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May 6th, 2013: Return to Glennascaul

May6 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Adaptation, Arthouse, Based on an Urban Legend, Black and White, Ghost, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Short Tagged abandoned house, Best Short Subject Nominee, Dublin, ghost story, haunted house, hitchhiking, Ireland, Orson Welles

February 22nd, 2013: Rabbit Seasoning (1952)

Feb22 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Animation, Comedy, Family, Movie of the Day, Short, Slapstick Tagged Carl W. Stalling, Chuck Jones, cross dressing, double cross, hunters, Looney Tunes, Mel Blanc, Warner Brothers

November 23rd, 2012: Big Business (1929)

Nov23 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Comedy, Movember, Movie of the Day, Short, Silent, Slapstick Tagged Christmas tree, comedy team, Hal Roach, Hal Roach Studios, Laurel and Hardy, Leo McCarey, National Film Registry, Oliver Hardy, salesman, Stan Laurel

October 28th, 2012: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1949)

Oct28 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Animation, Based on a Short Story(ies), Family, Ghost, Holiday, Horror, Movie of the Day, Musical, Remake, Short Tagged "And I would have gotten away with it...", Bing Crosby, Disney, farmer, farmers, ghost story, manipulative woman, RKO, teachers, Walt Disney, Washington Irving

October 6th, 2012: The Great Train Robbery (1903)

Oct6 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Movie of the Day, Short, Silent, The Original, Western Tagged Edison Manufacturing Company, National Film Registry, train, train robbery, train station

October 4th, 2012: Sherlock Jr. (1924)

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Comedy, Independent, Movie of the Day, Romance, Short, Silent, Slapstick, Spoof Tagged Buster Keaton, Buster Keaton Productions, day dreaming, fantasy sequence, frame up, Joe Keaton, meta, projectionist

July 3rd, 2012: 12:01 PM (1990)

Jul3 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Independent, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi, Short, Speculative Sci-Fi, The Original, Time Travel Tagged Best Short Film Live Action, it's not over, Kurtwood Smith, low-budget, scientists, time loop

June 10th, 2012: Really Rosie

Jun10 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Animation, Anthology, Based on a Book, Comedy, Family, Made for TV, Movie of the Day, Musical, Short Tagged "let's put on a show", Carole King, Lou Adler, Maurice Sendak

June 9th, 2012: A Close Shave (1995)

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Leave a comment Posted in Animation, Buddy Flick, Comedy, Family, Movie of the Day, Sequel, Short, Stop Motion Animation Tagged Aardman Animations, BBC Bristol, BBC Children's International, Best Short Film Animated, Britain, dogs, Nick Park, Peter Sallis, sheep

It Came From Kuchar

Apr3 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Arthouse, Documentary, Full Reviews, Independent, Indy, Reviews, Short Tagged 8mm, brothers, California, film clips, film history, filmmaking, George Kuchar, homage, insanity, low-budget, Mike Kuchar, New York City, outsider artist, San Francisco, The Bronx, twins, underground films

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