The above is a screen capture from the 1940 Three Stooges comedy No Census, No Feeling —a two-reeler that begins with a thrift shop owner...

You may remember that two weeks ago on the blog I chatted up film historian Richard M. Roberts’s book Smileage Guaranteed: Past Humor, ...

It was on this date in 1887 that William Henry Pratt made his entry into the world…and fans of the actor’s work know him, of course, as t...

Just a quick reminder that if you want to get in on a chance to win a free copy of the new Barbara Stanwyck biography, Steel True , you n...

(No, this is not the real title of the follow-up to the successful DVD release first mentioned in this post from November 2012 .   I ju...

The following essay is Thrilling Days of Yesteryear’s contribution (the second of two) to The Chaney Blogathon: Two Men, Thousands of...

Back in October, I received an e-mail from Shannon Clute, a senior media manager at The Greatest Cable Channel Known to Mankind™, who inf...