Regarding my last post about the Allan Dwan retro: I'm sorry to say that former child star Evelyn Rudie will be unable to make it to the Museum of Modern Art for next Sunday's screening of THE RESTLESS BREED. Evelyn told me that she was really looking forward to this event and is very disappointed t...

The Allan Dwan retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art is about halfway through and the last of the silent films has been shown tonight. But if you're in the New York area there are plenty of more movies well worth seeing still to be shown including BREWSTER'S MILLIONS, RENDEZVOUS WITH ANNIE, WOMA...

Javier, Regarding information on my Allan Dwan book, in the coming weeks and months we should be seeing some reviews of the book. In the meanwhile, I was very gratified by Dave Kehr's comment in the movie listings of the Friday, June 7 New York Times (p. C19) when referring to the Museum series, he ...

Bob, Thanks for your observations. Rather than just regurgitating different parts of my book to express my own views let me confine my remarks to DAVID HARUM. I understand your point about the problems with stage productions being re-created by Famous Players. Dwan said that he had written a script ...

I'm very glad to hear that people are enjoying the Museum's retrospective inspired by my book on Allan Dwan I wasn't at Saturday's screening but after reading the messages from Charlie and Bob I did check with the Museum. The projectionist said that he showed the four-reel print from the Library of ...

Ray, Yes, that scene in BREWSTER'S MILLIONS is wonderfully staged and blocked so that O'Keefe is doing his bit where the others in the scene can't see his manic anguish as they behave in complete counterpoint. O'Keefe was a gifted farceur and according to at least one source, also a friend of Dwan's...

I have the distinct pleasure to tell you that THE GOOD BAD MAN is not lost. I saw a print at the Library of Congress and it is discussed in my book. MR. FIX-IT used to be available only in a print with Italian intertitles. However, a restored English-language version was premiered in 2011. But there...

Ray, Thanks for the good wishes. If you have not seen it, you might also enjoy the one of the two TV episodes Dwan did for Director's Playhouse entitled IT'S ALWAYS SUNDAY (1955) where O'Keefe plays a minister who tries to follow the Gospels quite literally. It has been shown on TCM and I hope will ...

When I researched my book, I viewed the Library of Congress print of THE HALF-BREED which had four of the original five reels. This July, the San Francisco Silent Film Festival will be premiering a restored version of THE HALF-BREED. As I understand it, the restored version represents a mingling of ...

I would like to announce on Nitrateville (sound) the publication of my book, ALLAN DWAN AND THE RISE AND DECLINE OF THE HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS as the book deals with both the silent and sound eras. Some basic information on the book is available at my publisher's website at: http://mcfarlandpub.com/book-...

I would like to say thank you for the good wishes. I too would love to see GLIMPSES OF THE MOON but as far as I can discern no prints are extant. Perhaps as was the case with GETTING MARY MARRIED a private collector might yet come forward with a print. There are a couple of good Nita Naldi stories i...

I would like to announce on Nitrateville the publication of my book, ALLAN DWAN AND THE RISE AND DECLINE OF THE HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS. Some basic information on the book is available at my publisher's website at: http://mcfarlandpub.com/book-2.php?id=978-0-7864-3485-5" target="_blank Allan Dwan was both...