tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4342040540800563979.post2671690856387663494..comments2013-11-13T20:58:08.534-05:00Comments on The Lawson Report: Bogart....Who........?kennethlawsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12062539204997597586noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4342040540800563979.post-7581766596569796802008-03-08T01:41:00.000-05:002008-03-08T01:41:00.000-05:00Ken,I agree with your assessement. It's really gre...Ken,<BR/><BR/>I agree with your assessement. <BR/><BR/>It's really great that you have developed a love for classic films. You seem to not be too fond of silent films but perhaps you have not been exposed to the right films? I recently watched Cecil B. DeMille's silent from 1928 called THE GODLESS GIRL and I have to say I wish everyone could see this film. There are several others that I think are wonderful too. I didn't always appreciate the silents and have shied away from them but now I have come to know what works of art they really were for their time. Thanks for joining The Golden Age of Hollywood Social Network!<BR/><BR/>KevinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4342040540800563979.post-84265716615903106362008-01-30T14:23:00.000-05:002008-01-30T14:23:00.000-05:00I completely agree with you. One of the things I ...I completely agree with you. One of the things I would like to do with TCM is to open up the world of classic film to the MTV generation. Classic film is so important because there are many great history lessons within them. Plus you get to see what it was like to live in the past by just watching these films. As a society we cannot fix our nation and the world without learning all about the past and what led us to these sad states of affairs. Classic film is one way to enrich your life with history. It is also fun. I hope that 14 year old turns on TCM one day instead of MTV.<BR/><BR/>-<BR/>my best-<BR/>kimkimpunkrockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15747670608142811607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4342040540800563979.post-19966638374546912022007-12-02T07:13:00.000-05:002007-12-02T07:13:00.000-05:00I grew up with a fascination of monster movies and...I grew up with a fascination of monster movies and their relative paucity and their then-modern gore levels restricted some theaters from admitting tikes like me. Then. <BR/><BR/>So the only alternative was old-movies on TV. Frankenstein, Dracula, etc. All those great '50s radioactive monsters. The Japanese costume monsters. The marionette monsters. <BR/><BR/>I think, from those ancient films, I must have spanned out into other film genres, and Laurel & Hardy, Bogart, W. C. Fields and Marx Brothers were always my first non-monster loves. My fondness for them has sometimes diminished with specific reasons ("these films can be a tad slow in places") but their significance in my entertainment history never has. <BR/><BR/>Working in a 'youth industry' with a bunch of 20-somethings, seeing how they fall in love with old radio shows, old TV and films, and seeing how those can consume them for years at a time, I know it's only a matter of time and exposure for these old treasures to be re-cherished by new groups, every year. <BR/><BR/>I fight against the rightsholders to films that want to bury those works instead of putting them out into DVD production. None of the films, TV, radio or music were created to be buried - they were all created to be played to audiences, and the more, the merrier. Yet so many predatory companies and inherited rightsholders seem intent on burying that art rather than releasing it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com