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Motion Picture Herald Magazine, June 24, 1961: Way Still Open For Attack On Blue Laws, Says Levy (Editors note: Blue Laws were the result of religious clout in the government dating back to colonial times regarding keeping stores, shops, just about anything shut on Sunday. “The Puritans believed that a child was born on the…
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Boxoffice Magazine, November 11, 1974: Mayfair Film Group Release Lineup Launched With That’ll Be The Day HOLLYWOOD – Mayfair Film Group, a new independent distribution company headed by three co-directors under 30 years of age, kicked off its release schedule with the British import That’ll be the Day, starring David Essex and Ringo Starr, breaking…
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In 1984, when the Motion Picture Association of America added PG-13 to its list of movie ratings, it was done in order to help parents. A PG-13 film was at a higher intensity level than a movie simply rated PG. However, in recent years, PG-13 has become so ambiguous, that almost any film, short of…
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When I spoke with Harry Holloway on the phone I could feel his excitement when he spoke about the time he spent with the 770 Club. Wait, but isn’t it Club 770 now? In October 1944 when the club first opened, it was the 770 Club, named for the Memorial Union’s address at the time…
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Mack Sennett Comedies “The Sennett comedies were formulaic but inspired, and they frequently concluded with a great chase, often involving a gaggle of Keystone Kops. The motivation for the chases themselves rarely made much sense. Frequently, the motivation was even treated as a joke. In “Wandering Willies,” for example, the final chase is motivated when…
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The following excerpt is from Re-Viewing the Movies: a Christian Response to Contemporary Film by Peter Fraser and Vernon Neal, reprinted by permission of Crossway Books. The book is available through Christian bookstores, Internet booksellers, and direct from the publisher (1-800-635-7993). It is the first book in Crossway’s Focal Point series on Christianity and contemporary…
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Conditioned by a culture that tells me I shall not judge other people’s behaviors or tastes, I shall draw no conclusions about the current comic book to film explosion. It means nothing. A genuinely sensitive person will recognize immediately that what other people do with their bodies and minds is their personal business. So, I…
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Melvin Van Peebles, driving force for change, was able to see what the studios missed – a chance for blacks to see a familiar face on the silver screen that they could relate to. His talent went beyond film. After he served in the US Air Force (navigator/bombardier), he worked in Mexico as a portrait…
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This essay is to be the first chapter of a book-length study of 20 significant films of faith from the past century. Dr. Fraser is Professor of English at Wisconsin Lutheran College and Chair of the Department of Modern Languages. He has previously authored Images of the Passion: the Sacramental Mode in Film (Greenwood-Praeger, 1998) and ReViewing the Movies:…
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Her career was defined by the culture of post civil war America. The limitations on a black person in film should have stopped her cold. Hattie McDaniel was not an ordinary person. She appeared in over 84 films. She was a performer on stage, on the radio and television. Her legacy to history is that…
