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Swords and sandals, pharaohs and pyramids – the ancient past has never lost its appeal for filmmakers or audiences.

Photo courtesy Dan Perkins Photo courtesy Dan Perkins Courtesy of Audie Murphy/American Cotton Museum Women swooned over matinee idol John Boles, who appeared as a handsome suave lover on the silver screen with the most glamorous ladies in Hollywood — his mentor Gloria Swanson, Claire Trevor, Joan Bennett, Lupe Velez, Ida Lupino, Margaret Sullavan, Dixie Lee (Mrs. Bing Crosby), Gloria Stuart (who came out of retirement for “Titanic” in 1997), Loretta Young, Rosalind Russell in t...

Movie stars and anti-Filipino race riots: The secret history of San Franciscos Macintosh Studios FacebookTwitterEmail A picture of Anita Navalta Bautistas husband Cornelio (right) with two of his cousins in the 1930s.Courtesy of Anita Navalta Bautista Jerry Paular fondly remembered the Filipino farmhands he grew up with. They were so well-groomed and well-dressed, he said, that “you would think they were movie stars.” “They wore suits that were just unbelievable,” Paular, a traveling su...

  After rewatching The Lego Batman Movie (2017) I noticed a trope that drove the plot of the film: Batman refuses to acknowledge that the Joker is his greatest enemy.    But whilst watching it is hard not to notice the unbridled queercoding within the film. Throughout it, the romantic undertones of the film which are, not so subtly, disguised in words and phrases that Joker and Batman use when talking to each other.    By replacing these phrases with what is deemed to be the �...

Whatever happened to the glamour of the movies? Its the very last question that should be asked on Oscars weekend but, honestly where did the fun go? Did Godzilla gobble it up? Those of us who sit through this Hollywood hoopla every year are used to watching the clips before the big announcement for Best Picture. Heres a reminder, says Jimmy Kimmel or Ellen DeGeneres or whoever is hosting, our cue to watch a few moments of movie magic. But this time, it will be far more thrilling to go and make...

Will There Be a Nude Scene Ever Again? Hollywood Commentary At the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas, there are two large swimming pools. Both are ringed by colorful cabanas and festooned with fountains and amoeba-shaped nooks. But only one of them—a little more secluded than the other—allows something called, with mysterious glamor, “European-style bathing.” Meaning: topless. The hotel’s management took the idea of topless girls lounging around the pool and made it classy-sounding. But, as is...

Louis Menand Tackles Art, Culture, And Politics During The Cold War April 19, 2021 For those who want to learn about the philosophy of intellectuals like George Kennan, George Orwell, Richard Wright, Hannah Arendt, Pauline Kael, and James Baldwin, among others, Louis Menand’s book, “The Free World: Art and Thought in the Cold War” is a soaring new offering. “The Free World” is a virtuoso performance about Cold War culture and provides one of the best explanations yet of the complex an...

Advertisement What it’s about: Fudge! For a long stretch of movie history, profanity was banned by the Hays Code, so it wasn’t until 1970 that M*A*S*H became the first (non-pornographic) American film to use the word “fuck.” Even then, the word was considered taboo and used sparingly. But here in the 21st century, we say whatever the fuck we want, and Wikipedia lists 138 movies that use the F-word 150 times or more (and tracks “fucks per minute,” ranging from .92 to ten times that ...

BCB After Dark: Breaking the rules Share this story fans abroad. As always, bring your own beverage. Remember, BCB After Dark is for everyone to get together and chat about baseball, movies and music. And maybe anything else you can think of. The late-nighters are encouraged to start the conversation, but we’d love everyone else to join the conversation as morning comes and heads on into the afternoon. Last time I asked you if you thought infielder Eric Sogard would make the Opening Day rost...

‘Little Nellie Kelly’: A Great Day for the Irish St. Patrick’s Day, and the whole month of March by extension, is dedicated to celebrating all things Irish. However, many complain that American celebrations of “St. Paddy’s” Day are primarily cheap commercialism, ignoring Ireland’s traditional, genuine culture. Even “Plastic Paddy” celebrations, though, are few in 2021. After claiming St. Patrick’s Day as its first canceled event, the ongoing pandemic is dampening the popular...