For the Love of Film (Noir) - Dives you need to visit

Links you need to visit during the blogathon. This is only a partial list, check with our hosts for a complete list of participating bloggers.

Born to Kill a favorite film I won't be blogging about and

someone else SHOULD.

The Facebook page for the Film Preservation Blogathon. The Faceboook page has a nifty paypal link here and your donation will make you eligible for some grand raffle prizes!

Our Hosts, Ferdy on Films and The Self-Styled Siren who put so much work into getting the blogathon organized and who write so eloquently about films we love.

The Film Noir Foundation's Donation Page to put your money where your mouth is and here to read all about Film Noir and the annual NoirCity festival.

Leonard Maltin's Movie Crazy.

Tony Dayoub of Cinema Viewfinder

Ed Howard of Only the Cinema
Patricia Schneider at The Lady Eve’s Reel Life
Vanwall Green at Vanwall’s Land
Sam Juliano of Wonders in the Dark
Joshua Ranger of AudioVisual Preservation Solutions
Donna Hill at Strictly Vintage Hollywood
Ben Kenigsberg at Time Out Chicago
David Steece of Randomaniac
Beth Ann Gallagher at Spellbound
Peter Nellhaus at Coffee, Coffee, and More Coffee
Jacqueline Fitzgerald of Film Noir Blonde
Bill Ryan at The Kind of Face You Hate
Betty Jo Tucker of Reel Talk Movie Reviews
R.D. Finch at The Movie Projector
Peter Gutierrez
Bob Fergusson at Allure
Steve-O at Film Noir of the Week and Back Alley Noir
Brian Darr at Hell on Frisco Bay
DeeDee at Darkness to Light
Hilary Barta at Limerwrecks
Hedwig Van Driel at As Cool as a Fruit Stand
Paula Vitaris at Paula’s Movie Page
Jacqueline T. Lynch at Another Old Movie Blog
Tinky Weisblat of In Our Grandmothers’ Kitchens
Doug Bonner at PostModern Joan
Kevin Olson at Hugo Stiglitz Makes Movies
Gareth at Gareth’s Movie Diary
Meredith of Or Maybe Eisenstein Should Just Relax
Java Bean Rush
John Greco of Twenty-Four Frames
Vince Keenan at VinceKeenan.com
Ivan G. Shreve of Those Thrilling Days of Yesteryear
Darren at The Movie Blog
Brandie of True Classics: The ABCs of Classic Film
Mat Viola of Notes of a Film Fanatic
Joe Thompson from The Pneumatic Rolling-Sphere Carrier Delusion
Bill Wren of Piddleville
Ms. Zebra of Germans Like Heavy Make-Up

Please make your donation to support film preservation and the make the gun molls of film noir happy by clicking here and donating some much needed loot. The Faceboook page has a nifty paypal link here and your donation will make you eligible for some grand raffle prizes!

Fundraising blogathon For the Love of Film (Noir) is hosted by Ferdy on Films, etc., and The Self-Styled Siren to benefit the Film Noir Foundation.

Heidi Montag Goes Shopping In Los Angeles

Taking a break from whatever the heck she does all day, Heidi Montag was spotted out and about in Los Angeles yesterday (January 26). Greeting the pap@razzi with a hopeful smile, the 24-year-old fromer reality TV star enjoyed an afternoon of window shopping sans her ever present hubby Spencer Pratt. 

For the Love of Film (Noir) - A Sneak Peek

A sneak peek of things to come For the Love of Film (Noir) Blogathon.

One of my favorite Joan Crawford films, Sudden Fear.

Faces of Film Noir

Photos of a few of my favorite actors and actresses associated with Film Noir.

and, finally, Sunset Boulevard.

Please make your donation to support film preservation and the make the gun molls of film noir happy by clicking here and donating some much needed loot. The Faceboook page has a nifty paypal link here and your donation will make you eligible for some grand raffle prizes!

Fundraising blogathon For the Love of Film (Noir) is hosted by Ferdy on Films, etc., and The Self-Styled Siren to benefit the Film Noir Foundation.

San Francisco Silent Film Festival Winter Event

Falling in love again, what am I to do?

Charles Chaplin in The Adventurer in which he romances Edna Purviance

John Gilbert and Lillian Gish romance in La Boheme (directed by King Vidor)

The San Francisco Silent Film Festival Winter Event is happening just shy of Valentine's Day this year. February 12, 2011 at the Catro Theater.

Love is in the air and I can't help it!

Birgitte Helm ready for some romance in L'Argent

From the SF Silent Film Festival Press Release:

Complete Winter Event Program:
Our early program It's Mutual (1:00 pm, $15) is a collection of sparkling shorts by Charlie Chaplin, made during his stint at the Mutual Film Corporation where he honed his craft and became the genius director we think of today. The shorts - The Pawnshop, The Rink, and The Adventurer - contain some of the funniest moments ever put to screen, and are a glimpse into the development of this master of cinema. And supplying the perfect accompaniment to Chaplin's brilliance will be Donald Sosin at the baby grand piano. 35mm film prints from the David Shepard Collection.

Continuing our tradition of presenting world-class blockbusters at the Winter Event afternoon show, we present Marcel L'Herbier's L'Argent (3:30 pm, $15) accompanied by The Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra.

The evening show, La Bohème (8:00 pm, $17) is devoted to the one of the themes movies have excelled at from the beginning - the love story! This eternal romance set in bohemian Paris of the 1830s has been filmed many times, but King Vidor's classic starring Lillian Gish as Mimi and John Gilbert as Rodolphe is the definitive version. New 35mm print courtesy of Stanford Theatre Foundation and UCLA Film and Television Archive. The Master of the Mighty Wurlitzer, Dennis James, will accompany this perfect Valentine's weekend fare.

At 6:30 there will be a Winter Event Celebration Party ($20) on the Castro's mezzanine. Delicious hors d'oeuvres, hearty drinks, and pleasing conversation to be had by all! The extraordinary Michel Saga will serenade on the barrel organ, singing songs of old Paris.

For tickets and more information, please visit the Silent Film Festival.

For the Love of Film (Noir) - Feb 14-21, 2011

The Film Preservation Blogathon - For the Love of Film (Noir) will run the week of February 14 through February 21, 2011. It's not too early to make a donation while you wait for all the good stuff that will be posted during the week of the blogathon.

Please do your bit and donate $5, $10, $15 or $20 to support the Film Noir Foundation. Even in these economically challenging times a few dimes will save something we can't easily replace. We can't save every single precious frame of film noir, but we can try. I'm a glass half full person, please help!

Your donation to the Film Noir Foundation can be made at any dollar amount when you hit the paypal link on their site or you can become a rod carrying member at the following levels:

Gunsel up to $49 Receive the NOIR CITY SENTINEL electronic newsletter (e-mail address required)

Muscle $50 - $99 Receive the NOIR CITY SENTINEL. the most recent Noir City poster and souvenir-edition festival program.

Henchman $100 - $249 All of the above plus a Film Noir Foundation T-shirt. (Please specify size and men's vs. women's in the PayPal note.)

Torpedo $250 - $499 Receive all of the above plus a signed first edition of Eddie Muller's novel, The Distance.

Kingpin $500+ The whole shebang plus a series pass to NOIR CITY 9 in San Francisco in 2011 and recognition in the souvenir program.

Please make your donation to support film preservation and the make the gun molls of film noir happy by clicking here and donating some much needed loot. The paypal link here will make you eligible for some grand raffle prizes!

Fundraising blogathon For the Love of Film (Noir) is hosted by Ferdy on Films, etc., and The Self-Styled Siren to benefit the Film Noir Foundation.

Here is a partial list of bloggers who've made the commitment to blog (myself included):

Tony Dayoub of Cinema Viewfinder
Ed Howard of Only the Cinema
Patricia Schneider at The Lady Eve’s Reel Life
Vanwall Green at Vanwall’s Land
Sam Juliano of Wonders in the Dark
Joshua Ranger of AudioVisual Preservation Solutions
Donna Hill at Strictly Vintage Hollywood
Ben Kenigsberg at Time Out Chicago
David Steece of Randomaniac
Beth Ann Gallagher at Spellbound
Peter Nellhaus at Coffee, Coffee, and More Coffee
Jacqueline Fitzgerald of Film Noir Blonde
Bill Ryan at The Kind of Face You Hate
Betty Jo Tucker of Reel Talk Movie Reviews
R.D. Finch at The Movie Projector
Peter Gutierrez
Bob Fergusson at Allure
Steve-O at Film Noir of the Week and Back Alley Noir
Brian Darr at Hell on Frisco Bay
DeeDee at Darkness to Light
Hilary Barta at Limerwrecks
Hedwig Van Driel at As Cool as a Fruit Stand
Paula Vitaris at Paula’s Movie Page
Jacqueline T. Lynch at Another Old Movie Blog
Tinky Weisblat of In Our Grandmothers’ Kitchens
Doug Bonner at PostModern Joan
Kevin Olson at Hugo Stiglitz Makes Movies
Gareth at Gareth’s Movie Diary
Meredith of Or Maybe Eisenstein Should Just Relax
Java Bean Rush
John Greco of Twenty-Four Frames
Vince Keenan at VinceKeenan.com
Ivan G. Shreve of Those Thrilling Days of Yesteryear
Darren at The Movie Blog
Brandie of True Classics: The ABCs of Classic Film
Mat Viola of Notes of a Film Fanatic
Joe Thompson from The Pneumatic Rolling-Sphere Carrier Delusion
Bill Wren of Piddleville
Ms. Zebra of Germans Like Heavy Make-Up

Farewell Old Friend - The Silent Movie Blog

After 3 years of witty, visually stunning and often bust a gut hilarious postings, The Silent Movie Blog is going silent. Iris and fade out, the end.

Thanks to Chris Snowden for 3 fun-filled years, time sure flies when you are having fun. He's shutting down the blog to get to some things that have been back-burnered too long. He's still running Unknown Video and we'll simply have to guess what's coming.

Before it's too late, you can see a few postings he's left up and see what you've missed if you've not been there before. Tempus Fugit!

Virginia Rappe on Film

The Danish Film Institute has posted filmographical details and the complete 1919 short His Musical Sneeze, featuring Lloyd Hamilton and Virginia Rappe, with a jaunty score by Ben Model. This is a rare glimpse of Virginia Rappe on film, since very few of the comedies in which she was featured survive. This film is also important as the producer was Rappe's fiance Henry “Pathe” Lehrman. The film is directed by Jack White.

You can view the film (and if you understand Danish, read the titles) here: scroll down, the filmviewer is on the lower right of the page. It can be viewed full screen.

Virginia Rappe is best remembered as the actress who died after Roscoe Arbuckle's 1921 Labor Day party in San Francisco. Joan Myers is currently working on a manuscript about the case and has researched Rappe extensively. See this post for example. Myers' forthcoming book is one I am most anxious to read, the bits I've been privy to have been relevatory, to say the least!