the Hollywood Canteen by Sherrie Tucker
By Jamie · 1 post · 4 views
last updated Jun 10, 2014 09:34AM
This topic has been closed to new comments. Giveaway of The House of Redgrave: The Lives of a Theatrical Dynasty by Tim Adler
By Jamie · 1 post · 2 views
last updated Jun 01, 2014 11:27AM
This topic has been closed to new comments. Giveaway of How to Survive in Hollywood and Keep Your Integrity by Toni Covington
By Jamie · 1 post · 2 views
last updated Jun 01, 2014 11:23AM
This topic has been closed to new comments. Giveaway of John Wayne: The Life and Legend by Scott Eyman
By Jamie · 1 post · 5 views
last updated Jun 01, 2014 11:13AM
This topic has been closed to new comments. You Must Remember This: Life and Style in Hollywood's Golden Age by Rober Wagner Giveaway
By Jamie · 1 post · 12 views
last updated Feb 14, 2014 06:36PM
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+ Memos
ideas for discussions
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last updated Oct 25, 2022 12:42PM
Help Requests / Moderator Attention Needed
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last updated Aug 29, 2022 05:08PM
This topic has been closed to new comments. Political Discussions
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last updated Aug 28, 2022 09:47PM
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+ Archives
This topic has been closed to new comments. Lauren Bacall
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This topic has been closed to new comments. Heat Wave!
By Feliks , Co-Moderator · 11 posts · 9 views
last updated Dec 12, 2019 06:41PM
This topic has been closed to new comments. Goodreads Friend Requests
By Mollie · 10 posts · 29 views
last updated Dec 06, 2019 09:01AM
This topic has been closed to new comments. Remembering Shirley Temple
By Jamie · 3 posts · 10 views
last updated Apr 20, 2018 02:59PM
This topic has been closed to new comments. Additional Moderators (NEW!!!)
By Jamie · 3 posts · 13 views
last updated Mar 13, 2018 05:29PM
This topic has been closed to new comments. Perfect Valentine Gift
By Sylvia · 2 posts · 5 views
last updated Feb 03, 2017 10:22AM
This topic has been closed to new comments. Attention Journalist! Want to write about Marsha Hunt?
By Jamie · 2 posts · 11 views
last updated Jan 18, 2017 07:01PM
This topic has been closed to new comments. Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity Documentary
By Jamie · 2 posts · 11 views
last updated Nov 23, 2014 02:22PM
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