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Posted December 4, 2021 CHRISTMAS WHILST OLD

Détresse et Charité (France) / The Beggar Maiden (UK) / The Christmas Angel (USA) (1904)

CRUMBLIES… Christmas movies can range from the annoying to appalling. And it has ever been thus. In an attempt to add a sprig of holly to this site, old Jack … Continue Reading Détresse et Charité (France) / The Beggar Maiden (UK) / The Christmas Angel (USA) (1904)

Posted June 24, 2018 DRAMA

La Fée Printemps / The Spring Fairy (1902)

CRUMBLIES… Way back in the dawn of cinema (second decade), Georges Méliès had competition from the Pathé Frères across town in Paris. Segundo de Chomón was one of their team; … Continue Reading La Fée Printemps / The Spring Fairy (1902)

Posted April 3, 2018 DRAMA

Barbe-bleue / Bluebeard (1901)

CRUMBLIES… I know, I know, 1901, but it only lasts 9 minutes, so try watching Barbe-bleue – a cinematic silent of a four hundred year-old fairy-tale-nasty. The hero? Bluebeard, a man … Continue Reading Barbe-bleue / Bluebeard (1901)