Monthly Archives: October 2012

Wooden Clogs

Watch “The Tree of Wooden Clogs,” an Italian movie from 1978, and you can learn a lot of things just by observing.  For instance, it’s very bad when a cow won’t eat and can’t get up, and chicken manure might … Continue reading

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Our Modern Maidens

MGM pays tribute to the revved-up late 1920s in “Our Modern Maidens,” a 1929 film starring Joan Crawford, Anita Page and Douglas Fairbanks, Junior.  MGM added sound effects, but the mostly silent picture follows the story of Billie, the most … Continue reading

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