Members

My private film library.

For the most part, the features are in alphabetical order. However, I do have my Sherlock Holmes together, L&H together, A&C together, W&W together and Charlie Chan's together. The shorts and cartoons are all grouped by series or studio. And trailers are on reels by studio. Climate control is, thankfully, natural. my theater building has a concrete foundation and is built into the side of a mountain of water. So it's naturally cool year-round. No nitrate. Everything is 16mm. I have only a few films with mild vinegar. And everything is kept out of cans so they can breathe. Features go from BIRTH OF A NATION to BAD SANTA.

Honeymoon in Vegas 1992 I was prompted to get this from my library after someone here mentioned they liked it. The discussion came up because of Mank’s recent James Caan interview on Sunday Morning. I have never seen Sarah Jessica Parker in anything before and was very curious about her. This movie struck me as a romanic screwball comedy in the classic Hollywood tradition. Silly plot of Nick Cage’s charactor Jack, resisting marriage commitment with long time girlfriend Betsy, played by Parker. He decides to just get married & they fly to Las Vegas for a quick wedding. In the greatest screwball tradition, all hex breaks loose! Jack finds himself owing a huge gambling debt to gangster Caan who will wipe away the debt if allowed a chaste weekend “date” with Betsy. Fun fun fun! Everyone is top notch here even the broody Cage as a clueless oaf. Caan was perfectly slimy-I know guys just like him! Acting was ramped up a bit, but exaggeration works well in this type of light romantic comedy. We accept & enjoy Eric Bloor as goofy butler in Astaire/Rogers movies...same thing. I could picture Cary Grant or Franchot Tone playing Cage's role. Parker's role could have easily been played by Stanwyck or Rogers in the 30's/40's. But oh I see what the world loves about Sarah Jessica Parker. What a gamine! She was wardrobed & coiffed perfectly, she’s a joy to watch. The role was a light one, but like Rogers/Stanwyck before her, exuded brains & confidence while never seeming unreasonable or bossy. There were a few fun touches- quick cameo by Ann Bancroft. A wholly inessential diversion of Hippie Islanders played by Peter Boyle & Pat Morita are so delightful they add rather than detract. So wonderful to see these two powerhouse actors spice things up in fun little charactor roles. The other notable piece is the Elvis Impersonators everywhere in this movie. That’s something I have actually experienced in real life- finding myself at a resort during an Elvis Impersonator's Convention! Nice to see the homage because it was exactly like this movie!

Dis is not an optical delusion. I can indemnify that one Mr. Leo Gorcey (Slip Mahoney to the less unenlightened amongst youse) was the benefracture of five marriages. next: someone known to enjoy a beverage, or two, or three...

A repressed woman. A poetess. Unfulfilled. A man shall come. Soon.

BASIC INSTINCT (1992) Next: lots of screen time for ZaSu Pitts

Leos are supposed to be dominant, extravert and dynamic. Let's see if that holds true. Funnily the first two men were a French film duo. Men: Louis de Funès Bourvil Robert Redford Robert De Niro Kevin Spacey Woody Harrelson Antonio Banderas Women: Myrna Loy Maureen O'Hara Shelley Winters Kati Outinen Emmanuelle Béart Halle Berry Amy Adams Charlize Theron Jennifer Lawrence

Dustin Hoffman Laurence Fishburne Hilary Swank Lisa Kudrow Kate Beckinsale Jennifer Lopez Sandra Bullock

Napoleon Bonaparte Roger Federer Daniel Radcliffe Ben Affleck

Mick Jagger Helen Mirren Peter O'Toole

Omigod! I LOVE THAT CLIP!! Never heard of it, now I'll have to find it. That clip was awesome-that giant alligator prop was hilarious, plus the constant loop of the lady high pitched scream! I spit my coffee when the guy locked his car door then watched the festivities through the window, haha. Was it mechanical or a giant Chinese Dragon style puppet? I'm a closet survivalist and watching this kind of silliness hones my escape/avoidance skills like a flight simulator. Crawling under the car would have been my choice. Wild animals don't single out victims. When presented with a smorgasbord, they seek easiest prey. If buying the DVD, how will I know if I am getting the "full" version? Or was it only TV that showed an "edited" version? There's cheap Korean copies easily available.

Thanks for posting this Dargo! I totally agree. I really like Malone's comments that put films into historical context and I'm sure many others do as well. Once again, I think it is unkind to make a personal attack on Malone. We're all part of the same classic film community.

Now, I have a feeling that all the hosts, with the possible exception of Eddie who will occasionally make some sort of offhanded comment about it, side with the whole "woke-ness" issue. And personally I have NO issue with this. Nope, the ONLY "issue" I have with this whole thing is with people who get THEIR damn noses bent all out of shape because one of the hosts have attempted to provide what is ACTUALLY some short of historical context and who as I have noticed are NOT supplying "revisionist history" to those viewers out there who might NOT be familar with the era that these old classic films were made and released. OR in other words, I'm getting PRETTY damn SICK and TIRED of "One Post Wonders" coming on these boards and complaining that they were "offended" that their strongly held beliefs were being challenged by something one of the hosts have said during one of their wraparound segments, and as if what the host has said will somehow lead this country down some "path to ruin" and/or will "poison the minds of the young and impressionable". (...YEP, pretty damn sick and tired of THIS and NOT with any of the hosts personally...and yes, okay, even though I WOULD prefer that both Ben and Alicia possessed a little more resonance in their voices and were a little less nasally, and say, had as mellifluous a sounding voice as MINE, but hey, one can't have everything they want in life, RIGHT?!) LOL

Lady Gangster (1942) I recorded this a little while back for Faye Emerson. I've seen Emerson in quite a few movies now, and I've come to really like her. It's a shame that she never really found her niche in movies. For the longest time, I only knew of the name "Faye Emerson" from the Vitameatavegamin episode of "I Love Lucy," when Lucy "appears" on their TV to audition for Ricky. Lucy, tells Fred her plan to "appear on TV" and says something like "And you know who is going to be on it (the TV)?" and Fred says, "well, I can only hope it's Faye Emerson." It was only until I saw her with Errol Flynn in Uncertain Glory that I learned who Faye Emerson was and later, I read about her television career in the 1950s. Anyway, Lady Gangster features Emerson in one of her few starring roles. This film was apparently a remake of Barbara Stanwyck's fabulous 1933 pre-code, Ladies They Talk About. I would have never known that Lady Gangster was a remake of the Stanwyck film if I hadn't read that it was. In Lady Gangster, Emerson plays Dorothy "Dot" Burton, a struggling actress who ends up becoming part of a gang led by crook, Carey Wells (Roland Drew). Like in Ladies They Talk About, the female protagonist works as a decoy for the gang. Both Dot and Stanwyck's character, Nan, end up helping a bank robbery come off successfully, but are incarcerated for their role in the robbery. The women act as decoys in different ways in their respective films, Nan calls in a false alarm to send the police in a wild goose chase--away from the bank her partners are robbing. Dot on the other hand, convinces the bank guard into letting her into the bank before the bank officially opens so that she can make a deposit and catch a train. While the door is unlocked, her partners bust in and pull off the heist. In Ladies They Talk About, Nan has a former friend, now a preacher, who is in love with her and wants to help her clear her name and get her life turned around. In Lady Gangster, Dot has an old childhood flame who is now a District Attorney, who wants to help her clear her name. In Ladies They Talk About, part of Nan's gang is imprisoned in the men's prison on the other side of the wall from the ladies' prison. In Lady Gangster, Dot ended up being the fall guy for the bank robbery and goes to jail. She learns that her gang plans to keep her part of the proceeds from the heist, and decides instead to steal the money from the gang and then return it to the bank when she's out of jail. Dot manages to take the stolen $40k from her gang and places it in the care of her landlady. Both Nan in Ladies They Talk About, and Dot in Lady Gangster make an enemy in the prison; but also have an ally in the form of another prisoner. I did like the part in Lady Gangster when Dot decides to break herself out after her parole is denied (due to the interference by another prisoner) by hitting the female warden over the head and stealing her coat and hat, so she could walk out of the prison undetected. Somehow, this works and she doesn't stay in jail. Thankfully, Lady Gangster spares us from the bizarre ending that Ladies They Talk About has. Unfortunately, Lady Gangster did NOT feature a scene of an inmate singing a love song to a photo of Joe E. Brown, a memorable scene from Ladies They Talk About. Overall, the original film, Ladies They Talk About is the superior film to Lady Gangster. Barbara Stanwyck is (obviously) a superior actress to Faye Emerson. However, the remake has its moments. Both films share some similarities, but ultimately are very different from one another. Lady Gangster has a weak plot and seems meandering at times. I love Ladies They Talk About and have seen it (and own it) multiple times. Lady Gangster was okay and I would watch it again if it aired on TCM; but it wouldn't be anything that I'd have to rush out and buy or make a point to watch.

Here's a piece about Andy Warhol and his favorite film, Creation of the Humanoids: http://www.rebeatmag.com/fantasia-obscura-story-human-replication-andy-warhols-favorite-film/ "The film had one strong champion, Andy Warhol. The film was his favorite, as stated in a review of one of his openings in The Village Voice from December 3, 1964, and it’s easy to see why: the themes of creation and replication, the inability to divide the natural from the crafted, certainly appealed to his aesthetic, and guided his vision through most of his artistic career. Warhol could take the themes raised in the film and present them in a way that would resonate with the viewer. In his hands, how he tackled the questions raised by The Creation of the Humanoids became art."

I noted there's a poster named 'Hogmanman1' and it reminded me of something . . . in March 2018 "The MASTERS" tournament uploaded all the final round broadcasts from 1968-through the Present Day. Most of them were complete, but not all. To wit: The original color videotape master was mostly 'wiped' for the 1972 telecast (only 55 minutes extant) and the '73 Masters has only 22 minutes left of the original 2-hour broadcast. However, the •focus• of this thread is the 1968, 1969 and 1971 Masters tournament uploads. CBS first televised the Masters in 1956 from what I've read, but the 1956-67 CBS broadcasts were not uploaded with the others. I don't know why; I believe CBS was contractually obligated to make a copy of each broadcast . . . beats me why the '56-'67 final rounds weren't uploaded, but they were not. By 1968 CBS was televising their Masters broadcasts in color on videotape, but because videotape was expensive I reckon The •Eye• decided to point a black-and-white camera at the original color broadcast and preserve the telecast that way instead of saving the videotape color master so they could re-use the videotape. That was done for the '68, '69 and '71. The 1970 Masters broadcast was different in that it was preserved on a color kinescope instead of black-and-white. → I can't figure why the '71 wasn't archivally recorded by a color camera instead of a B&W . . . but it wasn't. 🤔 Because the uploads for the '68, '69 and '71 Masters Tournaments were all uploaded from unrestored black-and-white kinescopes they look like 1930s movies. Like they are 'sports documentaries' or 'Sports Movies' instead of a real event being played out in real-time. → When Canadian golfer George Knudson is putting for a birdie on the 18th Hole in 1969 there's a •POP• so loud it sounds like someone was playing tennis in the background and returning a serve! Think of the way unrestored '30s movies looked on your old-time television and this is what these 3 broadcasts look like. Hisses, pops and scratches galore! They don't look like real golf tournaments being played 'Live' at the time. So if you're reading this and you're any kind of golf fan it's really a lot of fun to watch these old Masters broadcasts on YouTube. Here's a short summary of each broadcast: 1968 - Continuous putting rule in effect. This is the tournament where Roberto de Vicenzo had scorecard trouble. Runs 1 hour 18 minutes. CBS only allotted 90 minutes of Sunday Masters coverage for their broadcast window in '68. 1969 - I ♥ the ending to the '69 Masters. Continuous putting rule still in effect. It's very noticeable on this broadcast. You see players 'putting out' only because they HAD to instead of marking their balls and waiting. I think CBS was only using six cameras at the time and at least 1 of these cameras was mounted on a golf cart; Tom Weiskopf sent his tee shot on the 17th hole into said golf cart with the camera mounted on it. He got a free •drop•. You also see a cool Pontiac station wagon when Charles Coody hooks his tee shot way left on the 18th into the practice area. Coody is looking over his 2nd shot when the Pontiac wagon comes into view. Runs 1 hr 25 minutes. CBS still only allotting 90 minutes of coverage time. The small number of commercials seen during the broadcast are not seen on these uploads, btw. NOTE: George Archer's 4th shot at the Par-5 15th took a set of brass balls to execute! I've never seen anyone else do what he did after he went in the water on his 2nd shot. His playing partner, Tom Weiskopf, never forgot Archer's chip. 1971- The continuous putting rule had been eliminated on TOUR in 1970 so you don't see any players 'putting out' like they did in '69 and '68. CBS didn't begin allotting 2 hours to their final round broadcast window until 1973, if I'm not mistaken. The reason this upload runs 1 hour 49 minutes is because, according to Ray Scott, a hockey game CBS was showing ended early so Masters viewers got ♦bonus♦ coverage in '71! Yowza! → All the hisses and scratches you could possibly want -and- with bonus coverage, too. -------------------------------------------------- Canadian golf fans reading this might like to watch the 1969 tournament as Canada's "King of Swing" GEORGE KNUDSON cast his lot into the chase for the Green Coat. → Back then, both the announcers and Masters staff were as likely to call what is now exclusively referred to as the "Green Jacket" the 'Green Coat' as well. George Knudson's swing had been called "more Hogan than Hogan", but he didn't win more because of a frequently balky putter. To sum up: If you like a golf even a little bit you couple that with enjoying old movies and watching those three particular old Masters telecasts gives one a feeling of watching an unrestored 1930s sports movie. Kind of unique, I think. ⛳

I was beginning to think I was the only one excited over Eve Arden. I love her. She didn't have a lot of lead roles,but I feel she stole every scene she was in

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/saginaw-grant-native-american-actor-breaking-bad-lone-ranger-dead-85 Saginaw Grant, a prolific Native American character actor known for roles in "Breaking Bad" and "The Lone Ranger" as well as a hereditary chief of the Sac & Fox Nation of Oklahoma, has died. He was 85. Grant died peacefully in his sleep of natural causes on Wednesday at a private care facility in Hollywood, California, said Lani Carmichael, Grant’s publicist and longtime friend. "He loved both Oklahoma and L.A.," Carmichael said. "He made his home here as an actor, but he never forgot his roots in Oklahoma. He remained a fan of the Sooner Nation." Grant was born on July 20, 1936, in Pawnee, Oklahoma and never forgot his roots in the state. DUSTY HILL, ZZ TOP BASSIST, DEAD AT 72 Native American actor Saginaw Grant died in July 2021 at age 85. (Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images) He began acting in the late 1980s and played character roles in dozens of movies and television shows over the last three decades, including "The Lone Ranger," "The World’s Fastest Indian" and "Breaking Bad," "Baywatch," "My Name Is Earl," "Saving Grace," "American Horror Story," "Shameless," "Community," "Workaholics" and "Veep," according to Grant's IMDb filmography. Grant was active for years in the powwow circuit in California and traveled around the globe to speak to people about Native American culture, Carmichael said. KID ROCK HONORS LATE ZZ TOP BASSIST DUSTY HILL: ‘ROCK N ROLL NEVER FORGETS’ "His motto in life was always respect one another and don't talk about one another in a negative way," she said. DuckDuckGo DuckDuckGo blocked this Facebook post We blocked Facebook from tracking you when the page loaded. If you unblock this post, Facebook will know your activity. Learn More Unblock post Variety reports that he was a veteran of the United States Marine Corps who served during the Korean War. As a result, Grant was also active in the Native American veterans community and participated for years in the National Gathering of American Indian Veterans, said Joseph Podlasek, the event's organizer. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER "He thought it was important for Native people to get recognized as veterans," Podlasek said. "He was kind and gentle, and very humble." CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP A memorial for Grant will be held in the Los Angeles area, but details haven't been finalized, Carmichael said. The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Did somebody say Leo?

Carole Landis REST IN PEACE. *** Next: was never married

Most definitely should. That's cross-genre(ing) and should be stricken from any list of noir, or at least demoted to a mere variant.

Brian Aherne

I had about 1,000 VHS tapes that contained 2,100 movies. Except for a precious few, they are gone. In early 2016 I moved to a much smaller place and moved all the boxes to a storage unit. But 2017 I moved and had to make a decision about the storage. Bye-bye movies. I didn't regret it and I don't now. I don't see it as the colossal waste of money that it probably is because I enjoyed so much building the collection. I made a firm decision that my collecting days were over, the next generation would have been of course Compact Discs. No way. I have a simple Word document listed in alphabetical order with the number of VHS that I put on the box. I still have that list but it means nothing to me. I do collect a little bit, but there is no mania as before. I have about 35 DVDs with movie that seem dear to me, e.g., a boxed set of The Fanny Trilogy of the 30s, but most are of operas, miniseries (e.g., Deadwood), Shakespeare, but very few Golden Age. (flashback : I was live-in caretaker for about two years beginning in 1994. I paid no rent and had a phone job, great situation. They set me up in the house. I had my own room and brought in cable. TCM was launched that same year and that was it all started. I bought blank VHS. Oh, what fun!!!!)

Mischa Auer

The Squall (1929) next : ridiculous noir

@TikiSoo: In regards to ALLIGATOR (1980) . . . CATALINA HOME VIDEO, a short-lived homevideo company in business from 1983-84, released Alligator on VHS . . . and somehow got hold of a TV print instead of the 'regular' [R]-rated theatrical version. The TV version of "Alligator" runs 8 minutes longer than the theatrical 'cut' and there's only about 30 seconds missing due to some gory content involving the hungry 'gator. (What few cuss words there are in the theatrical version are all overdubbed with non-cuss words in the Tv print, btw). LIGHTNING VIDEO, an offshoot of the parent company "Vestron Video", released the regular theatrical version of "Alligator" on VHS in 1985. → I would think those cheap Korean DVD's of "Alligator" are the theatrical print instead of the television version. That said, I don't actually own a DVD release of "Alligator"; I just have the different video versions on VHS. ALLIGATOR. 🐊🐊 (P.S. ***Here be a small spoiler***: In the Cadillac car-crushing scene where Dean Jagger gets what's coming to him the filmmakers used two different Cadillacs to do it. If you know anything about the model years of '60s and '70s Caddy's you'll notice there are 2 different model-year cars used).

I feel guilty for (again) badmouthing BLADE RUNNER, so here's some fan art for you fans:

not necessarily underground, but if we're talking MESSED UP, WEIRDASSED ANIMATION, may I present the 1974 Japanese animated version of JACK AND THE BEANSTALK????

I'm glad...frankly, I felt slightly guilty for not attaching a "not safe for work/may offend those with delicate sensibilities" DISCLAIMER to the video [but then of course, I remembered what this thread is all about) MR. GORMAN can maybe answer your DVD question, I am not personally sure. In all honesty, I have seen ALLIGATOR in its entirety and really, it's not bad and the special effects are pretty good. BTW, that was OSCAR WINNER DEAN JAGGER in his FINAL ROLE getting CRUSHED TO DEATH in the Limo!!!!!!

As I wasn't listening through headphones, that "wave" played equally through each of the cheap PC speakers I have hooked up to my computer. Neither can be turned down or off separately. Sepia( resonate)tone

For Your Consideration (2006) Next: The Big Picture (1989) two by Christopher Guest

Paxton, Bill

L.A. STORY (1991) Next: BOWFINGER (1999) two Hollywood spoofs with Steve Martin

Geraldine Brooks, her debut film was Possessed the Joan Crawford film, she played Carol the Van Heflin love interest and Crawford's step daughter. Her first husband was Herbert Sargent, writer and producer of Sat Night Live, her second husband was Budd Schulberg, writer, producer and director. He wrote On the Waterfront and A Face In the Crowd and his father was BP Schulberg head of Paramount Studios

McDonnell, Mary

I got home late and turned it on well into the film, but it was so talky that I thought I was watching All About Eve! So switched it off and cancelled the DVR recording.

My apologies to Richard Chamberlain. (Fausterlitz, I wasn't trying to correct you just adding that it was also Chamberlain 's last movie. I guess I wrote off his potential for making future movies. Yes, I take your point that it was not the best choice for this game. Sorry.) Back to the game... ++++++ Next: Sail a Crooked Ship (1961). This person died in 1962 so no chance for a comeback here.

Could be, but I doubt it. I think a lot of people give the on-air talent more credit for any influence on what you see on TCM. She is probably given the "sappy" assignments because of where they're slotted on the schedule (i.e., they fall during her normally scheduled time) and her scripts are written that way. Even though TCM itself may not have a staff the size of the old mainline broadcast networks or larger cable outfits, it's still part of a very large corporate organization, and its image and, in part, the images of the hosts, are carefully crafted by people we never see on the air. They won't take the risk to have an on-air presenter go rogue and potentially damage that image. The "woke-ness" of TCM, however one may perceive it, comes from above, not from the on-air hosts. This LA Times article might give some insight. In it, Charles Tabesh, TCM senior VP of programming notes that when Mankiewicz first started on TCM, they asked him to grow a goatee and they made his scripts less reverential. It's all about an image and tone. I do think Muller and Stewart likely have more input on their scripts because of their in-depth knowledge of their specialties. But all the hosts have other jobs, and doing research on the number of films they intro, writing the scripts, and getting them approved would likely take more time than the 3 regular hosts have to devote to TCM, as they record these intros/outros in big batches. For example, they usually do the entire "Summer Under The Stars" intros in one batch. They have staffers to do all of groundwork so that they can come in, record their segments, and get on with their other jobs (none of them live in Atlanta). https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/classichollywood/la-ca-mn-classic-hollywood-mankiewicz-20150802-story.html Here's an excerpt, if there's an issue getting to the article: When Mankiewicz began, noted Charles Tabesh, TCM’s senior vice president of programming, “we really emphasized the differences [between them]. We asked him to have a goatee. We had him in a set that was a downtown loft, and his scripts were much less reverential.” But now, Tabesh said, “he’s a beloved member of the family.” “People grew to accept him and trust us that we weren’t changing the channel or getting rid of Robert,” he added. “There was an evolution in terms of the intros. We changed his set and didn’t make him have a goatee.”

The War Is Over (1966)

So, sort of sounds like a prototype of the relationship between the Wayne-Tom Doniphan and the Strode-Pompey characters which took place three decades later, eh Mr.G?

The promo kit for the series is pretty cool with the pop ups.

Duffy (1968). James Coburn, Susannah York, James Mason, James Fox, John Alderton. Stefane, lady friend and brother hatch a plan to rob their rich father of several million pounds being transported on his yacht in the Med. They travel from London to Tangiers to recruit Duffy, a weathered smuggler and con-artist. Lots of fun. Lots of things to like, including Mr. Coburn at his coolest, Miss York at her slinkiest and sylphiest, the wildest house ever in a movie, super score by Ernie Freeman, and a killer song sung by Lou Rawls: Don't know why it's not a standard.

Mark Hamill's Joker was fantastic. Who knew he would be so good at having a scary voice? I read that the show originally wanted to cast Tim Curry as Joker, but his voice was thought to be too scary for kids. He would have also been amazing. I also enjoyed the more dramatic falling into the acid vat version of Joker, rather than just painting the face in a deranged way. That seems to be the way that Heath Ledger, Joaquin Phoenix, and Jared Leto (I think. His Joker was just bizarre) went. Okay. Then I only had the Batman Returns cups. My family didn't collect the glass mugs. I tried googling pictures of the McDonald's cups and the ones I keep seeing, I do not remember. I swear there was a different art style. The ones we had, I don't remember them being so colorful. I could have sworn that the ones we had just had close-ups of the actor's faces and had a dark color scheme. I might be conflating the cups with the movie poster though... Omg. I had this Catwoman Happy Meal toy!

Ferrer, Mel

Yes, but her insights aren't exclusive the way Ben Mankiewicz's are.

I like Alicia Malone. Some of the comments on this post about her seem harsh. I like the way she shares interesting information before/after films and she's a good host. Some of the other hosts are amazing especially Eddie Muller and Jacqueline Stewart but that doesn't mean Alicia Malone isn't good. Muller and Stewart have a wealth of knowledge and share great insights on classic movies. I've rented noir films that include commentaries by Eddie Muller that show his expertise and really enhance your appreciation of the film. Jacqueline Stewart knows the history of film and goes the extra mile to help people understand the beauty and artistic quality of silent film. I like the other hosts too. Let's be a little more kind. We're all part of the same classic film community.

Upon checking the map it appears several homes have fallen to further gentrification of Popeyville. Notably absent are Wimpy's pad, Bluto or "Brutisk's" house and Jeep's domicile. When will the madness cease!!!

From July 31-August 3, 1921, the Poli ran The Love Special, starring Wallace Reid as Jim Glover and Agnes Ayres as Laura Gage. The film was released on April 17, 1921, at five reels. The Library of Congress holds a complete copy. Plot: Jim Glover, construction engineer, is chosen to guide the president of the railroad company, Gage, on an inspection trip. Laura Gage, the president’s daughter, is aboard the train as well as Allen Harrison, a director for the company. The railroad intends to build a cut-off so Glover helps Gage obtain an option on the needed land, which is owned by Zeke Logan. When Harrison notices that Glover is interested in Laura, he decides to buy the land himself, and tells Logan that Gage is trying to cheat the land-owner. Harrison plans to use the land as a bargaining chip, so that Gage will agree to let him marry Laura. Laura overhears the plot. Meanwhile, Gage goes on ahead of the party. Laura tries to reach her father before his option expires. She makes a perilous trip during a blizzard, with Glover running the engine. They reach Gage in time, the land is saved, and Glover wins Laura. Photoplay wrote “the romantic adventure upon which they are started is a plausible adventure and is carefully and intelligently developed. There are no heroics, and there is a lot of scenery; commonplace, everyday incidents of a trip through the mountains, briefly enlivened by a hotel party and a comedy holdup. A “flat” comedy, so far as action is concerned, but always human and always interesting.” Motion Picture Magazine remarked that the film “marks no epoch of the cinema, but it will cause you to forget your worries and revel in its sheer romance.” Wid’s Daily called the film a “delightful comedy-romance with a lot of “touches” that make it register entertainment all the way through,” adding “this is undoubtedly the best story that Wallace Reid has had of late.” Moving Picture World wrote that the film “sags in the middle and the dramatic punch at the end drags in the telling, but the fine start of the plot and the expert acting of the entire cast carry the picture over the line, a winner.”

"Whaddya Hear? Whaddya Say?" The slums may have left their mark on Angels With Dirty Faces' Rocky Sullivan but that sawed off little runt certainly left his mark on me. Just the other day I was talkin' to a mug and I started hitching my shoulders. When he asked me if I had an affliction I told him "SHADDUP!" Unfortunately at that moment reality kicked in with the mug knocking me to my knees. "Who do ya thinks you are, some movie tough guy?" he snarls before walkin' away.

The only name I recognize in the credits is the amusingly named Dudley Manlove, who was in Plan 9. But here's something about the film that I found online: “No other effort from the golden age of spacesuit melodrama entranced the 60s avant-garde as deeply as Wesley Barry’s The Creation of the Humanoids, a deadpan talkie set after worldwide nuclear war, in which a shrinking population of radiation-infected humans rely on an army of android servants to maintain their idyllic lifestyle. Andy Warhol called it his favorite movie; Mike Kuchar parodied it in his robots-in-love featurette Sins of the Fleshapoids; Susan Sontag used it to explore the theme of dehumanization in her essay “The Imagination of Disaster;” and Robert Smithson dubbed it one of the ‘landmarks of Sci-fic.'”