Forgotten Women has elements of noir, flashback, seedy locales, but might not fully qualify. Regardless, it is a highly entertaining and overlooked movie that I'd love to see again. I saw it screened in 16mm at the Columbus Moving Picture Show.
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Hollywood Varieties 1950
History buffs will revel in this vaudeville show on film. Robert Alda is the MC. We get to see musicians, so-called comedians (who made me laugh here and there), oddities like a roller skating trio doing stunts, and animal acts. (The dogs were fun to watch.)
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The Craving 1918
Out and out melodrama. Two rival scientists are copacetic on the surface but one schemes to use the other’s alcoholism against him. It is clear the writers had no concept of how the disease worked and what results is an absurd movie. Oh did I mention one of the scientists is Indian and has enslaved his former employer’s white daughter?
There are innovative double exposure effects used to illustrate his drunkenness, and the restoration by the EYE museum and the score by Ben Model are top notch. Recommended only for silent film enthusiasts.
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Film Is Dead. Long Live Film! 2024
This film hit close to home, and I know many of the people spotlighted on the screen. I laughed and cried and cheered while watching.
Film collectors are often ridiculed and labeled eccentric hoarders. Though those elements are present in some of this film, it in no way mocks its subjects. It is clear that these people are being heralded for their passion and their efforts to find obscurities and to share them with their friends.
The documentary is artistically…
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