I found this item while I was going through some of the old blogs I had created for film programs at the Park Ridge Public Library. The following is a letter I had received from Buster Keaton’s granddaughter, Melissa Cox.…
Month: January 2021
City Lights had its gala premiere ninety years ago today– January 30, 1931–and after all this time, its brilliance has not dimmed. Its images have remained with us ever since. City Lights is something more than a comedy. It’s a…
“But even a Barrymore on the decline is still more than a match for any other actor in Hollywood: most of his role calls for flamboyant theatrics a la “20th Century,” and he launches into his tirades with magnificent gusto.…