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The cast of The Time Tunnel

A History of The Time Tunnel

Mark Twain invented the time travel story. Six years later H.G. Wells perfected it and revealed its paradoxes. Between them they left little for latecomers to do. Many have tried, successfully, thanks to the diverse theories and hypotheses of the consequences of time travel. Through a variation on a theme, every science fiction writer has [...]

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Pop Twenty Magazine

Pop Twenty: A Nostalgia Magazine

by Martin Grams Jr. Could it be possible for too many magazines to be published about nostalgia pop culture? The answer is obvious: there can never be enough. At the recent Williamsburg Film Festival, I purchased a copy of Pop Twenty, a new magazine covering 20th Century Pop Culture including movies, TV, radio and music. [...]

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Sean Connery as 007

The Battle for James Bond

Cinema history might have been very different had the first James Bond film not been Dr. No starring Sean Connery. Thunderball could have been directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starred Richard Burton as secret agent 007. It sounds preposterous and unbelievable, but it almost happened. It began way back in 1958 when maverick Irish producer [...]

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Thomas Ince book

Thomas Ince and the Scandal That Never Was

by Brian Taves. For several generations, Citizen Kane (1941) has molded public memory of William Randolph Hearst. For younger filmgoers, however, a newer movie, The Cat’s Meow (2001), has begun to supplant Citizen Kane in etching the business magnate. Citizen Kane implied a fictional side by inventing new names for the characters loosely inspired by [...]

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Mike Meyer and Superman

The Mysterious Theft of Superman

It all started on September 5, 2011, when Jennifer Mann of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported the horrible news that spawned an internet sensation. “If Mike Meyer were a character in one of his favorite comic books, right about now he’d be looking up to see his red-caped hero swooping down,” Mann reported. “It’s Meyer’s [...]

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Anyone for golf?

The Three Stooges movie review

by Martin Grams, Jr. I grew up watching The Three Stooges. Thanks to rabbit ears and a TV antenna, which did not limit me to the number of channel choices our local cable provider offers, I was able to pick up channel 17 or 29 from Philadelphia and tune in each week to watch three [...]

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Gypsy Rose Lee

GYPSY ROSE LEE: A Burlesque Striptease

by Noralee Frankel. Gypsy Rose Lee capivated generations of her fans. Born in Seattle in 1911 Louise Hovick, as she was known, toured vaudeville with her driven stage mother and her younger sister. When her sister ran off to marry and with vaudeville dying, Louise performed in burlesque theaters. In 1931, Louise, now Gypsy Rose [...]

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Kay Kyser on NBC

KAY KYSER: The ‘Ol Professor of Swing

By Steven Beasley. Band leader Kay Kyser (real name James Kyser) recorded some of the biggest hits of the Big Band era. Titles such as “(I Got Spurs that) Jingle, Jangle, Jingle,” “Three Little Fishies,” “Ole Buttermilk Sky,” “Who Wouldn’t Love You” and “Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition” remain in the hearts of [...]

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